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Kingston SSDNow 40GB V-series SSD review. Desktop and netbook performance

by Tarinder Sandhu on 30 October 2009, 19:49 3.85

Tags: Kingston 40GB SSDNow V Series, MSI Wind U100+ (Kingston 40GB SSD), Kingston

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HD Tune 3.5 Pro, and disk torture

HD Tune 3.50 Pro - average read speed
Crucial CT64M225 SSD 64GBSamsung HD103UJ 1TBCorsair X128 SSD 128GBKingston SSDNow V+ 64GBKingston SSDNow V Series 40GB
162.692.2211.2203.1223.9


HD Tune 3.50 Pro - average write speed
Crucial CT64M225 SSD 64GBSamsung HD103UJ 1TBCorsair X128 SSD 128GBKingston SSDNow V+ 64GBKingston SSDNow V Series 40GB
86.587.1176.3136.839.6


HD Tune 3.50 Pro - random read
Crucial CT64M225 SSD 64GBSamsung HD103UJ 1TBCorsair X128 SSD 128GBKingston SSDNow V+ 64GBKingston SSDNow V Series 40GB
27249347314443


HD Tune 3.50 Pro - random access time (4K)
Crucial CT64M225 SSD 64GBSamsung HD103UJ 1TBCorsair X128 SSD 128GBKingston SSDNow V+ 64GBKingston SSDNow V Series 40GB
0.15130.140.170.08


Disk torture - writing 25,868 files (3.72GB) back onto drive
Time in seconds, lower is better
Crucial CT64M225 SSD 64GBSamsung HD103UJ 1TBCorsair X128 SSD 128GBKingston SSDNow V+ 64GBKingston SSDNow V Series 40GB
114.5119.696.2100.3107.4


The HD Tune 3.50 Pro and disk torture numbers corroborate the findings on the previous page. The Kingston 40GB SSD can hold its own against other premium, more expensive models for reading and randomised searches but falls down if sequential writing is important.