Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte
Category : Storage
Published by Marc Büchel on 30.10.09
Original ImageWith the SSDNow V+ 64 GByte, Kingston presents the second generation of its value SSD series. The latest models are based on the Samsung S3C29RBB Controller which in idle draws only 0.15 Watts. Furthermore you shall get 220 MByte/s reading and 140 MByte/s writing performance which on paper sounds quite promising.






Specifications


Model Kingston SSDNow V+
Capacity 64 GByte
Technology MLC (Multi Level Cell)
Throughput up to 220 MB/s reading, up to 140 MB/s writing
Accesstime (read) < 0.1 ms
Life expectance 1'000'000 hours (MTBF)
Powerconsumption 2.6 Watt load, 0.15 Watt idle
Acoustics no noise
Warranty 3 Years


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Page 2 - Impressions Page 8 - Sequential write ops
Page 3 - How do we test? Page 9 - Sequential read ops
Page 4 - Sequential write KByte/s Page 10 - Random write ops
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Impressions









Page 1 - Introduction Page 7 - Random read KByte/s
Page 2 - Impressions Page 8 - Sequential write ops
Page 3 - How do we test? Page 9 - Sequential read ops
Page 4 - Sequential write KByte/s Page 10 - Random write ops
Page 5 - Sequential read KByte/s Page 11 - Random read ops
Page 6 - Random write KByte/s Page 12 - Conclusion



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How do we test?

Testenvironment

Model Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte
Motherboard Gigabyte X38-DQ6  
Chipset Intel X38 1066 MHz
CPU Intel Xeon 3060 2.4 GHz
Memory Corsair Dominator 9136 DDR2 2 GByte
Graphics card Gigabyte GeForce 7200  
Storage (system) Maxtor 160 GByte
Operating systems Ubuntu 8.04.1 Hardy Kernel 2.6.27-11-server
Filesystem XFS  

We think everybody reading this article can imagine the following scenario: You just bought a hard drive which according the specs sheet should transfer 120 MByte/s reading and writing. In the reviews you read about astonishing 110 MByte/s but after you put the drive into you system it feels much slower. The whole story gets even worse when you start a benchmark which does randomread/write of 4 KByte blocks. There you only get two to three MBytes/s.

Because of this we don't want to publish screenshots of standard programs like HD-Tach, HD-Tune, ... we want our tests to be

We test with activated caches and NCQ (Native Command Queueing) because they're also activated under daily use. But the data size tested is always at least twice the amount of the memory.

We noticed that the measuring error is constantly within ±2%. Therefore we mention it only here.

Additionally we evaluate the S.M.A.R.T. data to assess if there are already errors.

The following table give you a brief overview to which points we turn our centre of attention.

Test Observations
   
Sequential Read/Write Tests
  • Are the values within the specifications?
  • Which influence has the block size?
  • Which influence has the filesystems block size?
Random Read/Write Tests
  • How severe is the influence on the theoretically possible (sequential) datarate?
  • Which influence has the block size?
  • Which influence has the block size on the filesystem?


Linux, XFS, why?

There are different reasons why we take a operating system based on a Linux Kernel instead of a fresh Windows Vista/XP installation with all Service Packs.

The filesystem is going to be built as follows: 

mkfs.xfs -d sunit=64 -d swidth=128 -lsize=128m -f /dev/sda
We mounted with the following options: 
mount -o rw,nouuid,usrquota,logbufs=8 /dev/sda /mnt/sda

Why do we test different block sizes?

It is important to reproduce scenarios of daily usage. Certain parameters need to be variable during the test to make a statement about the product. In our test the parameters are the different block sizes. It defines the size in KBytes which is written/read on the drive during a transaction.

With this method one can test the reading and writing of either small and big files. In a normal personal computer environment you usually don't find many files smaller than 16 KByte. The relative amount of small files is much bigger on a mail or database server. Therefore tests with small block sizes are of interest for database-based applications.

