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SHSS37A 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 77.4% (530th of 1072)

Based on 17 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON KINGSTON SHSS37A
Poor: 59%Average: 77.4% Great: 88%

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Good average bench

The Kingston SHSS37A 120GB averaged 22.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston SHSS37A 120GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 79.4MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 262MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SHSS37A 120GB is 28.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston SHSS37A 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 20.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 13.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 17 samples)
Rank 53077.4%
Min Avg Max
297 Read 484 522
116 Write 304 377
234 Mixed 372 467
224 SusWrite 241 252
78.2% 350 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.5 4K Read 25.2 33.7
35.4 4K Write 79.4 131
8.7 4K Mixed 13.7 30.5
97.6% 39.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.9 DQ Read 288 361
56.8 DQ Write 262 366
10.3 DQ Mixed 20.7 65.6
85.3% 191 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
48GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM00.r
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 231 240 280 289 249 MB/s
79.4% Very good
Read 400
Write 324
Mixed 247
SusWrite 246
68% 304 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 66.8
4K Mixed 30.5
109% 40 MB/s
DQ Read 348
DQ Write 318
DQ Mixed 65.6
122% 244 MB/s
54GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM00.r
SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 281 239 244 275 235 MB/s
72.9% Very good
Read 402
Write 320
Mixed 234
SusWrite 252
68% 302 MB/s
4K Read 25
4K Write 60.6
4K Mixed 15.2
89% 33.6 MB/s
DQ Read 360
DQ Write 336
DQ Mixed 65.1
126% 254 MB/s
47GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM
SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 162 270 166 257 230 MB/s
50.9% Above average
Read 297
Write 311
Mixed 236
SusWrite 224
60% 267 MB/s
4K Read 16.9
4K Write 62.3
4K Mixed 8.7
70% 29.3 MB/s
DQ Read 184
DQ Write 56.8
DQ Mixed 32
47% 90.9 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,705,106 SSDs tested

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Typical SHSS37A 120GB Builds (Compare 140 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z87M Pro4 - $102

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel  $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples26x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples24x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples16x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples15x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples11x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples10x
SSD
SHSS37A 120GBKingstonBench 77%, 17 samples1x
RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples8x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples5x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 57%, 7,967 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 110% - Outstanding Total price: $281

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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