Kingston HyperX Savage EXO 480GB External SSD review

1. Introduction2. Kingston HyperX Savage EXO 480GB3. ATTO/CrystalDiskMark/AS SSD4. IOMETER5. Throughput6. Real Life File Transfers7. Closing Thoughts8. View All Pages

Since it sprung to life in 2002, HyperX, Kingston Technology's high performance consumer product line has gradually seen the number and type of products contained within it steadily increasing so now it encompasses memory modules, solid-state drives, USB Flash drives, headsets and mouse pads. Now we can add external hard drives to the list with the launch of the HyperX Savage EXO.

Available in two capacities, 480GB and 960GB, the Savage EXO is a neat slimline external drive packing a SSD using 3D TLC NAND. Measuring just 123.82 x 48.61 x 10.24mm and weighing in a just 56g, the drive is small and light enough to be carried around in a jacket pocket all day without noticing it.

The official performance transfer rate figures for the drive are up to 500MB/s for reads and 480MB/s for writes which we were able to confirm with the ATTO benchmark, which produced a read score of 525MB/s and 532MB/s for writes. Real life file transfers saw read performance go over the 500MB/s mark on few occasions; when dealing with the 5GB photo, Bluray movie and 60GB iso image. However, the write performance of the Savage EXO was left somewhat in the shade producing over 300MB/s just once, when dealing with the 5GB photo (318.1MB/s).

We found the 480GB version of the HyperX Savage EXO available to pre-order on Scan.co.uk for £123.98 HERE

Pros

• Slimline design.
• Good Sequential performance.

Cons

• Real life write performance was disappointing.

Kitguru says: Small and perfectly formed, the HyperX Savage EXO has very good read performance and is pretty competitively priced.

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