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KINGSTON (ExtHD)

SH103S3240G 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 153% (1st of 639)

Based on 2 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 152d PID 0539 Model: KINGSTON SH103S3240G
Poor: 143%Average: 153% Great: 162%

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Outstanding average bench

The KINGSTON SH103S3240G 240GB averaged 52.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the KINGSTON SH103S3240G 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 30.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 27.1MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this USB perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 185MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 17.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)
Rank 1153%
Min Avg Max
131 Read 185 240
125 Write 177 228
126 Mixed 179 233
232% 180 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.5 4K Read 17.2 19
24.1 4K Write 27.1 30.1
9.09 4K Mixed 9.62 10.2
1,314% 18 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.3 DQ Read 18.4 19.6
27.2 DQ Write 30.2 33.3
9.64 DQ Mixed 9.73 9.81
1,428% 19.5 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
29GB free (System drive), PID 0539
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
162% Outstanding
Read 240
Write 228
Mixed 233
300% 234 MB/s
4K Read 15.5
4K Write 24.1
4K Mixed 9.09
1,187% 16.2 MB/s
DQ Read 17.3
DQ Write 27.2
DQ Mixed 9.64
1,318% 18.1 MB/s
223GB free, PID 0539
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
143% Outstanding
Read 131
Write 125
Mixed 126
164% 127 MB/s
4K Read 19
4K Write 30.1
4K Mixed 10.2
1,441% 19.8 MB/s
DQ Read 19.6
DQ Write 33.3
DQ Mixed 9.81
1,537% 20.9 MB/s
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Desktop 90%
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Motherboard: Asrock Z170 OC Formula

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Core i7-6700KIntel  $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples54x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $228Bench 84%, 712,312 samples14x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples9x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples12x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples11x
GTX 980-TiNvidia  $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples6x
SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples5x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples5x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung  $60Bench 96%, 217,115 samples4x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples4x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsair  $90Bench 85%, 8,498 samples4x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $65Bench 76%, 29,684 samples4x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $738

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