In bigger RAID arrays the hard disk cache is usually disabled and the RAID-Controller takes over the job of caching. Exactly in such setups hard drives need to be very fast when reading or writing small amounts of data. Sequential throughput isn't interesting in this case.



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Page 2 - Impressions Page 8 - Sequential write ops
Page 3 - How do we test? Page 9 - Sequential read ops
Page 4 - Sequential write KByte/s Page 10 - Random write ops
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Test results iozone KByte/s

The test first builds a file 4 GByte big (sequential, initial write) and afterwards there will be read from this file (sequential, read). One step later there will be the same on a random basis to see the influence of the access time (random reads/writes). You can compare 4 KByte block size with a text file with only few letters in it. MP3s and movie files conist of 256 KByte and even bigger blocks. If one for example copies 10'000 text files with a size of 25 MByte it takes much longer than copying a 25 MByte movie file. This is becauseauf of the access time which has a big influence with small files. Big files on the other hand aren't affected by the block size.

iozone KByte/s, sequential write
  4 KByte Percent
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 216'343 286.66 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 199'423 264.24 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 128'928 170.83 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 82'798 109.71 %
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 80'022 106.03 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 75'471 100.00 %
Photofast G-Monster 120 GByte V2 MLC 71'644 94.93 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 33'350 44.19 %
     
  16 KByte Percent
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 213'885 280.77 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 201'723 264.82 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 131'567 172.71 %
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 79'978 104.99 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 76'178 100.00 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 53'958 70.83 %
Photofast G-Monster 120 GByte V2 MLC 51'354 67.41 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 44'491 58.40 %
     
  32 KByte Percent
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 211'879 274.01 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 199'252 257.68 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 131'402 169.93 %
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 79'573 102.91 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 77'325 100.00 %
Photofast G-Monster 120 GByte V2 MLC 67'078 86.75 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 45'007 58.20 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 43'003 55.61 %
     
  64 KByte Percent
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 211'021 275.90 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 199'987 261.48 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 133'284 174.26 %
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 80'834 105.69 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 76'484 100.00 %
Photofast G-Monster 120 GByte V2 MLC 62'394 81.58 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 51'967 67.94 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 44'411 58.07 %
     
  128 KByte Percent
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 202'228 261.94 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 188'320 243.93 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 137'731 178.40 %
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 80'405 104.15 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 77'204 100.00 %
Photofast G-Monster 120 GByte V2 MLC 48'731 63.12 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 41'886 54.25 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 41'683 53.99 %
     
  256 KByte Percent
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 174'615 226.02 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 163'902 212.15 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 133'799 173.19 %
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 80'719 104.48 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 77'257 100.00 %
Photofast G-Monster 120 GByte V2 MLC 69'601 90.09 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 53'332 69.03 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 48'008 62.14 %


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Page 2 - Impressions Page 8 - Sequential write ops
Page 3 - How do we test? Page 9 - Sequential read ops
Page 4 - Sequential write KByte/s Page 10 - Random write ops
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iozone KByte/s, sequential read
  4 KByte Percent
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 247'990 103.06 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC MLC 240'626 100.00 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 237'359 98.64 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC SLC 225'136 93.56 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 215'429 89.53 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 166'210 69.07 %
Photofast G-Monster 120 GByte V2 MLC 165'038 68.59 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 134'365 55.84 %
     
  16 KByte Percent
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 248'278 103.23 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 246'747 102.60 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 240'505 100.00 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 216'791 90.14 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 208'589 86.73 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 165'922 68.99 %
Photofast G-Monster 120 GByte V2 MLC 159'407 66.28 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 153'477 63.81 %
     
  32 KByte Percent
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 248'210 103.57 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 245'741 102.54 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 239'662 100.00 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 211'776 88.36 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 204'155 85.18 %
Photofast G-Monster 120 GByte V2 MLC 165'438 69.03 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 155'836 65.02 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 144'483 60.29 %
     
