Question How fast is the Kingston KC3000 as a boot drive ?

[RealJohnJohnson]

Hello,

I need a fast SSD for the OS in my new build. Has anyone used the KC3000 as a boot drive? It seems like decent value and is much cheaper than other SSDs with DRAM.

What do you think?

 

[Lutfij]

I need a fast SSD for the OS in my new build.
How fast are we talking here? Logically regardless of speed, you can't tell the difference in real world scenarios. To add, if you're looking at AMD's AM5 platform, it does take a while to boot to OS GUI due to a slightly longer POST process.

I would avoid the KC3000, most of the threads that are on the storage section, are of Kingston drives failing. For context, we will need to know where you're located and what sort of prices you're seeing. What is your preferred site for purchase? So we can learn what you have access to. You could look into Crucial, Samsung or Klevv.

Speaking of access, we will need to know your possible new system's specs like so;
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:
include the age of the PSU apart from it's make and model. BIOS version for your motherboard at this moment of time.

Just something to read into;

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1f1piwf/psa_phison_e18_based_ssd_owners_update_your/

 

[Bob.B]

Hello,

I need a fast SSD for the OS in my new build. Has anyone used the KC3000 as a boot drive? It seems like decent value and is much cheaper than other SSDs with DRAM.

What do you think?

Only you know what sort of stuff your going to run.

Many folks could not tell the perf diff between a 2.5 ssd and a gen4 ssd.

 

[RealJohnJohnson]

I need a fast SSD for the OS in my new build.
How fast are we talking here? Logically regardless of speed, you can't tell the difference in real world scenarios. To add, if you're looking at AMD's AM5 platform, it does take a while to boot to OS GUI due to a slightly longer POST process.

I would avoid the KC3000, most of the threads that are on the storage section, are of Kingston drives failing. For context, we will need to know where you're located and what sort of prices you're seeing. What is your preferred site for purchase? So we can learn what you have access to. You could look into Crucial, Samsung or Klevv.

Speaking of access, we will need to know your possible new system's specs like so;
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:
include the age of the PSU apart from it's make and model. BIOS version for your motherboard at this moment of time.

Just something to read into;

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1f1piwf/psa_phison_e18_based_ssd_owners_update_your/

Hey! Thanks for the tip! It’s more so that I would like a drive with DRAM for the OS, which can get rather expensive. Maybe I should consider a Gen 3 with DRAM?

I live in Canada and 2TB of the KC3000 is available for $189, which is far cheaper than other SSDs like the 990 Pro ($270) and SN850X ($230). I should’ve included the other specs:

GPU: 7800XT
CPU: Ryzen 7600
Mobo: Asrock X870 Pro RS WIFI
PSU: Superflower Leadex VII 1000W
Ram: T-Create 6000Mhz CL30

I haven’t built the computer yet (SSD is last component), so I am not sure of the BIOS version. I have also seen that thread about Phison E18 and it is concerning, but I had heard that it had been resolved via firmware. If you have alternative recommendations, I would appreciate it.

 

[Misgar]

I've been running a Kingston SKC3000S1024G (1TB) as my Windows 10 C: drive since December 2022. I've just run a quick test - see below. Read speeds are respectable, writes are slower.

At a later date I added two Samsung 980 Pro 1TB M.2 drives, one as an Adobe scratch disk, the other for "work in progress" during video renders.

I had considered fitting a new Gen.5 drive in place of the Kingston, but it's difficult to remove the GPU card or NH-D15 to access the first M.2 slot and I'm not fussed about a minor speed boost.

CrystalDiskMark 8.0.4 x64 (C) 2007-2021 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World: https://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s]
* KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes

[Read]
SEQ 1MiB (Q= 8, T= 1): 7329.847 MB/s [ 6990.3 IOPS] < 1142.08 us>
SEQ 1MiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 4814.870 MB/s [ 4591.8 IOPS] < 217.69 us>
RND 4KiB (Q= 32, T= 1): 871.881 MB/s [ 212861.6 IOPS] < 145.57 us>
RND 4KiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 82.279 MB/s [ 20087.6 IOPS] < 49.71 us>

[Write]
SEQ 1MiB (Q= 8, T= 1): 3960.095 MB/s [ 3776.6 IOPS] < 2115.33 us>
SEQ 1MiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 3608.738 MB/s [ 3441.6 IOPS] < 290.44 us>
RND 4KiB (Q= 32, T= 1): 606.134 MB/s [ 147981.9 IOPS] < 209.39 us>
RND 4KiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 294.770 MB/s [ 71965.3 IOPS] < 13.82 us>

Profile: Default
Test: 1 GiB (x5) [C: 55% (522/953GiB)]
Mode: [Admin]
Time: Measure 5 sec / Interval 5 sec
Date: 2025/02/15 20:56:05
OS: Windows 10 Professional [10.0 Build 19045] (x64)