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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 write performance

IOMeter - 64KB sequential write speed
Samsung Spinpoint F1-DT 750GBOCZ Vertex SSD 30GBOCZ Summit SSD 120GB (1910)Kingston SSDNow V 64GBIntel X25-M SSD 80GB
66.6397.66159.3126.7670.52


IOMeter - 4KB random write
Samsung Spinpoint F1-DT 750GBOCZ Vertex SSD 30GBOCZ Summit SSD 120GB (1910)Kingston SSDNow V 64GBIntel X25-M SSD 80GB
0.7813.015.020.149.12


The 4K random-write speed is the lowest we've seen from an SSD. Clearly the JMicron 602 isn't so hot here. The good news is that, whilst the performance is low, we didn't notice any of the frequently-observed stuttering that's plagued previous JMicron-based solid-state drives.

IOMeter - average write latency
Samsung Spinpoint F1-DT 750GBOCZ Vertex SSD 30GBOCZ Summit SSD 120GB (1910)Kingston SSDNow V 64GBIntel X25-M SSD 80GB
15.10.92.33113.980.24


IOMeter - maximum write latency
Samsung Spinpoint F1-DT 750GBOCZ Vertex SSD 30GBOCZ Summit SSD 120GB (1910)Kingston SSDNow V 64GBIntel X25-M SSD 80GB
1034.619.3925.771642.2893.36


IOMeter - IOPS (write)
Samsung Spinpoint F1-DT 750GBOCZ Vertex SSD 30GBOCZ Summit SSD 120GB (1910)Kingston SSDNow V 64GBIntel X25-M SSD 80GB
198.543330.431285.1226.1512575


Latency, too, is poor. It's difficult to notice in a single-user environment, but the performance delta would be noticed if you're into heavy, heavy multitasking.