HyperX Savage 240GB SSD Review

Final Thoughts & Conclusions

The HyperX Savage is the new flagship 2.5-inch SATA III SSD series from Kingston. There are still a handful of HyperX 3K SSDs left in the channel, but Kingston is no longer manufacturing the drive and once the drives in the channel are sold the drive will removed from the corporate site. The HyperX Savage appears to be a solid drive and a good replacement for the HyperX 3K that served the company well for three years.

Overall performance of the HyperX Savage 240GB SSD was found to be solid and we found 547MB/s read and 528MB/s write on the CrystalDiskMark sequential storage drive test on our SATA III system. These scores are higher than what Kingston rates this drive at for this particular benchmark and are among the fastest scores you’ll see on a SATA III SSD. Sequential performance looked great, but our IOMeter test results showed that the random write results were lower than expected in both mixed and solid write workloads. We’ve contacted Kingston about the issue and they have duplicated our finidngs and are looking into it. The HyperX Predator PCIe SSD that was included in the IOMeter mixed performance testing shows that PCIe SSDs are the way to go if you want the most performance possible. The only problem is a HyperX Predator 240GB PCIe SSD is $295.10, which is nearly double the cost of the HyperX Savage 240GB SATA SSD. If you are an enthusiast though paying double to get more than double the performance isn’t unheard of!

When it comes to power consumption the HyperX Savage does was not designed specifically for laptop use, but rather as an extreme performance SATA III drive. This means that it might not be ideal for laptop use if you are worried about how long your battery will last. Desktop users don’t have to worry about anything as the low power states that aren’t available on this drive wouldn’t matter anyway and you don’t have a battery to drain.

The HyperX SSD upgrade bundle includes everything you need to get going from the drive cloning software to the screwdriver to mount the included mounting bracket. Kingston ensures you’ll be up and running with blistering speeds in minutes with the bundle kit or you can save yourself about $20 and go for the drive by itself.

HyperX Savage SSD 2.5-inch SATA SSD Series Pricing:

The HyperX Savage 240GB SSD bundle kit that we reviewed today is sold under part number SHSS3B7A for $151.75 shipped. That puts the price per GB at $0.63 with the bundle, but you can get the 240GB drive as a stand-alone product for $109.99 shipped or $0.46 per GB and that is a steal! All HyperX Savage SSDs are backed by a 3-year warranty and free technical support should you ever need help or have a drive that fails. Kingston also informed us that their warranty might not be 5-10 years like some other brands, but the warranty is unconditional and is not voided by how much data is written to the drive within the warranty period. It appears that some companies are looking at the Drive Writes Per Day since you bought the drive and denying warranty claims if you exceeded that amount.

Kingston HyperX branded SSDs have been around for years and the original HyperX and HyperX 3K SSDs were amazing drives. It appears that Kingston is trying to release another world class product with the HyperX Savage, but the Random Mixed workload performance isn’t where we’d like to see it.

Legit Bottom Line: The HyperX Savage is the flagship SATA III SSD series for Kingston and the performance numbers are solid for the most part as you’d expect from any brands premium extreme performance offering!