HyperX performance at an exceptional price.
Budget-minded gamers and enthusiasts will benet from the lower price of
Kingston’s new HyperX® 3K SSD. This solid-state drive combines premium
3000 program-erase cycle synchronous NAND with the second-generation
SandForce® controller. Its lower price means more users can experience ultra-
responsive gaming, multitasking and multimedia computing power.
3K loads games and applications faster, increases frames per second (FPS) for
an improved gaming experience and allows for quick transfers and edits of
large media les.
HyperX 3K provides high-speed SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) performance and
blazing fast random and sequential read/write speeds. SandForce DuraClass™
technology provides the latest data integrity protection for ultimate
endurance over the entire life of the drive.
HyperX 3K SSD comes in a sleek, black and aluminum case design,
accentuating the look of any power user’s system. For added peace of mind,
HyperX 3K SSD is backed by a three-year warranty and legendary Kingston®
reliability.
>SandForce® driven
>SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s)
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KINGSTON.COM/HYPERX
Applications
• Decreasedloadtimesofhigh-resolutionPC
games
• Increasedframeratespersecondfora
bettergamingexperience
• Fastertransfersoflargemediafiles
• Multitasking
• AutoCAD
• Moviedownloads,transfersandsyncs
This SSD is designed for use in desktop and notebook computer workloads, and is not intended for
Server environments.
1 Actual available capacity for data storage is less than as listed on the products due to formatting and other
functions. See kingston.com/ashguide.
2 Based on “out-of-box performance” with ATTO Disk Benchmark 2.41. Speed may vary due to host hardware,
software, and usage.
3 Based on “out-of-box performance” with IOMeter08
4 Operating system software support: Windows® 7, Windows Vista® (SP2), Windows XP (SP3)
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KINGSTON PART NUMBERS
PACKAGE CONTENTS
SH103S3/120G (stand-alone drive)
SH103S3/240G (stand-alone drive)
SH103S3/480G (stand-alone drive)
SH103S3B/120G (upgrade bundle kit)
SH103S3B/240G (upgrade bundle kit)
SH103S3B/480G (upgrade bundle kit)
• Stand-alone
– 2.5" SSD
– 3.5" bracket and mounting screws
• UpgradeBundleKit
– 2.5" SSD
– 2.5" USB Enclosure
– 3.5" bracket and mounting screws
– SATA data cable
– Hard drive cloning software4 and
installation guide
– Multi-bit Screwdriver
FEATURES/SPECIFICATIONS
>Form factor 2.5"
>Controller SandForce® SF-2281
>Components MLC NAND (3k P/E Cycles)
>Interface SATA Rev 3.0 (6Gb/s), SATA Rev 2.0 (3Gb/s)
>Capacities1 120GB, 240GB, 480GB
>Sequential reads2 SATA Rev. 3.0
120GB / 240GB – 555MB/s
480GB – 540MB/s
>Sequential writes2 SATA Rev. 3.0
120GB / 240GB – 510MB/s
480GB – 450MB/s
>Sustained Random 4K R/W3 120GB – 20,000/60,000 IOPS
240GB – 40,000/57,000 IOPS
480GB – 60,000/45,000 IOPS
>Max Random 4K R/W3 120GB – 85,000/73,000 IOPS
240GB – 86,000/60,000 IOPS
480GB – 74,000/32,000 IOPS
>PCMARK® Vantage HDD Suite Score
120GB / 240GB / 480GB: 60,000
>Supports S.M.A.R.T., TRIM, and Garbage Collection
>Power Consumption
0.455 W (TYP) Idle / 1.58 W (TYP) Read / 2.11 W (TYP) Write
>Dimensions 69.85mm x 100mm x 9.5mm
>Weight 97g
>Operating temperatures 0°C ~ 70°C
>Storage temperatures -40°C ~ 85°C
>Shock Resistance 1500G
>Vibration operating 2.17G
>Vibration non-operating 20G
>MTBF 1,000,000 Hrs
>Total Bytes Written (TBW) 120GB: 96TB
240GB: 192TB
480GB: 384TB
Test System: ASRock P67 Motherboard, Intel Core i7 2600k 3.4GHz CPU, 8GB System Memory, NVIDIA
GTX 460 Video Card. SSD tested as secondary drive with results based on “out-of-box” performance.
