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With their HyperX Predator series Kingston has created a drive, with which they’re addressing enthusiasts mainly. Throughput rates in the region of 1’400 MB/s are what's bringing SSD to the next level. The Marvell 88SS9293 controller, which Kingston is using with this drive does a really good job and in combination with Toshiba 19nm MLC NAND flash memory you get a very good endurance rating as well. We also appreciate the bundle that comes with this drive. If you don't own a motherboard with an M.2 Gen2 x4 slot or higher, you can leave the HyperX Prdator on the PCIe card and plug it into a PCI Express slot and you'll benefit from the all its perforamnce.

In terms of raw performance our test drive was able to score 1'018 MB/s sequential write and 1'306 MB/s sequential read throughput. When it comes to 4K IOPS we measured 110'800 IOPS regarding random read and 75'000 regarding random write. Compared to standard SATA-III SSDs this drive can be twice as fast, which is definitely a step into the right direction. On another note we also had a look at performance with different queue depths as you can see on page 10 of this review. In case of random read performance at QD1 we see 7'900 IOPS and when it comes to random write we measured 19'100 IOPS. 

Last but not least there is the price: Kingstons HyperX Predator with 480GB is going to set you back 418 Euro and the HyperX Predator 240GB changes owner for a 209 Euro. These drives aren't cheap, but you do get a quick M.2 drive for the moeny you pay.