Kingston SM2280S3 120GB M.2 SATA SSD Review

Testing & Methodology

SSD testing can be a bit subjective as a lot of times they are not tested on similar components or at different times. We test our drives as the boot drive with a fresh OS image to ensure all the same drivers updates and OS conditions are observed. Testing with the drive as the boot drive with the OS residing on it will result in a much more realistic experience for the end user as just using it as a secondary drive and running benches on an empty drive will likely skew results and deliver different performance than you will see when using it in your system.

Every effort has been made to ensure that the tests are done on as clean of an OS as possible as a Secure erase was performed before installation.

Test Rig

Test Suite

We will use the following applications to test the performance of the Kingston M.2. 120GB SSD.

All of the drive testing software we use is free and linked in the test suite table below. Want to compare your performance to the performance we get from our drives, click the link download and install the software and Bench Happy.

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