Kingston HyperX Predator 480GB Review
Category : Storage
Published by Marc Büchel on 03.12.15
In essence the HyperX Predator PCIe is an M.2 SSD, which has been put on a PCIe adaptor card. Kingston is using a Marvell 88SS9293 controller and combines it with 19nm Toggle NAND from Toshiba. This combination should pack quite some punch and apparently we're curious to find out what this SSD can do.
Specifications / Delivery
| Model | Kingston HyperX Predator 240GB | Kingston HyperX Predator 480GB |
| Capacity | 240 GB | 480 GB |
| Form Factor | PCIe / M.2 | PCIe / M.2 |
| Controller | Marvell 88SS9293 - 8 Channel | Marvell 88SS9293 - 8 Channel |
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| Warranty | 3 Years | 3 Years |
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With the HyperX Predator, Kingston has a punchy M.2 SSD in their portfolio. With throughput rates reaching 1’400/1’000 MB/s for sequential read/write in the case of the 480 Gigabyte model, this is a seriously quick drive. In order to achieve these transfer speeds Kingston is using a Marvell 88SS9293 controller and A19 NAND flash memory chips from Toshiba. Meanwhile this controller is rather common since it’s really quick and thermals are perfectly in line. There is a total of eight NAND flash chips, which results in 64 Gigabyte capacity per chip. Kingston is using two additional 512 Megabyte DDR3-1600MHz DRAM chips for caching with their own branding. The NAND flash memory as well as the controller and the DRAM have been put on a small PCB with M.2 interface, which connects to the motherboard using four PCI Express 2.0 lanes and complies with M.2 2280 standards. This particular drive we’re reviewing here, also comes bundled with a PCI Express adapter card, which allows you to use the HyperX Predator also on motherboards that don’t have an M.2 slot. There is also the possibility that your motherboards M.2 slotis only capable of running PCIe Gen2 x2, which would limit the performance to 1’000/1’000 MB/s sequential read/write. In this case the PCIe adapter card is going to be helpful as well since it will open up the bottleneck and connect the SSD using four PCIe Gen2 lanes from the PCIe slot. The HyperX Predator is without a doubt a high-end product and that’s what the packaging reflects as well. Kingston places the SSD, which has been pre-mounted on the PCIe adapter card, in a foam mold. That foam mold is then in a nice cardboard box with good looking design. The delivery also includes a low profile bezel, a HyperX Sticker, a manual and an Acronis True Image key. A quick look at the warranty shows, Kingston is backing this drive up with a three years plan and they mention that the 480 GB model offers endurance rated at 882 TBW (Terabyte Written), whereas the 240 GB model is rated at 415 TBW, which translates to 1.6 drive writes per day and 1.7 respectively.
Impressions
How do we test?
Testenvironment
iozone
iozone3 is a benchmark suite for storage solutions which natively runs under Windows/Linux.We are testing the throughput rates/IOPS with different block sizes using the following commands:
KByte/s
- iozone -Rb test4k.xls -i0 -i1 -i2 -+n -r 4k -s4g -t32
- iozone -Rb test256k.xls -i0 -i1 -i2 -+n -r 256k -s4g -t32
iops
- iozone -Rb test4ko.xls -i0 -i1 -i2 -+n -r 4k -s4g -t32 -O
KByte/s, Sequential write |
||
| Sequential write | Bewertung |
Throughput 256 KByte Block Size |
| Intel SSD 750 PCIe x4 1.2 TB |  |
1'361'466 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD |  |
1'291'486 |
| Intel SSD 750 PCIe x4 400 GB | |
1'064'310 |
| Kingston HyperX Predator 480GB |  |
1'018'023 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB | No Review |
771'043 |
| OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD |  |
750'096 |
| OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
694'586 |
| OCZ IBIS 240 GB | |
680'372 |
OCZ Vector 180 960 GB
|
|
537'432 |
Samsung 840 PRO 256 GB
|
|
536'082 |
OCZ Vector 180 480 GB |
|
535'560 |
OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
534'262 |
OCZ Vector 256 GB
|
|
534'058 |
OCZ Deneva 2 200 GB eMLC |
|
533'969 |
| Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB | No Review |
533'672 |
Samsung 850 PRO 256 GB
|
|
531'027 |
| OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB | |
522'897 |
Corsair Force GS 240 GB
|
|
522'613 |
| OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB | |
522'212 |
| Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB | |
519'430 |
Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB
|
|
519'190 |
Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB
|
|
519'104 |
| OCZ Trion 100 960 GB | |
517'599 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 240 GB | |
517'290 |
Intel SSD 520 240 GB
|
|
516'603 |
Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB
|
|
515'218 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB | |
513'309 |
Corsair Force GT 120 GB |
|
512'676 |
Intel SSD 520 180 GB
|
No Review |
512'628 |
SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB
|
No Review |
511'805 |
OCZ Vertex 3.20 120 GB
|
|
510'245 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB
|
|
507'743 |
Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120 GB |
|
505'669 |
| Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB | No Review |
504'589 |
Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB
|
|
502'272 |
Samsung 845DC PRO 800GB
|
|
500'153 |
ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB
|
|
499'239 |
Extrememory XLR8 Express 120 GB
|
|
491'205 |
| Samsung PM863 960GB | |
480'603 |
| OCZ Synapse 64 GB | |
469'784 |
Samsung 840Evo 1 TB |
|
462'097 |
ADATA S511 60 GB
|
|
457'001 |
| Plextor M5Pro 256 GB | No Review |
444'122 |
Crucial M500 480 GB |
No Review |
439'829 |
Samsung PM863 960GB
|
|
436'531 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB | |
434'466 |
| OCZ Vertex 460 120 GB | |
421'139 |
| OCZ Agility 4 256 GB | |
405'911 |
ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB
|
|
343'488 |
Corsair Force 3 120 GB
|
 |
328'922 |
Samsung 840Evo 250 GB mSATA |
No Review |
324'238 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB | |
321'474 |
| OCZ Octane 1 TB | |
314'144 |
| OCZ Octane 512 GB | |
307'781 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB | |
271'696 |
| OCZ Agility 3 240 GB | |
266'401 |
Samsung 840Evo 120 GB
|
No Review |
219'159 |
| Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB | |
80'719 |
| Intel X25-M 80 GB | |
77'257 |
KByte/s, Sequential Read |
||
| Sequential Read |
Bewertung |
Throughput 256 KByte Block Size |
| Intel SSD 750 PCIe x4 1.2 TB | |
2'337'700 |
| Intel SSD 750 PCIe x4 400 GB | |
2'156'208 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
1'460'560 |
| Kingston HyperX Predator 480GB | |
1'306'809 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB | No Review |
857'972 |
| OCZ IBIS 240 GB | |
806'858 |
| OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD | |
729'929 |
OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD
|
|
716'357 |
| OCZ Trion 100 960 GB | |
559'075 |
| OCZ Vector 256 GB
|
|
553'400 |
| Samsung 850 PRO 256 GB
|
|
548'836 |
| OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
547'188 |
| Intel SSD 520 240 GB
|
|
545'843 |
| Intel SSD 520 180 GB
|
No Review |
545'656 |
| Samsung 840 PRO 256 GB
|
|
545'353 |
| OCZ Vector 180 960 GB
|
|
544'820 |
| Samsung PM863 960GB | |
544'742 |
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800GB
|
|
544'499 |
| ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB
|
|
543'650 |
| ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB
|
|
542'606 |
| OCZ Vector 180 480 GB |
|
542'453 |
| Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB
|
|
542'442 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 512 | |
542'075 |
| Samsung PM863 960GB
|
|
541'626 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB
|
|
541'613 |
Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB |
No Review |
541'542 |
| Corsair Force GS 240 GB
|
|
541'086 |
| OCZ Deneva 2 200 GB eMLC |
|
540'973 |
| Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB | No Review |
539'056 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB | |
539'754 |
| Corsair Force GT 120 GB
|
|
539'648 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB
|
|
537'745 |
| ADATA S511 60 GB
|
|
537'560 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 256 | |
536'605 |
| Samsung 840Evo 1 TB |
|
536'542 |
| OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB | |
534'988 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 240 GB | |
534'392 |
| OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB | |
534'241 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB | |
534'154 |
| Samsung 840Evo 250 GB mSATA |
No Review |
532'816 |
| Plextor M5Pro 256 GB | No Review |
530'606 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 120 GB
|
|
530'584 |
| Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120 GB
|
|
529'995 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB
|
No Review |
529'520 |
| OCZ Vertex 460 120 GB | |
