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  The CrystalDiskMark sequential read performance of the Kingston SSDNow V 100 256GB was actually higher than that of the SSDNow V+ 100 256GB, with a throughput of 235MB/s opposed to 227MB/s. Both were slower than the SSDNow V 128GB drive which managed 259MB/s, while the Crucial RealSSD C300 reached 280MB/s. The sequential write results provided similar performance trends, though this time the Kingston SSDNow V 100 256GB and the older SSDNow V 128GB provided similar results while the SSDNow V+ 100 256GB was considerably faster with a throughput of 191.8MB/s. Again the Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB and Samsung 470 Series 256GB were the only drives to outpace the Kingston SSDNow V+ 100 256GB.
  The CrystalDiskMark random 512K read results were similar to those seen when recording sequential performance. However the Kingston SSDNow V+ 100 256GB was 12% faster than the SSDNow V 100 256GB. Still the SSDNow V 100 256GB did just manage to out gun the older SSDNow V 128GB drive. The SSDNow V+ 100 256GB matched the Samsung 470 Series 256GB drive, while it was slower than the OCZ Vertex 2 Pro 100GB and Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB. The random 512K write results where much closer between the Kingston SSDNow V+ 100 256GB and SSDNow V 100 256GB drives. Here it was the SSDNow V 100 256GB which was 4% faster than the SSDNow V+ 100 256GB. Both drives delivered excellent write performance and were again only outclassed by the Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB and Samsung 470 Series 256GB 2.5” drives.
  Evidently the Kingston SSDNow V+ 100 256GB and SSDNow V 100 256GB provide quite poor NCQ performance, as they suffered when running the CrystalDiskMark random read 4K-QD32 test. This was also a weakness of the original SSDNow V 128GB drive. Whereas the old OCZ Vertex 120GB provided a throughput of 65MB/s, the SSDNow V+ 100 256GB was limited to just 19.9MB/s. The random write 4K-QD32 performance was slightly better as the Kingston SSDNow V+ 100 256GB achieved a throughput of 37.1MB/s while the SSDNow V 100 256GB managed 28.4MB/s, which was a considerable improvement over the 11.4MB/s of the SSDNow V 128GB drive. |
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ProX |
Posted on: 01/12/2011 10:45 AM
The Kingston SSDNow V 100 looks like a nice buy. I wouldn't mind checking out the 128GB version since it should perform exactly the same. |
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cisco |
Posted on: 01/12/2011 10:02 PM
Nice review thanks for the read. I still cannot believe the cost per gigabyte of these things. The 512GB price tag is incredible. Still I have an 80GB X25M G1 drive in my laptop and the improvements are huge! |
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AdamC |
Posted on: 01/13/2011 08:32 AM
Hi, don't forget that V+ has something no other tested drive has: super effecient, OS independent garbage collection - try running your WinXP system for a year on C300! |
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ProX |
Posted on: 01/13/2011 08:40 AM
Good point AdamC. But you got me thinking, who is going to spend so much on ultra fast storage and then not run the latest OS? WinXP is not even supported by Microsoft anymore. |
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Steve Posts: 80 Joined: 2010-02-08 |
Posted on: 01/13/2011 08:42 AM
Thanks for all the feedback guys! |
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tecra |
Posted on: 01/18/2011 03:47 PM
The hardware implemented garbage collector might also be interesting for Mac OS or Windows Vista users. I miss this statement in the review. |
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Hannibal |
Posted on: 01/18/2011 09:55 PM
Nah Vista or Mac OS are not interesting to anyone here I would assume. Mac OS users are on the wrong site for a start and Vista users should have taken Microsoft up on their cheap upgrade offer  Thanks for the review guys I am looking at getting the 128GB version of the standard V 100 now. |
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Calle2003 Posts: 16 Joined: 2010-04-27 |
Posted on: 03/04/2011 11:20 AM
Great review, very happy that I bought the Kingston V100 256GB after reading the review about the Windows 7 Boot Time, I shut down my computer every night to save electricity and the environment. Benchmarks: Real-World Applications is the best part, most sites doesn't review this even though it's what has the most impact for a single user (not running a Database etc). It would be even more awesome if you update the chart with Intel G2, Intel 510 and OCZ Vertex 3 when available. |
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Steve Posts: 80 Joined: 2010-02-08 |
Posted on: 03/06/2011 06:33 AM
Thanks Calle2003, I will add those new SSD's as soon as I can get my hands on them. |
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Calle2003 Posts: 16 Joined: 2010-04-27 |
Posted on: 04/09/2011 07:40 AM
You're welcome Steve, I appreciate your work. To all Kingston SSDNOW V100 users, there is a important firmware update for V100 available: http://www.kingston.com/support/ssdnow/v100_firmware.asp |