Kingston SSDNow V100 128GB Desktop Bundle review

**Liggy** · 22-12-2010

I just posted the article Kingston SSDNow V100 128GB Desktop Bundle review.

Quote:

In this review MyCE takes a close look at the Kingston SSDNow V100 128GB desktop bundle. The drive is specified with a 250 MB/s read and 230 MB/s write speed. See how the drive performed in our in-depth look.

Read the full article here

Feel free to add your comments below.

Please note that the reactions from the complete site will be synched below.

Millennium12 · 24-12-2010

Good review, Liggy, this SSD is a 4K joke!

**Liggy** · 24-12-2010

I wouldn't call it a joke. It's not that this drive is acutally bad. It is just not on par with other drives that are available these days. It's still a huge improvement compared to a harddisc drive but it's definitely slower than Indilinx or Sandforce based drives when reading small blocks. On the other hand it can even be faster than Sandforce drives when it comes to sequentially writing data that cannot be compressed.

Millennium12 · 24-12-2010

Well, considering Windows sector size is 4K it just hits the pot there

**Dee** · 24-12-2010

Thanks for the review, Liggy.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Millennium12

Well, considering Windows sector size is 4K it just hits the pot there

The 4K sector size of Windows is irrelevant to an SSD, as they use 512K blocks, and 20MB/s 4K random performance is still 20 times more that the fastest HDD.

Also people seem to be getting hung up on 4K performance again. Having huge 4K performance is only useful if you can use that bandwidth, and only a server serving a huge amount of small files will benefit from huge 4K performance. 20MB/s 4K read bandwidth is a hell of a lot of 4K files in 1 second, and much more than most PC users will ever need, whereas sequential performance will always matter.

The real key to a really fast SSD is threaded performance, with a mixture of small random files and sequential files.

**Liggy** · 28-03-2011

Kingston have released an updated firmware for this drive.

Quote:

This firmware revision is for Kingston SV100 Series SSD only and fixes following issue:
1. Drive hangs with System BIOS, boot failure.

*bigmike7* · 03-07-2011

Yo-

Does anyone know what the 'V+100' version improves over this 'V100' -??

**Dee** · 03-07-2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigmike7

Yo-

Does anyone know what the 'V+100' version improves over this 'V100' -??

The V100 uses a JMicron SSD controller while the V+ uses a Samsung PB22-J SSD controller,

*bigmike7* · 11-07-2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dee

The V100 uses a JMicron SSD controller while the V+ uses a Samsung PB22-J SSD controller,

Yo Wendy-

Thank you for that answer - in your opinion - is one controller better than the other?

TIA

**Dee** · 11-07-2011

The Samsung controller is slightly faster, but there isn't a huge difference.
IMO, both give pretty good desktop performance, and at least appear to be quite reliable.

*bigmike7* · 11-07-2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dee

The Samsung controller is slightly faster, but there isn't a huge difference.
IMO, both give pretty good desktop performance, and at least appear to be quite reliable.

Yo Wendy-

Again - many thanks for that piece of knowledge.

I have two Kingston SSD's - the first is in my Burning Computer (below) and the new V+100 96Gb is currently in my new i7-2600 ZT computer and the V+100 is definitely the faster of the two. I have a Crucial RealSSD C300 128Gb on order - mainly to utilize the SATA III feature of the Gigabyte mobo in the i7-2600 ZT computer - repositioning the V+100 to my Work Computer (below) which will eventually become the Burning Computer - and the current one will go to a deserving grand daughter in high school.

I'm more than a little concerned about the 'Trim' function on the Crucial running SATA III (as you reported in your review) or has that been fixed with the revisions due to the SATA problems of a couple of months ago?

**Dee** · 11-07-2011

P67 native SATA 3 has great speed, and I re-tested the C300 on P67 and you can see how it performs in this review of the OCZ Vertex 3
http://www.myce.com/review/ocz-verte...ntroduction-1/

Unfortunately P67/Z68/H67 native SATA 3 has some problems, and you can read about them in the same review (final thoughts and conclusion page - Stability), linked above.

*bigmike7* · 12-07-2011

Yo Wendy-

Again - many thanks for the knowledge sharing.

24-12-2010	#3
Liggy Senior Administrator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Monkey Island Posts: 8,243	Re: Kingston SSDNow V100 128GB Desktop Bundle review I wouldn't call it a joke. It's not that this drive is acutally bad. It is just not on par with other drives that are available these days. It's still a huge improvement compared to a harddisc drive but it's definitely slower than Indilinx or Sandforce based drives when reading small blocks. On the other hand it can even be faster than Sandforce drives when it comes to sequentially writing data that cannot be compressed. __________________ You need to flash or dump your NEC DVD burner firmwares on your Mac, Windows, DOS or Linux machine? Just try Binflash. Visit Liggy's and Dee's Optiarc and NEC firmware and tools page for all kind of information about NEC and Optiarc drives. Unrequested PM about drive problems will not be answered!