529'462 |
| Crucial M500 480 GB |
No Review |
525'278 |
| Extrememory XLR8 Express 120 GB |
|
521'930 |
| OCZ Agility 3 240 GB | |
516'479 |
| Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB
|
|
510'372 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB
|
|
507'743 |
| Samsung 840Evo 120 GB
|
No Review |
504'587 |
| Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB | |
498'223 |
| Corsair Force 3 120 GB
|
|
490'777 |
| OCZ Synapse 64 GB | |
441'396 |
| OCZ Octane 1 TB | |
440'052 |
| OCZ Octane 512 GB | |
438'465 |
| Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB | |
247'759 |
| Intel X25-M 80 GB | |
240'404 |
| OCZ Agility 4 256 GB | |
209'723 |
KByte/s, Random write |
||
| Random write |
Bewertung |
Throughput 4 KByte Block Size |
| Intel SSD 750 PCIe x4 1.2 TB | |
1'025'236 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
756'658 |
| Intel SSD 750 PCIe x4 400 TB | |
630'013 |
| Samsung 840 PRO 256 GB
|
|
412'837 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB | No Review |
382'970 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB | |
362'053 |
| Samsung 850 PRO 256 GB
|
|
360'357 |
| OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
356'006 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB | |
354'573 |
| OCZ Vector 256 GB
|
|
354'246 |
| Samsung PM863 960GB
|
|
346'184 |
| Crucial M500 480 GB |
No Review |
346'003 |
| Samsung 840Evo 1 TB |
|
344'730 |
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800GB
|
|
343'726 |
| OCZ Trion 100 960 GB | |
342'969 |
| OCZ Agility 4 256 GB | |
341'478 |
| OCZ Octane 1 TB | |
325'007 |
| OCZ Octane 512 GB | |
324'023 |
| Kingston HyperX Predator 480GB | |
300'308 |
| Corsair Force GS 240 GB
|
|
301'486 |
| Samsung 840Evo 250 GB mSATA |
No Review |
299'848 |
| OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB | |
292'401 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB
|
No Review |
287'255 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 240 GB | |
286'949 |
| Samsung PM863 960GB | |
285'893 |
| Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB
|
|
285'558 |
| OCZ Vertex 460 120 GB | |
285'407 |
| Intel SSD 520 180 GB
|
No Review |
284'858 |
| Intel SSD 520 240 GB
|
|
283'794 |
| OCZ Deneva 2 200 GB eMLC |
|
283'409 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 120 GB
|
|
282'578 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB
|
|
280'556 |
| Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120 GB
|
|
279'967 |
| Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB
|
|
276'859 |
| OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB | |
275'499 |
| ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB
|
|
264'870 |
| OCZ Vector 180 960 GB
|
|
263'409 |
| OCZ IBIS 240 GB | |
262'687 |
| Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB |
No Review |
262'005 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB
|
|
255'988 |
| Plextor M5Pro 256 GB | No Review |
254'918 |
| OCZ Vector 180 480 GB |
|
254'367 |
| Corsair Force GT 120 GB |
|
253'269 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB
|
|
252'045 |
| ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB
|
|
244'150 |
| ADATA S511 60 GB
|
|
226'394 |
| OCZ Agility 3 240 GB | |
242'683 |
| Extrememory XLR8 Express 120 GB |
|
237'082 |
| Corsair Force 3 120 GB
|
|
225'092 |
| OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD | |
213'027 |
| OCZ Synapse 64 GB | |
200'308 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB | |
156'814 |
| OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD
|
|
156'644 |
| Samsung 840Evo 120 GB
|
No Review |
148'166 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB | |
132'997 |
| Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB | No Review |
95'808 |
| Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB | |
94'447 |
| Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB | |
62'388 |
| Intel X25-M 80 GB | |
48'194 |
KByte/s, Random read |
||
| Random read |
Bewertung |
Throughput 4 KByte Block Size |
| Intel SSD 750 PCIe x4 1.2 TB | |
975'428 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
640'327 |
| Intel SSD 750 PCIe x4 400 GB | |
575'665 |
| Kingston HyperX Predator 480GB | |
443'069 |
| Samsung 840Evo 250 GB mSATA |
No Review |
400'192 |
| Plextor M5Pro 256 GB | No Review |
392'851 |
| Samsung 850 PRO 256 GB
|
|
390'689 |
| Samsung 840Evo 1 TB |
|
384'527 |
| Samsung PM863 960GB | |
382'724 |
| OCZ Vector 256 GB
|
|
381'510 |
| OCZ Vector 180 960 GB
|
|
380'211 |
| Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB | No Review |
373'590 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB | |
368'728 |
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800GB
|
|
368'001 |
| OCZ Vector 180 480 GB |
|
366'031 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB | No Review |
364'987 |
| Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB
|
|
359'009 |
| OCZ IBIS 240 GB | |
357'112 |
| Samsung 840 PRO 256 GB
|
|
353'123 |
| Samsung PM863 960GB
|
|
349'781 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB | |
348'881 |
| Samsung 840Evo 120 GB
|
No Review |
348'724 |
| Crucial M500 480 GB
|
No Review |
346'164 |
| OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB | |
337'922 |
| OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
328'627 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB | |
310'109 |
| OCZ Vertex 460 120 GB | |
309'467 |
| Intel SSD 520 240 GB
|
|
283'794 |
| OCZ Agility 4 256 GB | |
255'743 |
| Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB | |
231'999 |
| OCZ Deneva 2 200 GB eMLC |
|
226'958 |
| Intel SSD 520 180 GB
|
No Review |
212'409 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 240 GB | |
171'179 |
| Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB |
No Review |
171'684 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB
|
|
168'648 |
| OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB | |
167'922 |
| Corsair Force GS 240 GB
|
|
163'408 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB | |
151'097 |
| Extrememory XLR8 Express 120 GB |
|
149'622 |
| OCZ Agility 3 240 GB | |
142'942 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB
|
No Review |
141'910 |
| OCZ Trion 100 960 GB | |
135'611 |
| OCZ Octane 1 TB | |
126'603 |
| OCZ Octane 512 GB | |
123'553 |
| ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB
|
|
102'038 |
| Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120 GB
|
|
102'031 |
| Corsair Force GT 120 GB
|
|
98'387 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB
|
|
96'042 |
| ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB
|
|
95'928 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB
|
|
93'316 |
| Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB
|
|
89'121 |
| OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD | |
87'188 |
| Corsair Force 3 120 GB
|
|
84'113 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 120 GB
|
|
81'160 |
| Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB | |
58'647 |
| ADATA S511 60 GB
|
|
51'187 |
| OCZ Synapse 64 GB | |
47'918 |
| OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD
|
|
43'003 |
| Intel X25-M 80 GB | |
30'287 |
IOPS, Random write |
||
| Random write |
Bewertung |
IOPS 4 KByte Block Size |
| Intel SSD 750 PCIe x4 1.2 TB | |
260'904 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
189'164 |
| Intel SSD 750 PCIe x4 400 GB | |
157'503 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB | No Review |
95'782 |
| Samsung 850 PRO 256 GB
|
|
91'053 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB | |
90'519 |
| Crucial M500 480 GB |
No Review |
88'642 |
| OCZ Vector 256 GB
|
|
88'537 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB | |
88'460 |
| Samsung PM863 960GB
|
|
86'634 |
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800GB
|
|
85'813 |
| Samsung 840Evo 1 TB |
|
85'792 |
| OCZ Agility 4 256 GB | |
85'373 |
| OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
81'175 |
| Kingston HyperX Predator 480GB | |
77'077 |
| Samsung 840Evo 250 GB mSATA |
No Review |
76'721 |
| Corsair Force GS 240 GB
|
|
75'577 |
| OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB | |
74'983 |
| OCZ Deneva 2 200 GB eMLC |
|
74'389 |
| Samsung 840 PRO 256 GB
|
|
73'600 |
| Samsung PM863 960GB | |
71'883 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 240 GB | |
71'470 |
| Intel SSD 520 240 GB
|
|
71'338 |
| OCZ Vertex 460 120 GB | |
71'323 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 120 GB
|
|
71'227 |
| Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB
|
|
71'180 |
| Intel SSD 520 180 GB
|
No Review |
70'944 |
| OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB | |
70'031 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB
|
|
70'016 |
| OCZ Vector 180 960 GB
|
|
69'998 |
| Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120 GB
|
|
69'760 |
| Corsair Force GT 120 GB
|
|
69'108 |
| OCZ IBIS 240 GB | |
67'339 |
| ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB
|
|
66'107 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB
