AS SSD:
AS SSD is a relatively new benchmark designed specifically for solid state drives. The application contains five synthetic tests used to determine the sequential and random read and write performance of a drive. Take note that AS SSD uses incompressible data in its tests, which can have a major impact on the scores of SandForce-based drives like the HyperX 3K.
 Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB |
 SanDisk Extreme SSD 240GB |
AS SSD also includes a copy benchmark. This test copies an ISO (two large files), program (many small files) and game (small and large files), returning the speed and duration of each.
 Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB |
 SanDisk Extreme SSD 240GB |
HD Tune Pro 4.61:
Next, I ran a series of tests using HD Tune Pro. This hard disk utility measures a drive's performance by testing its sequential read and write speeds as well as its access time, burst rate and CPU usage. For this review, I'm also going to use it to benchmark the HyperX 3K's random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB - HD Tune Read Benchmark |
 SanDisk Extreme 240GB - HD Tune Read Benchmark |
 Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB - HD Tune Write Benchmark |
 SanDisk Extreme 240GB - HD Tune Write Benchmark |
The HyperX 3K performed very well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 489.3 MB/s and 442.6 MB/s respectively, and a burst rate of 356.7 MB/s when reading.
 Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB - HD Tune Random Access Read |
 SanDisk Extreme 240GB - HD Tune Random Access Read |
 Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB - HD Tune Random Access Write |
 SanDisk Extreme 240GB - HD Tune Random Access Write |
The HyperX 3K didn't disappoint when doing random reads and writes. When writing 4KB blocks, the drive reached 19,427 IOPS and had an average speed of 75.888 MB/s. The HyperX 3K was even faster when reading, reaching 21,990 IOPS with an average speed of 82.069 MB/s.
Iometer:
Lastly, I ran a series of tests using Iometer. This tool can be configured to benchmark a number of things. In this case, I used it to measure the HyperX 3K's read and write speeds and the number of operations per second. The tests were run using both repeating and random bytes and a queue depth of 3.
The HyperX 3K's performance was very similar to what we saw in our other tests. With highly compressible, repeating data, the drive was able to read at 528.49 MB/s and write at 506.71 MB/s. The HyperX 3K did not slow nearly as much as the OCZ Agility 3 when reading random data. However, its write speeds dropped to 320.71 MB/s.
The HyperX 3K performed very well when doing random reads and writes. With repeating data, the drive was able to read at 93.72 MB/s and write at a blazing 318.63 MB/s. Here too, the HyperX 3K took a performance hit when tested with random data. However, it was still able to write at 255.51 MB/s.
According to Kingston, the HyperX 3K can deliver a maximum of 60,000 IOPS when randomly writing 4K blocks. In our tests, the drive reached 81,568 IOPS with repeating data and 65,411 IOPS with random data.