  64 KByte Percent
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 248'445 103.85 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 239'346 100.05 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 239'235 100.00 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 217'985 91.12 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 206'032 86.12 %
Photofast G-Monster 120 GByte V2 MLC 166'558 69.62 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 165'396 69.14 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 145'647 60.88 %
     
  128 KByte Percent
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 248'734 102.53 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 242'603 100.00 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 239'496 98.72 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 207'392 85.49 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 205'910 84.88 %
Photofast G-Monster 120 GByte V2 MLC 167'659 69.11 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 139'403 57.46 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 133'094 54.86 %
     
  256 KByte Percent
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 247'759 103.06 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 240'404 100.00 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 238'983 99.41 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 223'890 93.13 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 210'237 87.45 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 166'355 69.20 %
Photofast G-Monster 120 GByte V2 MLC 165'448 68.82 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 151'411 62.98 %


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Page 2 - Impressions Page 8 - Sequential write ops
Page 3 - How do we test? Page 9 - Sequential read ops
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iozone KByte/s, random write
  4 KByte Percent
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 62'388 129.45 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 48'194 100.00 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 42'562 88.31 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 15'310 31.77 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 7'826 16.24 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 1'226 2.54 %
Photofast G-Monster 120 GByte V2 MLC 1'087 2.26 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 430 0.89 %
     
  16 KByte Percent
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 127'302 169.45 %
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 80'329 106.92 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 75'127 100.00 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 33'123 44.09 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 20'616 27.44 %
Photofast G-Monster 120 GByte V2 MLC 3'632 4.83 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 3'022 4.02 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 1'158 1.54 %
     
  32 KByte Percent
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 171'793 215.31 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 84'824 106.31 %
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 83'262 104.35 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 79'788 100.00 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 38'691 48.12 %
Photofast G-Monster 120 GByte V2 MLC 6'548 8.21 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 5'328 6.68 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 1'346 1.69 %
     
  64 KByte Percent
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 205'156 251.81 %
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 84'953 104.27 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 83'209 102.13 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 81'474 100.00 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 48'980 60.12 %
Photofast G-Monster 120 GByte V2 MLC 12'130 14.89 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 9'856 12.10 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 1'790 2.20 %
     
  128 KByte Percent
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 208'472 263.40 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 109'213 137.99 %
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 85'977 108.63 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 79'147 100.00 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 53'142 67.14 %
Photofast G-Monster 120 GByte V2 MLC 15'411 19.47 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 14'929 18.86 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 2'027 2.56 %
     
  256 KByte Percent
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 139'031 172.80 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 120'050 149.20 %
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 85'389 106.13 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 80'460 100.00 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 64'603 40.01 %
Photofast G-Monster 120 GByte V2 MLC 25'361 31.52 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 21'553 26.79 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 2'609 3.24 %


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Page 3 - How do we test? Page 9 - Sequential read ops
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iozone KByte/s, random read
  4 KByte Percent
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 58'647 193.64 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 47'830 157.92 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 47'242 155.98 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 30'287 100.00 %
Photofast G-Monster 120 GByte V2 MLC 23'546 77.74 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 22'884 75.56 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 20'709 68.38 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 20'397 67.35 %
     
  16 KByte Percent
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 152'268 159.36 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 101'250 105.96 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 99'899 104.55 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 95'552 100.00 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 65'046 68.07 %
Photofast G-Monster 120 GByte V2 MLC 58'329 61.04 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 57'199 59.86 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 51'921 54.34 %
     
  32 KByte Percent
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 208'524 139.92 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 149'029 100.00 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 132'994 89.24 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 126'764 85.06 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 106'539 71.49 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 88'662 59.49 %
Photofast G-Monster 120 GByte V2 MLC 73'276 49.17 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 73'000 48.98 %
     
  64 KByte Percent
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 250'292 126.67 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 197'591 100.00 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 197'109 99.79 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 184'456 93.35 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 152'465 77.16 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 129'360 65.47 %
Photofast G-Monster 120 GByte V2 MLC 106'073 53.68 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 104'491 52.88 %
     
