Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

▲ A400 240GB
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Effective Speed -52%Effective Speed -52%Average Score -50%Read -7%, Write -28%, 4K Read -16%, 4K Write -61%, Mixed -30%, 4K Mixed -109%, SusWrite -102%Peak Score -6%Read 3%, Write -4%, 4K Read -6%, 4K Write -11%, Mixed 11%, 4K Mixed -31%, SusWrite -4%Value & Sentiment +159% User Rating -15%, Market Share 415%, Price 205%, Value 32%Nice To Haves -36%DQ Read -29%, DQ Write -2%, DQ Mixed -25%, ADQ Read -60%, ADQ Write -49%, ADQ Mixed -154%, Age 46%, AS-SSD Total -14%

Average Bench: 60.7% (738^th of 1021)

Based on 154,098 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SA400S37240G, KINGSTON SA400S37240, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3

Poor: 31%Average: 60.7% Great: 90%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston A400 240GB averaged 39.2% 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 Random Read Speed 26.3MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 78.2MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 240GB is 59.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Kingston A400 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 145MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 252MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 154,098 samples)

Rank 73860.7%

Min	Avg	Max
289	Read 420	510
94.1	Write 303	446
14.8	Mixed 252	426
51.9	SusWrite 145	388
62.4% 280 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.4	4K Read 26.3	35.1
6.52	4K Write 52.3	106
0.4	4K Mixed 19.2	38.5
92.2% 32.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
35.3	DQ Read 186	270
9.5	DQ Write 186	341
0.8	DQ Mixed 78.2	203
88.4% 150 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Deep queue 4k

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

ROU-User, 4 mins ago.

220GB free

Firmware: R0105A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 140 153 48 111 112 MB/s

85.2% Excellent

Write 445

Mixed 416

SusWrite 163

85% 380 MB/s

4K Read 32.5

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 29.4

145% 57.3 MB/s

DQ Read 226

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 47.8

100% 199 MB/s

POL-User, 15 mins ago.

189GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFKB1E1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 185 207 197 203 229 MB/s

60.3% Good

Write 199

Mixed 308

SusWrite 212

55% 243 MB/s

4K Read 21.7

4K Write 41

4K Mixed 25.3

87% 29.3 MB/s

DQ Read 212

DQ Write 247

DQ Mixed 189

154% 216 MB/s

THA-User, 7 secs ago.

21GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFK61K1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 115 66 86 49 25 MB/s

47.4% Average

Write 333

Mixed 327

SusWrite 87.7

68% 306 MB/s

4K Read 29.6

4K Write 42.2

4K Mixed 1

68% 24.3 MB/s

DQ Read 198

DQ Write 18

DQ Mixed 56.8

54% 90.8 MB/s

ITA-User, 6 mins ago.

62GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0105A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 171 67 32 33 75 MB/s

43.4% Average

Write 408

Mixed 17

SusWrite 90.3

53% 241 MB/s

4K Read 22.1

4K Write 8.4

4K Mixed 0.4

38% 10.3 MB/s

DQ Read 114

DQ Write 326

DQ Mixed 1.2

64% 147 MB/s

DEU-User, 4 mins ago.

151GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0105A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 70 8.9 79 64 11 MB/s

32.4% Below average

Write 426

Mixed 12

SusWrite 90.7

56% 256 MB/s

4K Read 15.3

4K Write 5.8

4K Mixed 0.3

27% 7.13 MB/s

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $73

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $156Bench 79%, 406,479 samples	12,835x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $104Bench 69%, 103,808 samples	4,141x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $193Bench 82%, 171,252 samples	3,844x

GPU
RX 580AMD $159Bench 57%, 438,547 samples	5,811x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 49%, 189,738 samples	3,917x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $150Bench 32%, 587,316 samples	2,223x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 154,098 samples	2,717x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $75Bench 82%, 345,080 samples	2,743x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $65Bench 84%, 79,355 samples	1,465x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $75Bench 85%, 226,313 samples	1,362x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $494

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

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USA-User

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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

8 days 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.

BRA-User

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Good

24 days ago.

Tested both, this one was way better

AUS-User

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2,766

Poor

6 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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706

Poor

11 months ago.

Has a freezing problem and needs firmware updates.

ExecutableFiles

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124

Average

5 months ago.

could have used some DRAM, stutters when booting.

boingk

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62

Excellent

15 months ago.

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

Hellwala

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10

Excellent

6 months ago.

Affordable and reliable!

Chirdis

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2

Average

4 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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Intel Core i5-9400F $165	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
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Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

Average Bench: 60.7% (738^th of 1021)

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Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

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