User Review Kingston UV300 240GB SSD Review

Kingston UV300 240GB SSD Review

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Today we are reviewing KINGSTON’s new line of SATA-600 solid-state driver, the Kingston UV300 SSD, featuring the latest generation of SSD NAND storage TLC(triple-level cell)-NAND with a Phison S10 quad-core Controller providing better speed and performance at a very competitive price, which is available in many capacities 120GB, 240GB and 480GB.
KINGSTON India provided us the Kingston UV300 240GB SSD (Model no. SUV300S37A/240G) for reviewing.

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Now let’s see what this KINGSTON SSD have for us.

Package

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Kingston SSD comes in a hang-on cardboard packing with the actual SSD securely packed in a see through plastic module. We see Kingston logo with SSD model no. capacity and speed parameters showing 550MB/s read and 490MB/s write speeds and a 3 year warranty stamp. On back side we have warranty details as well as different certifications logo.

Looks

Along with the actual SSD we also have plastic stick-on spacer to adjust the SSD thickness as per user installation needs.

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Features
  • Quad-core controller -
    Kingston’s UV300 is powered by a quad-core Phison S10 controller that delivers incredible speeds with both compressible and incompressible data and a processor optimised for performance and endurance
  • Multiple capacities -
    UV300 is available in 120GB, 240GB and 480GB capacities to suit anyone’s needs
  • 10x faster than a traditional hard drive -
    Increase performance and breathe new life into older systems with UV300’s incredible read and write speeds
  • TLC NAND delivers all the performance benefits of an MLC SSD at a low price -
  • More durable and more reliable than a hard drive -
  • Limited three-year warranty -
    UV300 is backed by a limited three-year warranty, free technical support and legendary Kingston reliability

Specifications

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Inside Look

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In the UV300 SSD, the Phison PS3110-S10-X quad-core controller is paired with eight Kingston FD32808UCT1-B1 NAND chips which are really Toshiba TLC-NAND chips and Nanya 256MB DDR3 cache chip, along with few voltage controller section and some passive components.

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Testing

Test system configuration -
CPU - Intel Core i5 6600K
Board - MSI H170-Gaming M3
RAM - 2 X 4GB HyperX Predator DDR4 3000Mhz
SSD - Kingston SV300 120GB, Kingston UV300 240GB
Cooler - Corsair H100i GTX
GFX - ZOTAC GTX980 Ti
PSU - Cooler Master CMV750
Display - Acer S220HQL
OS - Win 8.1 Pro / Windows 10

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Benchmarks

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Real World Test

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Pros

  • TLC NAND
  • 3 Years Warranty
  • Great price

Cons

  • Write speed is slight less when compared with other 240GB SSD

Conclusion

Kingston SSDNow UV300 with TLC technology has shown a significantly high performance compared to old generation SSDs that too at a lower price. Considering it as a great increase in performance and OS boot speed to computers still having the traditional mechanical Hard-drives as system drives.
Only negative point we found was slight less write speed when compared with other 240GB SSD, but can easily overlook when price comparison comes in place.

With a price tag of Rs.5600 adding a 3 years warranty, Kingston UV300 240GB SSD can easily be recommended as a great performance upgrade on a budget PC segment.


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Have the overhauled their low-end line-up?

I thought these models still soldiered on with the original SandForce 2200 controller or I am totally confused at this point and have no idea what I am talking about. =|
 
These now come with phison S10 controller which looks like a good deal
In Conclusion

In conclusion, Ramseyer seems pleased with the Phison S10 controller as it performed well with the different flash and he believes it shows promise when combined with flash memory being bought out this year.

"...the S10 should be strong enough to compete with Samsung's 850 Pro and SanDisk's Extreme Pro SATA SSDs."
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Between this Kingston UV300 240GB and SanDisk PLUS SDSSDA-240G-G25 240GB which one would you recommend? Coz both are priced the same on onlyssd.com. Is there any qualitative difference between them?
 
^ same query. I am leaning towards the Sandisk (tad better IOPS).

I have a pretty old desktop with 3gbps sata mobo. I want to use the SSD as datastore for my VMs (VMWare Lab).
 
I am using Kingston SSD for the past 3 years and its very good even though its 1st gen SSD. Even Sandisk Ultra II 480GB/960GB SSD is more preferable.
 
^ Where can you get those capacities in India and what is the price like?

I have a SanDisk X210 256GB as my primary drive. I bought it more for the reliability factor than raw speed.
 
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