Kingston V310 SSD 960GB Released

Kingston has added the Phison-based V310 960 GB SSD to its SSDNow V300 series. The SSDNow V310 2.5-inch solid-state drive is powered by a Phison 3108 controller, and promises to achieve 450MB/s read and write speeds (ATTO Compressible Data Transfer).

SSDNow V310 is available in 960GB as a stand-alone drive or as all-in-one kits that include all the accessories needed plus software to clone files and OS to make for an easy install. It is backed by a three-year warranty.

Features and Specifications:

Form factor: 2.5-inch drive available in 7.0mm with adapter to fit in 9.5mm systems
Interface: SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) ? with backwards compatibility to SATA Rev. 2.
Capacity: 960GB
Baseline Performance:
- Compressible Data Transfer (ATTO): 450MB/s Read and 450MB/s Write
- Incompressible Data Transfer (AS-SSD and CrystalDiskMark): 500MB/s Read and 440MB/s Write
- IOMETER Maximum Random 4k Read/Write: 40,000 IOPS and 20,000 IOPS
- Random 4k Read/Write: 27,000MB/s Read and 10,500MB/s Write
- PCMARK 8 Storage Bandwidth Score: 4,700

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