Kingston HyperX Predator 480 GiB vs. Kingston HyperX Savage 480 GiB SSD Review
How We Tested
Contents
During our testing procedures, we used the configuration listed below. The only variable component between each benchmarking session was the SSD being tested.
The HyperX Predator was installed at a PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots using the adapter card, while the HyperX Savage was connected to a SATA-600 port.
Hardware configuration
- Processor: Core i7-5960X @ 3.5 GHz
- Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty X99M Killer
- Memory: 16 GiB DDR4-2400/PC4-19200, four G.Skill F4-2400C15Q-16GRR 4 GiB modules
- Boot drive: Kingston M.2 SM2280S3 de 120 GiB
- Video display: Samsung U28D590D
- Power Supply: Corsair CX750
- Case: NZXT Phantom 530
Software Configuration
- Operating System: Windows 7 Home Basic 64-bit using NTFS File System
Benchmarking Software
Error Margin
We adopted a 3% error margin in our tests, meaning performance differences of less than 3% can not be considered meaningful. Therefore, when the performance difference between two products is less than 3%, we consider them to have similar performance.