  128 KByte Percent
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 284'559 106.25 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 267'814 100.00 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 229'847 85.82 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 225'128 84.06 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 199'290 74.41 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 148'442 55.43 %
Photofast G-Monster 120 GByte V2 MLC 142'885 53.35 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 139'403 52.05 %
     
  256 KByte Percent
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 247'192 120.01 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 205'981 100.00 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 200'761 97.47 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 185'419 90.02 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 170'701 82.87 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 152'684 74.13 %
Photofast G-Monster V2 120 GByte MLC 124'567 60.47 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 120'783 58.64 %


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Page 2 - Impressions Page 8 - Sequential write ops
Page 3 - How do we test? Page 9 - Sequential read ops
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iozone ops, sequential write
  4 KByte Percent
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 50'197 266.89 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 43'693 232.31 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 32'035 170.33 %
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 19'820 105.38 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 18'808 100.00 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 15'000 79.75 %
Photofast G-Monster V2 120 GByte MLC 13'185 70.10 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 11'396 60.59 %
     
  16 KByte Percent
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 12'337 260.55 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 9'477 200.15 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 7'979 168.51 %
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 4'933 104.18 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 4'735 100.00 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 4'049 85.51 %
Photofast G-Monster V2 120 GByte MLC 3'713 78.42 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 2'450 51.74 %
     
  64 KByte Percent
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 3'078 254.59 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 2'612 216.05 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 1'988 164.43 %
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 1'265 104.63 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 1'209 100.00 %
Photofast G-Monster V2 120 GByte MLC 1'008 83.37 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 699 57.82 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 489 40.45 %
     
  96 KByte Percent
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 2'089 263.76 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 1'834 231.57 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 1'476 186.36 %
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 823 103.91 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 792 100.00 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 558 70.45 %
Photofast G-Monster V2 120 GByte MLC 556 70.20 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 363 45.83 %
     
  128 KByte Percent
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 1'559 265.59 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 1'430 243.61 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 1'025 175.51 %
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 623 106.13 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 587 100.00 %
Photofast G-Monster V2 120 GByte MLC 471 80.24 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 364 62.01 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 269 45.83 %


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iozone ops, sequential read
  4 KByte Percent
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 60'825 104.44 %
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 60'383 103.68 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 58'241 100.00 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 54'939 94.33 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 53'797 92.37 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 41'444 71.16 %
Photofast G-Monster V2 120 GByte MLC 41'443 71.16 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 35'179 60.40 %
     
  16 KByte Percent
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 15'427 104.39 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 14'778 100.00 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 14'664 99.23 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 13'629 92.22 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 13'127 88.83 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 10'419 70.50 %
Photofast G-Monster V2 120 GByte MLC 10'234 69.25 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 8'808 59.60 %
     
  64 KByte Percent
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 3'883 106.01 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 3'684 100.57 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 3'663 100.00 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 3'361 91.76 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 3'291 89.84 %
Photofast G-Monster V2 120 GByte MLC 2'647 72.26 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 2'460 67.16 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 2'237 61.07 %
     
  96 KByte Percent
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 2'515 103.58 %
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 2'449 100.86 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 2'428 100.00 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 2'418 99.59 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 2'201 90.65 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 1'740 71.66 %
Photofast G-Monster V2 120 GByte MLC 1'731 71.29 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 1'507 62.07 %
     
  128 KByte Percent
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 1'941 105.26 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 1'880 101.95 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 1'844 100.00 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 1'700 92.19 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 1'610 87.31 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 1'273 69.03 %
Photofast G-Monster V2 120 GByte MLC 1'260 68.33 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 1'140 61.82 %


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Page 3 - How do we test? Page 9 - Sequential read ops
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iozone ops, random write
  4 KByte Percent
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 15'434 245.10 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 11'025 175.08 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 6'297 100.00 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 3'723 59.12 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 2'298 36.49 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 273 4.34 %
Photofast G-Monster V2 120 GByte MLC 272 4.32 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 144 2.29 %
     
