Kingston 96GB SSDNow V+100 performance evaluation

by apoppin · July 5, 2011

Test Configuration – Hardware

Intel Core i7-920 reference 2.66 GHz and overclocked to 3.2 GHz); Turbo is off.
Gigabyte EX58-UD3R (Intel X58 chipset, PCIe 2.0 specification; CrossFire/SLI 16x+16x).
6 GB OCZ DDR3 PC 1800 Kingston RAM (3×2 GB, tri-channel at PC 1600 speeds; 2×2 GB supplied by Kingston)
Kingston 96GB SSDNow V+100 Solid -state drive (supplied by Kingston)
Kingston 128GB SSDNow V100 Solid-state drive (supplied by Kingston)
GeForce GTX 580, 1.5 GB reference design and clocks (772/2004 MHz), supplied by Nvidia
Onboard Realtek Audio
Two identical 500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 hard drives configured and set up identically from drive image
Thermaltake ToughPower 775 W power supply unit supplied by Thermaltake
Thermaltake Element G Case supplied by Thermaltake
Noctua NH-U12P SE2 CPU cooler, supplied by Noctua
Philips DVD SATA writer
HP LP3065 2560×1600 thirty inch LCD

Test Configuration – Software

NVIDIA GeForce WHQL 266.58; High Quality (as in our last SSD evaluation)
Windows 7 64-bit; very latest updates
DirectX July/November 2010
All games are patched to their latest versions.
vsync is forced off in the control panel.
Varying AA enabled as noted in games and all in-game settings are specified with 16xAF always applied; 16xAF forced in control panel for Crysis/Warhead.
All results show average frame rates except as noted.
Highest quality sound (stereo) used in all games.
Windows 7 64, all DX9 titles were run under DX9 render paths, DX10 titles were run under DX10 render paths and DX11 titles under DX11 render paths.

The Benchmarks

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