How much faster is an SSD

This is a difficult question to answer as no two systems are exactly the same and performance can be affected by the OS

any drivers loaded applications in use the speed and configuration of the processor and many other factors. There are

several test web sites and magazines that have tested SSDs against HDDs and found SSDs to be much faster. For example if

we compared random read performance SSDs are more than 20000% faster than high-performance HDDs.

It is worth noting that SSD drives are not affected by the physical limitations of hard drives. HDD platters are circular in design

(like a CD) and data held at the centre of the circle is accessed at a slower rate than data on the edges. SSDs have a uniform

access time across the entire drive. HDD performance also suffers from data fragmentation whereas SSDs performance is

not significantly impacted even if the data is not stored contiguously.

Are there any trade-offs when choosing an SSD over an HDD

The only factor in favour of HDDs is the price per gigabyte; this is why HDDs are currently sold in capacities of 500GB and above while SSDs are sold in

capacities of 30GB and above. Kingston currently offers SSDs from 30GB to 960GB.

Traditional HDDs are best if mass storage is in the terabytes is your primary need while SSDs are excellent if performance is more important. It's common to use

an SSD as a boot drive to hold OS and applications and an HDD to hold data files.

Support which operating system (OS)

Kingston solid-state drives are OS-independent and will run on any system supporting a standard SATA interface.

What Operating Systems (OS) are supported

Kingston solid-state drives are OS-independent and will run on any system supporting a standard SATA interface.

Does an SSD never need to be defragmenting like an HDD

No. SSDs never need to be defragmented. Defragmenting an SSD can actually reduce the life of an SSD. If your system is set up to defragment automatically you

should disable or turn off defragmentation when using an SSD. Some operating systems will defragment automatically so this feature should be disabled for

Kingston solid-state drives.

Kingston SSDNow V300 Drive 60GB - SV300S37A/60G

Cost-effective system upgrade
Makes your system more responsive
Maximises your computer investment
Brand New Sealed Package
Worldwide warranty

FEATURES/BENEFITS

Faster improves speed of loading applications and system boot up
Reliable with no moving parts solid-state drives are less likely to fail than standard hard drives
Economical design optimised to make migrating to an SSD more affordable
Convenient all-in-one kits with all the components for easy installation
Multiple capacities to fit your workload
Form factor 2.5-inch drive available in 7.0mm with adapter to fit in 9.5mm systems
Silent cool and silent operation

SPECIFICATION

Form factor 2.5"
Interface SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) - with backwards compatibility to SATA Rev. 2.0
Capacities 60GB 120GB 240GB 480GB
Baseline performance
Compressible data transfer (ATTO)
All capacities: 450MB/s read and 450MB/s write
Incompressible data transfer (AS-SSD and CrystalDiskMark)

60GB 150MB/s read and 50MB/s write
120GB 180MB/s read and 133MB/s write
240GB 191MB/s read and 142MB/s write
480GB 450MB/s read and 208MB/s write

IOMETER maximum random 4k read/write

60GB up to 85 000/ up to 60 000 IOPS
120GB up to 85 000/ up to 55 000 IOPS
240GB up to 85 000/ up to 43 000 IOPS
480GB up to 73 000/ up to 28 000 IOPS

PCMARK Vantage HDD Suite score

60GB: 39 000
120GB: 49 000
240GB: 57 000
480GB: 57 000

Power Consumption 0.640 W idle / 1.423 W read / 2.052 W write
Storage temperatures -40C~85C
Operating temperatures 0C~70C
Dimensions 69.8mm x 100.1mm x 7mm
Weight 86g
Vibration operating 2.17G peak (7-800Hz)
Vibration non-operating 20G peak (10-2000Hz)
Life expectancy 1 million hours MTBF
Warranty/support 3-year warranty with free technical support
Total Bytes Written (TBW)4

60GB: 32TB
120GB: 64TB
240GB: 128TB
480GB: 256TB

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About REAL Capacity

8GB = approximately 7.4GB-7.6GB
16GB = approximately 14GB-15GB
32GB = approximately 28GB-30GB
64GB = approximately 58GB-60GB
128GB = approximately 119GB-120GB

This is calculation difference between manufacturer and your PC please Google 'Memory card capacity' to get more information.

For your reference
Your PC says 1GB = 1.073741824 Billion bytes where Market Defines 1 GB = 1.00 Billion bytes.

Speed of Memory card and USB

If you feel the speed are very slow please try to use below software to test it. Please prepare USB 3.0 plug USB 3.0 card reader or USB 3.0 cable before you run the test. Otherwise the test result will be slow as normal.

Step 1 : Download the h2testw_1.4 software in here
https://drive.google.com/folderviewid=0B-hT-W6c1ceIU3ZLMlBRV25FZlk&usp=sharing

Step 2 : Insert your memory card / USB and follow the step in the software it takes some time to run the test. Please make sure it will not lose connection during the test.