Kingston

SV300S37A/120G 120GB

SV300S37A/120G 120GB
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Effective Speed -88%Effective Speed -88%Average Score -98%Read -29%, Write -90%, 4K Read -72%, 4K Write -54%, Mixed -62%, 4K Mixed -257%, SusWrite -123%Peak Score -29%Read 1%, Write -31%, 4K Read -47%, 4K Write -25%, Mixed -1%, 4K Mixed -46%, SusWrite -54%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -109%DQ Read -31%, DQ Write -26%, DQ Mixed -42%, ADQ Read -202%, ADQ Write -119%, ADQ Mixed -425%, Age -3%, AS-SSD Total -28%

Average Bench: 52.5% (876^th of 1072)

Based on 94 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SV300S37A/120G

Poor: 32%Average: 52.5% Great: 80%

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Average average bench

The Kingston SV300S37A/120G 120GB averaged 47.5% 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 Read Speed 20MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 56.8MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SV300S37A/120G 120GB is 48.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Kingston SV300S37A/120G 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 133MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 108MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 94 samples)

Rank 87652.5%

Min	Avg	Max
179	Read 354	510
116	Write 213	370
96.8	Mixed 221	418
61	SusWrite 133	252
51.2% 230 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.8	4K Read 20	29.2
26.1	4K Write 56.8	97.9
2.06	4K Mixed 12.6	39.9
76.4% 29.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.3	DQ Read 108	281
50.9	DQ Write 132	284
2.46	DQ Mixed 49.6	233
56.9% 96.3 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

GBR-User, 17 months ago.

40GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P0831A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 295 294 301 297 291 MB/s

71.5% Very good

Write 242

Mixed 167

SusWrite 291

61% 275 MB/s

4K Read 25.2

4K Write 88.5

4K Mixed 11.8

100% 41.8 MB/s

DQ Read 145

DQ Write 270

DQ Mixed 61.9

88% 159 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 years ago.

55GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P0831A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 234 251 262 255 251 MB/s

52.8% Above average

Write 219

Mixed 117

SusWrite 245

53% 237 MB/s

4K Read 18.3

4K Write 64.2

4K Mixed 7.6

71% 30 MB/s

DQ Read 25.2

DQ Write 107

DQ Mixed 9

24% 47 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 years ago.

29GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P0316B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 143 144 143 147 157 MB/s

47.1% Average

Write 142

Mixed 149

SusWrite 145

47% 215 MB/s

4K Read 14.9

4K Write 47.2

4K Mixed 8.5

58% 23.5 MB/s

DQ Read 114

DQ Write 80.9

DQ Mixed 59.6

55% 84.9 MB/s

BRA-User, 3 years ago.

59GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P0316B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 215 215 212 216 216 MB/s

46.6% Average

Write 205

Mixed 163

SusWrite 213

46% 205 MB/s

4K Read 13.6

4K Write 41.5

4K Mixed 10

55% 21.7 MB/s

DQ Read 162

DQ Write 186

DQ Mixed 60

77% 136 MB/s

VNM-User, 2 years ago.

56GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P0921A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 129 136 135 137 137 MB/s

46.5% Average

Write 133

Mixed 132

SusWrite 132

45% 207 MB/s

4K Read 13.1

4K Write 43.3

4K Mixed 8.3

53% 21.6 MB/s

DQ Read 116

DQ Write 138

DQ Mixed 56.3

62% 103 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

47GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20151027

SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 123 123 90 126 134 MB/s

39.9% Below average

Write 98.1

Mixed 125

SusWrite 119

26% 113 MB/s

4K Read 13.2

4K Write 85.6

4K Mixed 9.2

77% 36 MB/s

DQ Read 136

DQ Write 140

DQ Mixed 58.3

66% 111 MB/s

ESP-User, 2 years ago.

70GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 20151027

SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 45 49 43 46 60 MB/s

28% Poor

Write 111

Mixed 122

SusWrite 49.2

26% 118 MB/s

4K Read 15.3

4K Write 43.4

4K Mixed 5.8

54% 21.5 MB/s

DQ Read 19.3

DQ Write 81.2

DQ Mixed 7.3

18% 35.9 MB/s

BRA-User, 23 months ago.

45GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0831C0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 121 14 12 35 12 MB/s

21.2% Poor

Write 328

Mixed 6.7

SusWrite 63.8

38% 172 MB/s

4K Read 13

4K Write 3.2

4K Mixed 0.2

22% 5.47 MB/s

GBR-User, 5 months ago.

16GB free

Firmware: 4101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s

14.7% Very poor

Write 35

Mixed 36.9

SusWrite 37.9

9% 41.3 MB/s

4K Read 14

4K Write 9.5

4K Mixed 5.2

33% 9.57 MB/s

DQ Read 10.7

DQ Write 18.3

DQ Mixed 5.8

7% 11.6 MB/s

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	373x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	264x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	255x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	223x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	143x

SSD
SV300S37A/120G 120GBKingstonBench 52%, 94 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	46x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	36x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $206

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 120GB

Average Bench: 52.5% (876^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 52.5% (876th of 1072)

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