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Kingston SSDNow V Series 64GB notebook kit solid-state drive review

by Tarinder Sandhu on 14 September 2009, 07:27 3.25

Tags: Kingston SSDNow V 64GB, Kingston

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Iometer read performance

IOMeter - 64KB sequential read speed
Samsung Spinpoint F1-DT 750GBOCZ Vertex SSD 30GBOCZ Summit SSD 120GB (1910)Kingston SSDNow V 64GBIntel X25-M SSD 80GB
78.5187.13173.5684.14212.36


IOMeter - 4KB random read speed
Samsung Spinpoint F1-DT 750GBOCZ Vertex SSD 30GBOCZ Summit SSD 120GB (1910)Kingston SSDNow V 64GBIntel X25-M SSD 80GB
0.4828.0150.3116.5357.97


IOMeter - average read latency
Samsung Spinpoint F1-DT 750GBOCZ Vertex SSD 30GBOCZ Summit SSD 120GB (1910)Kingston SSDNow V 64GBIntel X25-M SSD 80GB
24.510.420.230.710.2


IOMeter - maximum read latency
Samsung Spinpoint F1-DT 750GBOCZ Vertex SSD 30GBOCZ Summit SSD 120GB (1910)Kingston SSDNow V 64GBIntel X25-M SSD 80GB
46.461.410.722.660.77


IOMeter - IOPS (read)
Samsung Spinpoint F1-DT 750GBOCZ Vertex SSD 30GBOCZ Summit SSD 120GB (1910)Kingston SSDNow V 64GBIntel X25-M SSD 80GB
122.387171.5212878.5423214839


The Iometer read tests show the Kingston SSDNow V 64GB to lag behind the better-specified competition. However, and perhaps more pertinently, it's significantly faster than a mechanical drive.