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SH100S3480G 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 59.1% (813th of 1072)

Based on 53 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SH100S3480G
Poor: 50%Average: 59.1% Great: 66%

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Average average bench

The Kingston SH100S3480G 480GB averaged 40.9% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 108MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 25MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SH100S3480G 480GB is just 16.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston SH100S3480G 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 18.9MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 87.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 53 samples)
Rank 81359.1%
Min Avg Max
313 Read 427 506
202 Write 259 306
232 Mixed 286 327
162 SusWrite 215 270
66.2% 297 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.3 4K Read 25 30
15.7 4K Write 18.9 22
9.8 4K Mixed 20.4 25.5
74.1% 21.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.9 DQ Read 183 234
19.3 DQ Write 87.4 110
11.1 DQ Mixed 108 148
87.6% 126 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
177GB free
Firmware: 332ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 204 195 196 190 194 MB/s
61.9% Good
Read 424
Write 226
Mixed 232
SusWrite 198
60% 270 MB/s
4K Read 27.8
4K Write 20.1
4K Mixed 23.5
83% 23.8 MB/s
DQ Read 229
DQ Write 99.4
DQ Mixed 133
107% 154 MB/s
111GB free
Firmware: 332ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 258 237 256 249 235 MB/s
60.6% Good
Read 382
Write 200
Mixed 223
SusWrite 250
59% 264 MB/s
4K Read 24.3
4K Write 18
4K Mixed 21.2
74% 21.2 MB/s
DQ Read 229
DQ Write 101
DQ Mixed 136
109% 156 MB/s
112GB free
Firmware: 332ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 197 206 205 195 196 MB/s
54.9% Above average
Read 375
Write 256
Mixed 255
SusWrite 209
61% 274 MB/s
4K Read 18.8
4K Write 18.6
4K Mixed 19.2
63% 18.9 MB/s
DQ Read 233
DQ Write 109
DQ Mixed 131
108% 158 MB/s
51GB free
Firmware: 332ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 205 142 157 167 166 MB/s
45.4% Average
Read 416
Write 293
Mixed 278
SusWrite 164
64% 288 MB/s
4K Read 21.8
4K Write 17.5
4K Mixed 9.4
54% 16.2 MB/s
DQ Read 44.5
DQ Write 86.9
DQ Mixed 17.1
27% 49.5 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,706,279 SSDs tested

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Typical SH100S3480G 480GB Builds (Compare 679 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 83%
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Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 - $272

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples415x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples85x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples58x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples77x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples60x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples49x
SSD
SH100S3480G 480GBKingstonBench 59%, 53 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples40x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples29x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples25x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $820

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