Kingston SMS200S3/120G

SSDNow mS200 mSATA 120GB

SSDNow mS200 mSATA 120GB
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Effective Speed -44%Effective Speed -44%Average User Bench -59%Read -32%, Write -118%, 4K Read -19%, 4K Write -35%, Mixed -56%, 4K Mixed -30%, SusWrite -124%Peak Lab Bench -49%Read -14%, Write -116%, 4K Read -13%, 4K Write -25%, Mixed -56%, 4K Mixed -24%, SusWrite -98%Value & Sentiment -1,432%User Rating -44%, Market Share -5,544%, Price 40%, Value -177%Nice To Haves -55%DQ Read -49%, DQ Write -61%, DQ Mixed -55%, ADQ Read -58%, ADQ Write -62%, ADQ Mixed -60%, Age -45%, AS-SSD Total -47%

Average Bench: 68.8% (610^th of 1012)

Based on 518 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SMS200S3120G

Poor: 50%Average: 68.8% Great: 85%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston SSDNow mS200 mSATA 120GB averaged 31.2% 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 159MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 35.1MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SSDNow mS200 mSATA 120GB is 35.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Kingston SSDNow mS200 mSATA 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 134MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 190MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 518 samples)

Rank 61068.8%

Min	Avg	Max
297	Read 347	441
145	Write 190	224
180	Mixed 231	265
91.9	SusWrite 134	197
50.2% 226 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16.5	4K Read 28.4	37
29	4K Write 67.4	100
17.6	4K Mixed 35.1	46
124% 43.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
94.6	DQ Read 198	246
123	DQ Write 181	222
42	DQ Mixed 159	205
128% 179 MB/s

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CZE-User, 1 day ago.

84GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 608ABBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 96 105 91 91 98 MB/s

61.9% Good

Write 147

Mixed 180

SusWrite 96.6

40% 181 MB/s

4K Read 26.3

4K Write 69.5

4K Mixed 36.3

123% 44 MB/s

DQ Read 105

DQ Write 146

DQ Mixed 120

92% 124 MB/s

TUR-User, 2 days ago.

18GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 541ABBF0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 112 118 110 99 103 MB/s

58.1% Above average

Write 185

Mixed 202

SusWrite 113

46% 206 MB/s

4K Read 23.3

4K Write 42.3

4K Mixed 28

94% 31.2 MB/s

DQ Read 226

DQ Write 179

DQ Mixed 170

136% 192 MB/s

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Desktop 49%

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Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-16GF

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Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 55%, 49,055 samples	819x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 57%, 52,576 samples	584x
Core i7-4700HQIntel $370Bench 54%, 27,854 samples	326x

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HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 194,239 samples	1,357x
GTX 860MNvidiaBench 17%, 13,101 samples	382x
GTX 850MNvidiaBench 15%, 7,411 samples	278x

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SSDNow mS200 mSATA 120GBKingston $90Bench 69%, 518 samples	1x

RAM
MSI16D3LS1KBG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 29%, 2,355 samples	361x
MSI16D3LS1KFG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 30%, 1,283 samples	226x
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 30%, 4,411 samples	194x

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Value: 6% - Terrible

Total price: $90

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Intel Core i5-9400F $148	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $270	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $58
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

Kingston SMS200S3/120G

SSDNow mS200 mSATA 120GB

Average Bench: 68.8% (610^th of 1012)

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