|
No Review |
65'817 |
| Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB |
No Review |
65'714 |
| Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB
|
|
64'446 |
| OCZ Vector 180 480 GB |
|
64'244 |
| Plextor M5Pro 256 GB | No Review |
63'620 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB
|
|
63'553 |
| ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB
|
|
61'302 |
| OCZ Agility 3 240 GB | |
60'579 |
| Extrememory XLR8 Express 120 GB |
|
58'604 |
| ADATA S511 60 GB
|
|
56'749 |
| Corsair Force 3 120 GB
|
|
56'017 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB
|
|
53'719 |
| OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD | |
53'618 |
| OCZ Synapse 64 GB | |
52'126 |
| OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD
|
|
39'744 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB | |
39'192 |
| Samsung 840Evo 120 GB
|
No Review |
38'077 |
| OCZ Trion 100 960 GB | |
33'348 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB | |
32'772 |
| Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB | No Review |
23'799 |
| Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB | |
23'640 |
| OCZ Octane 1 TB | |
22'192 |
| OCZ Octane 512 GB | |
20'492 |
| Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB | |
15'434 |
| Intel X25-M 80 GB | |
6'297 |
IOPS, Random read |
||
| Random read |
Bewertung |
IOPS 4 KByte Block Size |
| Intel SSD 750 PCIe x4 1.2 TB | |
247'587 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
160'832 |
| Intel SSD 750 PCIe x4 400 GB | |
143'916 |
| Kingston HyperX Predator 480GB | |
111'097 |
| Samsung 840 PRO 256 GB
|
|
100'198 |
| Samsung 850 PRO 256 GB
|
|
99'919 |
| Samsung 840Evo 250 GB mSATA |
No Review |
99'476 |
| Plextor M5Pro 256 GB | No Review |
98'600 |
| Samsung 840Evo 1 TB |
|
96'308 |
| Samsung PM863 960GB | |
95'811 |
| OCZ Vector 256 GB
|
|
95'614 |
| Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB | No Review |
93'251 |
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800GB
|
|
92'101 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB | No Review |
91'642 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB | |
92'288 |
| OCZ Vector 180 960 GB
|
|
92'275 |
| OCZ Vector 180 480 GB |
|
92'001 |
| Samsung 840Evo 120 GB
|
No Review |
91'598 |
| OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
89'692 |
| OCZ IBIS 240 GB | |
89'630 |
| Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB
|
|
89'585 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB | |
87'654 |
| Samsung PM863 960GB
|
|
87'544 |
| Crucial M500 480 GB |
No Review |
86'622 |
| OCZ Trion 100 960 GB | |
85'274 |
| OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB | |
84'561 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB | |
77'637 |
| OCZ Vertex 460 120 GB | |
77'119 |
| OCZ Agility 4 256 GB | |
63'925 |
| Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB | |
57'856 |
| OCZ Deneva 2 200 GB eMLC |
|
55'090 |
| Intel SSD 520 180 GB
|
No Review |
53'477 |
| Intel SSD 520 240 GB
|
|
51'835 |
| Corsair Force GS 240 GB
|
|
51'373 |
| Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB |
No Review |
46'647 |
| OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB | |
42'308 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB
|
|
41'917 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 240 GB | |
41'813 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB | |
37'813 |
| Extrememory XLR8 Express 120 GB |
|
37'403 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB
|
No Review |
36'550 |
| OCZ Agility 3 240 GB | |
35'295 |
| OCZ Octane 1 TB | |
32'403 |
| OCZ Octane 512 GB | |
31'442 |
| Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120 GB
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|
25'822 |
| ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB
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|
25'036 |
| Corsair Force GT 120 GB
|
|
24'807 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB
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|
24'473 |
| ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB
|
|
24'338 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB
|
|
22'278 |
| Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB
|
|
21'443 |
| OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD | |
21'853 |
| Corsair Force 3 120 GB
|
|
20'718 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 120 GB
|
|
20'438 |
| Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB | |
14'606 |
| ADATA S511 60 GB
|
|
12'963 |
| OCZ Synapse 64 GB | |
