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Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

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Controller: Phison PS3111-S11. Flash Memory: Toshiba 15nm TLC. Release date: Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 66.4% (705th of 1058)

Based on 307,480 user benchmarks.  Models: KINGSTON SA400S37240G, KINGSTON SA400S37240, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3
Poor: 35%Average: 66.4% Great: 101%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston A400 240GB averaged 33.5% 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 90.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.5MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 240GB is 66.1%. 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 192MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 269MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 307,480 samples)
Rank 70566.4%
Min Avg Max
292 Read 418 510
89 Write 311 447
18.2 Mixed 269 420
54.7 SusWrite 192 441
66.4% 298 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.5 4K Read 26.5 35.5
6.8 4K Write 57.3 106
0.5 4K Mixed 22.8 41.7
99.7% 35.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
29.2 DQ Read 175 268
13.4 DQ Write 209 349
1.01 DQ Mixed 90.2 199
96.2% 158 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
175GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK62A3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 172 185 168 286 197 MB/s
72.3% Very good
Read 293
Write 110
Mixed 258
SusWrite 227
50% 222 MB/s
4K Read 23.9
4K Write 64.2
4K Mixed 32.2
111% 40.1 MB/s
DQ Read 257
DQ Write 289
DQ Mixed 193
168% 246 MB/s
155GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1Z40102
SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 150 136 133 135 134 MB/s
63.3% Good
Read 500
Write 450
Mixed 427
SusWrite 188
88% 391 MB/s
4K Read 33.5
4K Write 85.7
4K Mixed 1.2
98% 40.1 MB/s
DQ Read 235
DQ Write 20
DQ Mixed 0.5
32% 85.3 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 47,245,213 SSDs tested.

 Prices

MSRP ≈ $50 @ launch in Jan '17
AmazonUS $2925 mins
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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 - $68

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $200Bench 76%, 682,921 samples16,558x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $270Bench 84%, 980,212 samples12,199x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $200Bench 79%, 318,546 samples5,329x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $220Bench 54%, 782,613 samples7,400x
RX 570AMD  $150Bench 47%, 356,810 samples5,628x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 301,049 samples4,645x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $29Bench 66%, 307,480 samples3,623x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $74Bench 85%, 517,339 samples4,269x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $77Bench 84%, 507,810 samples3,070x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $70Bench 85%, 253,738 samples2,163x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $591

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 Comments

SSDrivePro
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1,857

Official site www.kingston.com/...

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

Dramatically improves the responsiveness of your system...

Added 3 years ago.
USA-User
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8,116

Good (edit your comment) Add link

9 days ago.

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

Info  graphicscardhub.com/...

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

RUS-User
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4,272

Terrible

8 months ago.

died after 5 months of daily use.

CAN-User
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4,188

Excellent

7 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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3,935

Good

5 months ago.

Tested both, this one was way better

ROU-User
Avatar level
3,881

Excellent

2 months ago.

I had this as saily driver for almost 2 years and its excellent! recommend it!

IND-User
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3,866

Excellent

1 month 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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3,314

Good

2 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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3,294

Good

6 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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842

Poor

2 years ago.

Has a freezing problem and needs firmware updates.

ExecutableFiles
Avatar level
124

Average

22 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?

LordPoverty
Avatar level
18

Good

2 months ago.

A great value for a boot drive. The only thing that holds it back is the lack of a DRAM cache, but for the price, it is an excellent choice. I know many people who use this drive; for all of them, it has not caused a single problem.

Hellwala
Avatar level
10

Excellent

22 months ago.

Affordable and reliable!

Kolasin2
Avatar level
10

Good

16 months ago.

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

EsTronic
Avatar level
8

Good

5 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

21 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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