  16 KByte Percent
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 7'592 165.98 %
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 5'167 112.96 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 4'574 100.00 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 2'812 61.48 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 1'311 28.66 %
Photofast G-Monster V2 120 GByte MLC 230 5.03 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 203 4.44 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 69 1.51 %
     
  64 KByte Percent
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 3'151 256.39 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 1'411 114.81 %
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 1'321 107.49 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 1'229 100.00 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 621 50.53 %
Photofast G-Monster V2 120 GByte MLC 167 13.59 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 165 13.43 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 25 2.03 %
     
  96 KByte Percent
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 2'167 263.30 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 977 118.71 %
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 852 103.52 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 823 100.00 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 501 60.87 %
Photofast G-Monster V2 120 GByte MLC 144 17.50 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 123 14.95 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 19 2.31 %
     
  128 KByte Percent
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 1'628 264.29 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 834 135.39 %
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 657 106.66 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 616 100.00 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 390 63.31 %
Photofast G-Monster V2 120 GByte MLC 121 19.64 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 99 16.07 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 15 2.44 %


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  4 KByte Percent
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 14'606 273.06 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 11'948 223.37 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 11'810 220.79 %
Photofast G-Monster V2 120 GByte MLC 5'887 110.06 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 5'748 107.46 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 5'349 100.00 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 5'165 96.56 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 4'837 90.43 %
     
  16 KByte Percent
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 9'694 224.14 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 6'080 140.58 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 5'704 131.88 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 4'325 100.00 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 4'068 94.06 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 3'630 83.93 %
Photofast G-Monster V2 120 GByte MLC 3'419 79.05 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 2'657 61.43 %
     
  64 KByte Percent
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 3'920 156.74 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 3'055 122.15 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 2'808 112.28 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 2'501 100.00 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 2'390 95.56 %
Photofast G-Monster V2 120 GByte MLC 1'675 66.97 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 1'537 61.46 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 1'552 62.06 %
     
  96 KByte Percent
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 2'574 130.13 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 2'235 112.99 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 2'150 108.70 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 1'978 100.00 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 1'882 95.15 %
Photofast G-Monster V2 120 GByte MLC 1'344 67.95 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 1'311 66.28 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 1'266 64.00 %
     
  128 KByte Percent
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GByte MLC 2'224 137.79 %
Kingston SSDNow V+ 64 GByte MLC 1'872 115.98 %
OCZ Vertex 120GB MLC 1'748 108.30 %
Intel X25-M 80 GByte MLC 1'614 100.00 %
Intel X25-E 32 GByte SLC 1'566 97.03 %
Photofast G-Monster V2 120 GByte MLC 1'105 68.46 %
OCZ Apex 120 GByte MLC 1'074 66.54 %
OCZ Technology Core V2 60 GByte MLC 1'018 63.07 %


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Conclusion

With the SSD Now V+ 64 GByte Kingston presents a midrange SSD which comes with quite a reasonable price tag. Therefore you get a product which is equipped with Samsungs S3C29RBB Controller which overall in our tables hits the average ranks. Quite a strength is the writing performance which happens to be on a good level.

With consistently more than 130 MByte/s sequential writing performance Kingstons Samsung SSD can performance wise be located between the Intel and Indilinx based products. Taking a closer look at reading performance we see that the drive hits more than 200 MByte/s in every sequential test which will definitely leave a good impression in a productive every day scenario compared to a standard hard drive. Also in our tests which are the closest to every day use - reading 4k blocks randomly - the Kingston V+ SSDNow is able to convince with consistent performance figure.

Overall Kingstons SSDNow V+ with 64 GByte capacity is a good compromise between price and performance. If you play with the thought to get a SSD but you do not want to spend CHF 400.- (est. EUR 250.-) Kingstons V+ Series is a good opportunity to put a foot into this new territory.

The Intel X25-m Gen2 34nm can be bought at Digitec to a price of CHF 199.- (est. EUR 132.-).



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Page 2 - Impressions Page 8 - Sequential write ops
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