Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

▲ A400 240GB
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Effective Speed -53%Effective Speed -53%Average Score -49%Read -13%, Write -32%, 4K Read -23%, 4K Write -61%, Mixed -32%, 4K Mixed -92%, SusWrite -87%Peak Score -8%Read 1%, Write -9%, 4K Read -11%, 4K Write -17%, Mixed 5%, 4K Mixed -26%, SusWrite 3%Value & Sentiment +212% User Rating -5%, Market Share 648%, Price 189%, Value 16%Nice To Haves -44%DQ Read -43%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed -40%, ADQ Read -78%, ADQ Write -47%, ADQ Mixed -141%, Age 18%, AS-SSD Total -20%

Average Bench: 62.2% (763^rd of 1058)

Based on 298,090 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SA400S37240G, KINGSTON SA400S37240, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3

Poor: 34%Average: 62.2% Great: 97%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston A400 240GB averaged 37.8% 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 89.6MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 25.7MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 240GB is 63.4%. 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 166MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 256MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 298,090 samples)

Rank 76362.2%

Min	Avg	Max
237	Read 405	507
93.3	Write 300	444
18.3	Mixed 256	418
52.2	SusWrite 166	425
62.8% 282 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.6	4K Read 25.7	35.5
6.9	4K Write 51.8	99.4
0.5	4K Mixed 21.4	41.8
93.9% 33 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.3	DQ Read 178	255
10.6	DQ Write 190	343
0.76	DQ Mixed 89.6	197
93.5% 153 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

ARG-User, 6 mins ago.

169GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0105A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 96 49 92 126 65 MB/s

51.1% Above average

Write 434

Mixed 27.7

SusWrite 142

61% 274 MB/s

4K Read 21.8

4K Write 16.9

4K Mixed 0.5

43% 13.1 MB/s

DQ Read 180

DQ Write 334

DQ Mixed 1.2

73% 172 MB/s

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Gaming 47%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $69

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $183Bench 76%, 698,013 samples	15,247x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $199Bench 83%, 842,939 samples	11,099x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $199Bench 79%, 307,294 samples	4,917x

GPU
RX 580AMD $220Bench 54%, 692,956 samples	6,896x
RX 570AMD $150Bench 47%, 343,103 samples	5,193x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 268,091 samples	4,307x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $35Bench 62%, 298,090 samples	3,349x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 449,640 samples	3,922x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $94Bench 81%, 510,924 samples	2,868x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $89Bench 84%, 212,382 samples	2,025x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $586

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

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USA-User

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7,886

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1 month ago.

Very good, fast and use it as a boot drive and for drivers on extra space.

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

RUS-User

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4,204

Terrible

4 months ago.

died after 5 months of daily use.

CAN-User

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4,118

Excellent

4 months ago.

for the price and what it give for everyday use, its perfect in the laptop as replacement

BRA-User

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3,827

Good

2 months ago.

Tested both, this one was way better

IND-User

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3,744

Poor

3 months ago.

Lots of people complain about the lack of dram, but given the price in my region, this beats most competitors.

AUS-User

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3,228

Excellent

4 months ago.

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

MEX-User

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3,218

Good

2 months ago.

others test show me diferent result in ssd! need check this not in all pc gives a true result in ssd https://fotos.subefotos.com/2353da9eaf3f3e7eaea222619bbf0971o.jpg

HND-User

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828

Poor

2 years ago.

Has a freezing problem and needs firmware updates.

ExecutableFiles

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124

Average

18 months ago.

could have used some DRAM, stutters when booting.

boingk

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60

Excellent

2 years ago.

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

Hellwala

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10

Excellent

19 months ago.

Affordable and reliable!

Kolasin2

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10

Good

13 months ago.

A pretty decent SSD for a faster boot drive on a budget.

EsTronic

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8

Good

2 months ago.

With SATA-3 cables/controller/motherboard and in AHCI or Intel RST mode works just nice! Weight is really light and the case is fully aluminium. Yeah, memory type of this SSD is MLC, but still performs very well.

Chirdis

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2

Average

17 months ago.

Quite slow speeds compared to it's other slightly more expensive competition. I can't recommend it. You get what you pay for I suppose.

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Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

Average Bench: 62.2% (763^rd of 1058)

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Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

Average Bench: 62.2% (763rd of 1058)

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