Kingston HyperX Savage 240GB SSD Review
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80% Read Sequential Mixed Workload
Our mixed workload testing is described in detail here, and our steady state tests are described here.
Kingston's HyperX Savage 240GB fares well when it's reading and writing sequential data, but mixed workloads fall flat. We've observed the same performance from other Phison S10-controlled products, too. When testing Patriot's Ignite, we weren't sure if the 16nm MLC ONFi flash was causing our poor results or if the controller was to blame. The HyperX Savage uses Toshiba A19 MLC Toggle-mode NAND, so we can be fairly certain that the low sequential mixed workload performance isn't a flash issue.
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mapesdhs Is there really anyone who would buy one of these over an EVO or Pro? I don't get Kingston's MO at all...Reply
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AndrewJacksonZA Right in your article there's a link to Amazon that has the Kingston HyperX Savage 240GB for USD110. There's also a link to the SanDisk Ultra II 240GB on Amazon for USD85.Reply
I do realize that you can't track all the pricing changes and that you base your reviews on the MSRP, I just thought that I'd point out in the comments that your "Price" con could perhaps no longer be justified.
Thanks for the review Chris. :-) -
AndrewJacksonZA Is there really anyone who would buy one of these over an EVO or Pro? I don't get Kingston's MO at all...
In my current situation I'd go for a drive that gives me good value for money, which in my country, last time I checked, is a SanDisk or a Crucial, not the Samsung. However, your point is quite valid. Let's wait for the firmware upgrade, perhaps Chris might be willing to revisit this review. -
CRamseyer The issue with pricing right now is the reviews are taking a little longer than I expected to come out. This was finished a month ago.Reply
In the next 30 days or so Phison should have the "10K" update finished. When that comes out this product could be competitive with 850 Pro and 850 EVO in 4K random performance. That is what they tell us anyway but we've been waiting on the 10K update for quite a while now.
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rohitbaran This price better be an introductory price, considering that you can get a Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB SSD for $170 if you look around and that drive is unbeatable for the price as of now.Reply -
teknobug I have a Kingston HyperX 3K, it's a pretty fast drive but once I got a Samsung 850 EVO I was blown away at the difference and the Samsung is just a much better performer. I also have a Kingston SSDNow V300 and let's just say we should all forget that series ever exists, mine is the original kind before Kingston made them 50% slower but still they're not very good performing SSD's, my first gen Intel SSD (X-25) still performs better than the SSDNow V300 does.Reply -
Larry Litmanen If SSDs die after 3-4 years what is their future in consumer grade PCs. Regular people who have zero interest in tech will not be able to replace an SSD and boot OS on it.Reply
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Glock24 After the V300 scam, I don't trust Kingston any more. It's a shame, I used to like their products.Reply -
Yoshihiro Shimokawa So wait, the 960GB model has 1024GB available to the user? That's a typo right?Reply