Kingston SSDNow V+200 480GB SSD Review

1. Introduction2. Packaging and Bundle3. The Kingston SSDNow V+200 480 GB4. Testing Methodology5. CrystalDiskMark6. ATTO Disk Benchmark7. AS SSD8. PCMark 79. IOMeter10. Real World Testing11. Closing Thoughts12. View All Pages

For testing, the drives are all wiped and reset to factory settings by HDDerase V4. We try to use free or easily available programs and some real world testing so you can compare our findings against your own system.

Test System
Cooler: Corsair H100 Performance Liquid Cooler
Motherboard: ASRock Z77E-ITX
Memory: 8 GB Mushkin Blackline 1333 MHz (2x 4 GB)
PSU: Corsair GS800
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7950
Chassis: Silverstone Temjin TJ-04E
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
Monitor: Viewsonic VX2260WM

Comparison Drives:
OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB
Intel 330 Series 120 GB
Corsair Neutron 256 GB

Software:
Atto Disk Benchmark
CrystalMark
AS SSD
PCMark 7
IOMeter
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All our results were achieved by running each test five times with every configuration this ensures that any glitches are removed from the results. Trim is confirmed as running by typing fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify into the command line. A response of disabledeletenotify =0 confirms TRIM is active.

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