Kingston SSDNow V300 (120GB & 240GB) Review
by Kristian Vättö on April 30, 2013 12:30 PM ESTAnandTech Storage Bench 2011—Light Workload
Our light workload actually has more write operations than read operations. The split is as follows: 372,630 reads and 459,709 writes. The relatively close read/write ratio does better mimic a typical light workload (although even lighter workloads would be far more read centric).
The I/O breakdown is similar to the heavy workload at small IOs, however you'll notice that there are far fewer large IO transfers:
| AnandTech Storage Bench 2011—Light Workload IO Breakdown | ||||
| IO Size | % of Total | |||
| 4KB | 27% | |||
| 16KB | 8% | |||
| 32KB | 6% | |||
| 64KB | 5% | |||
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eddieobscurant - Saturday, May 4, 2013 - link
I think kingston is using very low quality nand for the v300 series. The 128gb model only has 64tb tbw before reaches endurance limits and the 256gb only 128tb according to their official pdf datasheet. http://www.kingston.com/datasheets/sv300s3_us.pdf That would mean around 500 p/e. Samsung tlc drives have at least 1000 p/e. Could you please ask kingston about this?Kristian Vättö - Saturday, May 4, 2013 - link
That's most likely with a random write centric workload. E.g. Crucial M500 is rated at 72TB and Samsung SSD 840 Pro at 73TB, but the workloads for the figure mainly consist of small random writes. Let me send Kingston an email and ask about the exact workload so we'll know better.eddieobscurant - Saturday, May 4, 2013 - link
thanks, could you also ask if the warranty is voided if someone exceeds this limit?Diagrafeas - Monday, May 6, 2013 - link
Could you ask the about the firware updates, because 506 isn't working as it should.Could give the option to flash 505 or a fixed 507...
Kristian Vättö - Monday, May 6, 2013 - link
I'll ask about that too. Already sent an email about the endurance so I'll ask about the firmwares when Kingston replies.eddieobscurant - Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - link
Did you get any reply from kingston?Kristian Vättö - Friday, May 17, 2013 - link
I got a reply that they'll check and get back to me, but they haven't done that yet. You may want to drop me an email (kristian@anandtech.com) so I can reach to you directly when I receive an answer.Davidjan - Saturday, May 4, 2013 - link
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Davidjan - Saturday, May 4, 2013 - link
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I've had a Kingston 240GB HyperX 3K since Aug. 2012. And it is fantastic as far as I'm concerned. Even with Vista Home Premium, 64Bit. No trim support in Vista so I have to manually optimize the SSD every week or 2. Optimizing the SSD only takes a minute. Other than that, I am a very happy camper.