Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

▲ A400 240GB
BENCHMARKS (68,384)
MKT (2.9%)
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Controller: Phison PS3111-S11. Flash Memory: Toshiba 15nm TLC. Release date: Q1 2017.

120GB 240GB 480GB

Effective Speed -51%Effective Speed -51%Average User Bench -49%Read -8%, Write -29%, 4K Read -18%, 4K Write -55%, Mixed -29%, 4K Mixed -100%, SusWrite -103%Peak Lab Bench -7%Read 1%, Write -7%, 4K Read -6%, 4K Write -10%, Mixed 9%, 4K Mixed -32%, SusWrite -3%Value & Sentiment +136% User Rating -27%, Market Share 364%, Price 179%, Value 27%Nice To Haves -35%DQ Read -35%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed -32%, ADQ Read -63%, ADQ Write -35%, ADQ Mixed -153%, Age 59%, AS-SSD Total -16%

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Average Bench: 64% (677^th of 1011)

Based on 68,384 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SA400S37240G, KINGSTON SA400S37240, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3

Poor: 33%Average: 64% Great: 97%

Popular builds with this SSD

Above average average bench

The Kingston A400 240GB averaged 36.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 86.4MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.9MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 240GB is 64.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston A400 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 155MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 262MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 68,384 samples)

Rank 67764%

Min	Avg	Max
302	Read 424	509
104	Write 315	450
15.2	Mixed 262	426
57.8	SusWrite 155	409
64.4% 289 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.2	4K Read 26.9	36.9
6.31	4K Write 56.7	109
0.46	4K Mixed 21	39.6
97.7% 34.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
37.4	DQ Read 193	271
11.8	DQ Write 213	343
0.6	DQ Mixed 86.4	208
97.3% 164 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

GBR-User, 9 mins ago.

109GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFKB1D1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 201 202 56 56 105 MB/s

62.7% Good

Write 201

Mixed 215

SusWrite 133

49% 222 MB/s

4K Read 23.3

4K Write 68.4

4K Mixed 25.6

104% 39.1 MB/s

DQ Read 218

DQ Write 206

DQ Mixed 116

114% 180 MB/s

POL-User, 16 mins ago.

133GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 0102

SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 218 53 21 56 28 MB/s

57.3% Above average

Write 438

Mixed 16.7

SusWrite 104

58% 263 MB/s

4K Read 31.7

4K Write 10.3

4K Mixed 24

84% 22 MB/s

DQ Read 218

DQ Write 18.7

DQ Mixed 1.3

31% 79.4 MB/s

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Gaming 54%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 56%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $74

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $133Bench 75%, 189,046 samples	4,985x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $80Bench 62%, 58,975 samples	2,185x
Ryzen 5 2400GAMD $120Bench 62%, 50,653 samples	1,221x

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RX 580AMD $173Bench 55%, 224,085 samples	2,166x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 47%, 74,293 samples	1,261x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $270Bench 56%, 658,194 samples	999x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $30Bench 64%, 68,384 samples	1,001x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $75Bench 85%, 219,865 samples	763x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $72Bench 86%, 38,936 samples	590x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 85%, 16,182 samples	396x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $485

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Controller: Phison PS3111-S11. Flash Memory: Toshiba 15nm TLC

Dramatically improves the responsiveness of your system...

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Recently got this SSD for my laptop and getting around 400 MB/s read and write speeds.

BRA-User

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2,889

Good

11 days ago.

Tested both, this one was way better

AUS-User

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2,426

Excellent

5 months ago.

Great physical size in cases fits just about anywhere cheap fast for price and good capacity. Would recommend.

HND-User

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612

Poor

2 months ago.

Has a freezing problem and needs firmware updates.

boingk

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Excellent

6 months ago.

Cheap price, fast read/write speeds, trusted brand name... whats not to like?

ExecutableFiles

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Excellent

3 months ago.

minecraft has never loaded faster

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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $42	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $799	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
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Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

Average Bench: 64% (677^th of 1011)

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Poor consistency

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $74

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Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

Average Bench: 64% (677th of 1011)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $74

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Average Bench: 64% (677^th of 1011)