24-12-2010	#4
Millennium12 MyCE Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 163	Re: Kingston SSDNow V100 128GB Desktop Bundle review Well, considering Windows sector size is 4K it just hits the pot there __________________ GA MA770T-UD3P AMD X6 1090T Kingston 8GB 1600 HyperX Gigabyte HD6850 2x WD5000AADS Corsair 620W Win7/x64 HoPre

03-07-2011	#7
bigmike7 MyCE Resident Old Fart Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Diehard Old CDFreak Lurking In The Back Of Your Mind Posts: 10,080	Re: Kingston SSDNow V100 128GB Desktop Bundle review Yo- Does anyone know what the 'V+100' version improves over this 'V100' -?? __________________ Mike (Y) <- - - (a tribute to someone) Brayden & Lil Burnits Proud Cyber Grampie - 'CERCA, TROVA' - 'NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM' Work Computer = ZT Systems i7-2600 CPU w/16GB DDR3-1333 RAM/ Win7 Pro-sp1 /Intel 510 120GB SSD @ SATA3 /Western Digital VelociRaptor 500GB Workstation HDD @ SATA3 /Corsair 650 watt PSU /Pioneer BDR-2207 as BD burner /Lite-On iHBS-112-04 as Reader/Ripper and BD Disc Quality Tester /AOC i2757fh 27 inch S-IPS monitor w/LED backlight /XFX Radeon HD6870 w/2GB GDDR5RAM /Ashampoo Burning Studio 2012 /DVDFab 9 Burning Computer = HP xw8400 workstation w/ Two Xeon 5160, dual core, 3.0 mhz CPU's w/ 16gb PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM /Win7 Pro-sp1 /Intel X25-M G2 160GB SSD /Western Digital Caviar Black 640gb w/64mb cache HDD /Corsair 850 watt psu / Optiarc AD-5280S-CB-PLUS w/v1.Z7 fw as Disc Burner and Disc Quality Tester /Optiarc AD-5280S-CB-PLUS w/v1.Z7 fw as Disc Reader/Ripper /ATi Radeon HD 5770 w/1gb GDDR5 Ram Videocard /HP 24" LCD /Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 /DVDFab 9 On The Shelf: (1) Benq 1640, (1)BenQ 1640 @EW168, Pioneer (2) 115D, (3) Optiarc 7200A, Optiarc 7260A, Asus DRW-24b1ST

11-07-2011	#10
Dee Senior Administrator and Reviewer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 12,844	Re: Kingston SSDNow V100 128GB Desktop Bundle review The Samsung controller is slightly faster, but there isn't a huge difference. IMO, both give pretty good desktop performance, and at least appear to be quite reliable. __________________ We came to wreck everything and ruin your lives, God sent us MyCE SSD Reviews To become a member of MyCE.com just click here to join The Forum Rules \| The SSD FAQ \| The NEC/Optiarc F.A.Q. \| Liggy & Dee's NEC/Optiarc Firmware Page

11-07-2011	#12
Dee Senior Administrator and Reviewer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 12,844	Re: Kingston SSDNow V100 128GB Desktop Bundle review P67 native SATA 3 has great speed, and I re-tested the C300 on P67 and you can see how it performs in this review of the OCZ Vertex 3 http://www.myce.com/review/ocz-verte...ntroduction-1/ Unfortunately P67/Z68/H67 native SATA 3 has some problems, and you can read about them in the same review (final thoughts and conclusion page - Stability), linked above. __________________ We came to wreck everything and ruin your lives, God sent us MyCE SSD Reviews To become a member of MyCE.com just click here to join The Forum Rules \| The SSD FAQ \| The NEC/Optiarc F.A.Q. \| Liggy & Dee's NEC/Optiarc Firmware Page

Today
Adbot Always the best offers Join Date: Today Location: Myce HQ Posts: Zillions

12-07-2011	#13
bigmike7 MyCE Resident Old Fart Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Diehard Old CDFreak Lurking In The Back Of Your Mind Posts: 10,080	Re: Kingston SSDNow V100 128GB Desktop Bundle review Yo Wendy- Again - many thanks for the knowledge sharing. __________________ Mike (Y) <- - - (a tribute to someone) Brayden & Lil Burnits Proud Cyber Grampie - 'CERCA, TROVA' - 'NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM' Work Computer = ZT Systems i7-2600 CPU w/16GB DDR3-1333 RAM/ Win7 Pro-sp1 /Intel 510 120GB SSD @ SATA3 /Western Digital VelociRaptor 500GB Workstation HDD @ SATA3 /Corsair 650 watt PSU /Pioneer BDR-2207 as BD burner /Lite-On iHBS-112-04 as Reader/Ripper and BD Disc Quality Tester /AOC i2757fh 27 inch S-IPS monitor w/LED backlight /XFX Radeon HD6870 w/2GB GDDR5RAM /Ashampoo Burning Studio 2012 /DVDFab 9 Burning Computer = HP xw8400 workstation w/ Two Xeon 5160, dual core, 3.0 mhz CPU's w/ 16gb PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM /Win7 Pro-sp1 /Intel X25-M G2 160GB SSD /Western Digital Caviar Black 640gb w/64mb cache HDD /Corsair 850 watt psu / Optiarc AD-5280S-CB-PLUS w/v1.Z7 fw as Disc Burner and Disc Quality Tester /Optiarc AD-5280S-CB-PLUS w/v1.Z7 fw as Disc Reader/Ripper /ATi Radeon HD 5770 w/1gb GDDR5 Ram Videocard /HP 24" LCD /Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 /DVDFab 9 On The Shelf: (1) Benq 1640, (1)BenQ 1640 @EW168, Pioneer (2) 115D, (3) Optiarc 7200A, Optiarc 7260A, Asus DRW-24b1ST

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Crucial RealSSD C300 128GB SSD Review	Dee	Solid State Drives (SSD), Hard Drives (HDD) and NAS	11	09-07-2011 11:38
Kingston DT Ultimate 3.0 review	H3rB3i	Solid State Drives (SSD), Hard Drives (HDD) and NAS	1	07-12-2010 17:32
HP to bundle HD DVD-ROM with D4655y desktop series	Seán	Consumer electronics	0	28-11-2006 15:03