Kingston 40GB V Series Boot Drive SSD Review

SiSoftware Sandra 2009 SP3

SiSoftware Sandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is an information & diagnostic utility. Sandra provides most of the information (including undocumented) you need to know about your hardware, software and other devices whether hardware or software. In order to test the hard drive, SiSoftware Sandra 2009 SP3 was used as part of the test suite. The graphical results that Sandra gives you after the test is completed nicely shows how drives perform over time and where on the drive the performance is seen.

READ Performance Testing:

WRITE Performance Testing:

Benchmark Results: The Kingston SSDNow V Series 40GB Boot Drive did great in Sandra 2009 SP3 and was found to have an average read score of 221MB/s with a write score of 42MB/s. The read and write access times were just 1ms.

Comparison Chart: The Kingston SSDNow V Series 40GB Boot Drive did fairly well in this benchmark, but it would be nice if the write speeds were a little higher.