Kingston

SV300S37A 120G 125GB

SV300S37A 120G 125GB
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Effective Speed -107%Effective Speed -107%Average Score -127%Read -79%, Write -85%, 4K Read -307%, 4K Write -4%, Mixed -119%, 4K Mixed -215%, SusWrite -80%Peak Score -99%Read -80%, Write -101%, 4K Read -194%, 4K Write -3%, Mixed -75%, 4K Mixed -178%, SusWrite -59%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -241%DQ Read -324%, DQ Write -160%, DQ Mixed -314%, ADQ Read -476%, ADQ Write -147%, ADQ Mixed -368%, Age 16%, AS-SSD Total -158%

Average Bench: 47.7% (897^th of 1071)

Based on 45 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SV300S37A 120G

Poor: 40%Average: 47.7% Great: 58%

Popular builds with this SSD

Gigabyte GA-Z590 UD AC (1)

Below average average bench

The Kingston SV300S37A 120G 125GB averaged 52.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 84.5MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 55.6MB/s

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SV300S37A 120G 125GB is just 17.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston SV300S37A 120G 125GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 56.7MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 164MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 45 samples)

Rank 89747.7%

Min	Avg	Max
91.6	Read 255	282
60.5	Write 219	241
71	Mixed 164	242
50.7	SusWrite 165	243
45% 201 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
4.5	4K Read 8.43	14.6
10.5	4K Write 84.5	119
2.9	4K Mixed 14.3	21
75.9% 35.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
5.59	DQ Read 56.7	86.5
52.8	DQ Write 117	138
7.16	DQ Mixed 55.6	80.1
51.2% 76.4 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

GBR-User, 3 years ago.

69GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.20A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 220 230 224 223 228 MB/s

55.7% Above average

Write 111

Mixed 97.3

SusWrite 221

37% 168 MB/s

4K Read 6.4

4K Write 114

4K Mixed 18.4

93% 46.1 MB/s

DQ Read 69.6

DQ Write 138

DQ Mixed 71

63% 92.7 MB/s

GBR-User, 21 months ago.

83GB free

Firmware: 1.20A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 240 240 239 239 235 MB/s

55.4% Above average

Write 213

Mixed 150

SusWrite 239

47% 211 MB/s

4K Read 6.8

4K Write 95.5

4K Mixed 20.8

88% 41 MB/s

DQ Read 68.2

DQ Write 137

DQ Mixed 70.4

63% 91.8 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 years ago.

40GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.20A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 87 77 71 73 66 MB/s

46.6% Average

Write 236

Mixed 142

SusWrite 88.3

41% 184 MB/s

4K Read 8.3

4K Write 107

4K Mixed 14.7

88% 43.4 MB/s

DQ Read 69

DQ Write 135

DQ Mixed 70

62% 91.5 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 years ago.

40GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.20A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 85 74 67 51 56 MB/s

45.2% Average

Write 231

Mixed 132

SusWrite 76.5

40% 179 MB/s

4K Read 8.8

4K Write 103

4K Mixed 13.8

86% 41.9 MB/s

DQ Read 69.3

DQ Write 134

DQ Mixed 71

63% 91.3 MB/s

AUT-User, 22 months ago.

111GB free

Firmware: 1.20A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 225 237 238 244 234 MB/s

42% Average

Write 233

Mixed 150

SusWrite 234

50% 222 MB/s

4K Read 7.7

4K Write 27

4K Mixed 14.6

45% 16.4 MB/s

DQ Read 67.1

DQ Write 52.8

DQ Mixed 72

51% 64 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 years ago.

33GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.20A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 107 80 63 62 49 MB/s

41.4% Average

Write 201

Mixed 83.2

SusWrite 85.3

35% 160 MB/s

4K Read 8.2

4K Write 96.7

4K Mixed 9

75% 38 MB/s

DQ Read 69.8

DQ Write 101

DQ Mixed 46.1

46% 72.2 MB/s

GBR-User, 18 months ago.

21GB free

Firmware: 1.20A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 53 37 54 54 51 MB/s

14.4% Very poor

Write 60.5

Mixed 71

SusWrite 50.7

15% 68.5 MB/s

4K Read 5

4K Write 10.5

4K Mixed 2.9

17% 6.13 MB/s

DQ Read 23.9

DQ Write 99.9

DQ Mixed 60.8

47% 61.5 MB/s

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Typical SV300S37A 120G 125GB Builds (Compare 6,473 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 103%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 103%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z590 UD AC

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel $258Bench 101%, 65,651 samples	904x
Core i5-11600KIntel $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples	755x
Core i9-11900KIntel $265Bench 103%, 44,319 samples	438x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	928x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	713x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	632x

SSD
SV300S37A 120G 125GBKingstonBench 48%, 45 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	192x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	152x
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples	138x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $553

Popular SV300S37A 120G 125GB compatible motherboards:

Gigabyte GA-Z590 UD AC (1)

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Kingston

SV300S37A 120G 125GB

Average Bench: 47.7% (897^th of 1071)

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Very good consistency

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z590 UD AC

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SV300S37A 120G 125GB

Average Bench: 47.7% (897th of 1071)

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Very good consistency

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