11'980 |
| OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD
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|
10'833 |
| Intel X25-M 80 GB | |
5'349 |
Throughput 1 Thread (QD1)
| 1T Throughput (KB/s) | ||||||||
| 4k | 8k | 16k | 32k | 64k | 128k | 256k | 512k | |
| Seq write | 902281 | 993795 | 922815 | 1004409 | 1010698 | 980851 | 1056329 | 1008204 |
| Seq read | 888186 | 841617 | 990518 | 985158 | 956132 | 1285602 | 1392040 | 1358646 |
| Rand write | 76391 | 164063 | 285868 | 557027 | 855395 | 1023458 | 1029960 | 1051723 |
| Rand read | 31665 | 58492 | 98190 | 176402 | 319009 | 456553 | 493559 | 520223 |
Throughput 4 Threads (QD4)
| 4T Throughput (KB/s) | ||||||||
| 4k | 8k | 16k | 32k | 64k | 128k | 256k | 512k | |
| Seq write | 751331 | 709864 | 763280 | 791946 | 965787 | 961481 | 979890 | 1031626 |
| Seq read | 1159186 | 1132057 | 1235419 | 1273266 | 1348630 | 1361222 | 1350070 | 1365518 |
| Rand write | 264247 | 537810 | 902216 | 971854 | 955356 | 985722 | 996637 | 990600 |
| Rand read | 87964 | 159827 | 395894 | 658115 | 761874 | 1182965 | 1211610 | 1276910 |
Throughput 8 Threads (QD8)
| 8T Throughput (KB/s) | ||||||||
| 4k | 8k | 16k | 32k | 64k | 128k | 256k | 512k | |
| Seq write | 877054 | 671390 | 820497 | 906169 | 978630 | 994206 | 1005407 | 1009074 |
| Seq read | 1301599 | 1319609 | 1336859 | 1344276 | 1307158 | 1325879 | 1393769 | 1392364 |
| Rand write | 276810 | 562458 | 895241 | 939757 | 994911 | 1009649 | 1008679 | 1013391 |
| Rand read | 156165 | 327789 | 549001 | 842661 | 1179750 | 1282247 | 1225063 | 1330068 |
Throughput 16 Threads (QD16)
| 16T Throughput (KB/s) | ||||||||
| 4k | 8k | 16k | 32k | 64k | 128k | 256k | 512k | |
| Seq write | 775240 | 838022 | 790210 | 964078 | 936119 | 969469 | 984047 | 976067 |
| Seq read | 876543 | 972648 | 972543 | 1077071 | 1193456 | 1229966 | 1265442 | 1274691 |
| Rand write | 292551 | 557407 | 934829 | 969901 | 974680 | 1012502 | 999360 | 1010808 |
| Rand read | 310217 | 548918 | 797083 | 1040715 | 1185160 | 1181887 | 1254240 | 1249547 |
Throughput 32 Threads (QD32)
| 32T Throughput (KB/s) | ||||||||
| 4k | 8k | 16k | 32k | 64k | 128k | 256k | 512k | |
| Seq write | 667265 | 682275 | 756149 | 779985 | 970712 | 1029296 | 1018023 | 1094978 |
| Seq read | 873821 | 917162 | 987035 | 1179694 | 1213981 | 1267501 | 1306809 | 1303283 |
| Rand write | 300308 | 565195 | 951683 | 950711 | 1086978 | 1059606 | 1074842 | 1057380 |
| Rand read | 443069 | 769809 | 992239 | 1072554 | 1388621 | 1366260 | 1306729 | 1301455 |
Conclusion
Announcement:
Despite the circumstance that the rating of a product is based on as many
objective facts as possible there are factors which can have an influence on a
rating after publication. Every autor may perceive data differently over time
whereas one possible reason for example is a deeper background knowledge or
understanding of certain processes. Certain unforseen market conditions as well
as changes have the potential to render a descision made at a certain point in
time obsolete.
With their HyperX Predator series Kingston has created a drive, with which they’re addressing enthusiasts mainly. Throughput rates in the region of 1’400 MB/s are what's bringing SSD to the next level. The Marvell 88SS9293 controller, which Kingston is using with this drive does a really good job and in combination with Toshiba 19nm MLC NAND flash memory you get a very good endurance rating as well. We also appreciate the bundle that comes with this drive. If you don't own a motherboard with an M.2 Gen2 x4 slot or higher, you can leave the HyperX Prdator on the PCIe card and plug it into a PCI Express slot and you'll benefit from the all its perforamnce.
In terms of raw performance our test drive was able to score 1'018 MB/s sequential
write and 1'306 MB/s sequential read throughput. When it comes to 4K
IOPS we measured 110'800 IOPS regarding random read and 75'000 regarding random
write. Compared to standard SATA-III SSDs this drive can be twice as fast, which is definitely a step into the right direction.
On another note we also
had a look at performance with different queue depths as you can see on page 10 of this review.
In case of random read performance at QD1 we see 7'900 IOPS and when it comes to random write we measured 19'100 IOPS.
Last but not least there is the price: Kingstons HyperX Predator with 480GB is going to set you back 418 Euro and the HyperX Predator 240GB changes owner for a 209 Euro. These drives aren't cheap, but you do get a quick M.2 drive for the moeny you pay.
