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Transfer Rate Range
This chart shows you the range of memory cell-to-controller transfer rates for solid state drives, or the range of platter-to-buffer transfer rates from the innermost track to the outermost track in hard disk drives.
The 240 GB HyperX Savage was the second fastest SATA-based solid state drives in our comparison, coming in between the 256 GB OCZ Vector and the 120 GB Western Digital Black² SSD.
Transfer Rate Profile
We compared the 240 GB HyperX Savage to the 240 GB Intel 520 Series. As you can see, it delivered an average sustained throughput of just under 400 MB/s, with occasional bursts to about 420 MB/s, and drops to 370 MB/s.
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Business Disk WinBench 99
The 240 GB HyperX Savage didn't do well in this test, coming in at the lower end of the chart. It was more or less equivalent to the 256 GB OCZ Vector in this test.
Solid State Drive Model |
Capacity |
Business Disk |
Difference |
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OCZ RevoDrive |
80 GB |
97.10 MB/s |
+ 56.9% |
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Intel 520 Series |
240 GB |
77.70 MB/s |
+ 25.5% |
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OCZ Vertex 2 (E) |
120 GB |
74.40 MB/s |
+ 20.2% |
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Corsair Force Series F90 |
90 GB |
71.10 MB/s |
+ 14.9% |
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Western Digital Black² |
120 GB |
63.10 MB/s |
+ 1.9% |
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OCZ Vector |
256 GB |
62.10 MB/s |
+ 0.3% |
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Kingston HyperX Savage |
240 GB |
61.90 MB/s |
Baseline |
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Intel X25-M G2 (34 nm) |
160 GB |
50.40 MB/s |
- 22.8% |
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WD VelociRaptor |
1 TB |
29.80 MB/s |
- 107.7% |
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Western Digital Re |
4 TB |
20.40 MB/s |
- 203.4% |
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High-End Disk WinBench 99
In the High-End test though, the 240 GB HyperX Savage did much better, coming in fourth place, just behind the PCI Express-based OCZ RevoDrive, the 240 GB Intel 520 and the 256 GB OCZ Vector.
Solid State Drive Model |
Capacity |
Business Disk |
Difference |
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OCZ RevoDrive |
80 GB |
NA |
NA |
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Intel 520 Series |
240 GB |
NA |
NA |
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OCZ Vector |
256 GB |
NA |
NA |
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Kingston HyperX Savage |
240 GB |
262.0 MB/s |
Baseline |
- |
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OCZ Vertex 2 (E) |
120 GB |
250.0 MB/s |
- 4.8% |
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Western Digital Black² |
120 GB |
246.0 MB/s |
- 6.5% |
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Corsair Force Series F90 |
90 GB |
231.0 MB/s |
- 13.4% |
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Intel X25-M G2 (34 nm) |
160 GB |
215.0 MB/s |
- 21.9% |
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WD VelociRaptor |
1 TB |
172.0 MB/s |
- 152.3% |
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Western Digital Re |
4 TB |
138.0 MB/s |
- 189.9% |
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