Kingston HyperX 240GB SATA III SSD

Introduction

SSDs are becoming more and more mainstream these days, with costs gradually coming down making them more accesible in more useful capacities, to more people. SATA III is a recent development that has seen these solid state discs almost doubling their read/write sequential performance, something that seems rediculous considering the relatively slow speed of our fastests HDDs just a few years ago.

Today I’m looking at one of these new SATA 6GBps drives from Kingston. It’s part of their HyperX range with a 240GB capacity. Let’s see how it performs.

Features

• SandForce controller technololgy
• High-speed SATA Rev 3.0 (6 Gb/s) transfer speeds
• Performance  – incredible speeds for advanced gaming, multitasking, and multimedia computing power
• Reliable – much less likely to fail than a standard hard drive
• Shock-Resistant  – dropping your notebook no longer means losing your data
• Cool & Quiet – runs silent and with no moving mechanical parts to generate heat
• Innovative – uses NAND Flash memory components
• Supports S.M.A.R.T. TRIM and Garbage Collection
• Guaranteed – three-year Kingston warranty, 24/7 tech support

Specifications

• Form factor – 2.5″
• Controller – 2nd Generation SandForce Controller SF-2281
• Components – Intel 25nm Compute-Quality MLC NAND (5k P/E Cycles)
• Interface – SATA Rev 3.0 (6Gb/s), SATA Rev 2.0 (3Gb/s)
• Capacity – 240 GB
• Sequential reads 6Gb/s 3 – 525MB/s for all capacities
• Sequential writes 6Gb/s – 480MB/s for all capacities
• Sustained Random 4k Read/Write – 240GB – 40,000/60,000 IOPS
• Max Random 4K R/W – 240GB – 95,000/60,000 IOPS
• Supports S.M.A.R.T. TRIM and Garbage Collection
• Warranty/support – Three-year warranty with free 24/7 support
• Power Consumption – 240GB: 0.455 W (TYP) Idle / 1.6 W (TYP) Read / 2.05 W (TYP) Write
• Dimensions – 69.85 x 100 x 9.5mm
• Weight – 81g
• Operating Temperatures – 0°C ~ 70°C
• Storage Temperatures -40°C ~ 85°C
• Shock Resistance – 1500G
• Vibration Operating – 2.17G
• Vibration Non-Operating – 20G
• MTBF – 1,000,000 Hrs

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