Seagate 600 480 GB vs. Kingston HyperX 3K 480 GB SSD Review

Incompressible Data Test

For this test, we set CrystalDiskMark to the default mode, which uses incompressible data.

In the sequential read test, the Seagate 600 outperformed the Kingston HyperX 3K by a margin of four percent. The Seagate 600 also outperformed the Kingston HyperX 3K by 90% in the sequential write test.

Moving on to the random read test using 512 kiB blocks, the Kingston HyperX 3K outperformed the Seagate 600 by a margin of 20 percent. However, the Seagate 600 came out on top in the random write test using 512 kiB blocks, beating the Kingston HyperX 3K by a margin of 134 percent.

In the random read test using 4 kiB blocks, both drives presented the same performance. However, in the random write test using 4 kiB blocks, the Seagate 600 outperformed the Kingston HyperX 3K by 416 percent.