Kingston SSDNow V+ 128GB Solid State Disk

HDTune

SSD Performance on Desktop (Left) SSD Performance on Laptop (Right)
VelociRaptor Performance on Desktop

The main purpose of this test was to show the exact differences over time that your drive will present. As you can see, the Kingston SSDNow V+ is fairly steady, accessing the data just as quickly in the first few seconds as it does in the final seconds. This is something that the lightning fast VelociRaptor can not claim. The Western Digital not only shows a slight decline in performance over time, but its spikes in performance drop drastically lower than that of the SSD. This is not to say that the VelociRapter is a bad drive, it is a Hard Disk Drive. It will have these flaws for that fact and that fact alone. The performance of any HDD would look similar, only slower.

CrystalDiskMark

SSD Transfer Speed on Desktop Computer
SSD Transfer Speed on Dell XPS Laptop
VelociRaptor Transfer Speed on Desktop

This again represents the performance that the Kingston SSDNow V+ brings to the table. Cranking past 230MB/s, the SSD actually outperforms the specifications printed on the box. This is not something that you see every day. The specs clearly state “Sequential Access – Read       up to 220MB/s” and “Sequential Access – Write      up to 170MB/s” I thought that this might be a mistake on my behalf, so I ran the tests again and again. after getting the same results four times in a row, I was amazed. This may be a misread by the software, and if it was it wouldn’t surprise me. Rarely do you see a leap in performance that great between two types of testing.

Conclusion

The blazing fast read and write speeds of the Kingston SSDNow V+ make it a force to be reckoned with. When looking at the price tag of $512 (MSRP), you must keep in mind that this drive is geared solely to the enthusiast. The average person really has no need for this drive and could save a few bucks by going with the regular SSDNow V Series. It may be almost double the speed of the regular V Series, but you have to keep in mind that its almost twice the price. For what this drive is geared towards, you almost can’t go wrong. Although the MSRP is $512, you can probably find it cheaper if you shop around a little. For example, you could wait to 2/28/10 and pick it up on Newegg for a mere $349.00. Put head to head with the Western Digital VelociRaptor, the SSD does nothing but shot that it can do everything that a HDD can do – better. Start times between both drives was greatly noticeable. Start time for the VelociRaptor was around 20 seconds to get into Windows, whereas the Kingston SSDNow V+ start time was dropped to around 11. With the amazing speed this drive has to offer, and the support for such features as TRIM, we almost have no choice but to give this SSD and Awesome Hardware Award

Pros

• Blazing fast Read Speed
• Blazing Fast Write Speed
• TRIM support (Yes, it does work!!)
• Made by Kingston, not just rebranded
• Unmatched seek time

Cons

• Price

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