Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

▲ A400 240GB
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Effective Speed -47%Effective Speed -47%Average Score -43%Read -10%, Write -31%, 4K Read -22%, 4K Write -49%, Mixed -28%, 4K Mixed -84%, SusWrite -78%Peak Score -7%Read 2%, Write -7%, 4K Read -11%, 4K Write -15%, Mixed 5%, 4K Mixed -29%, SusWrite 6%Value & Sentiment +206% User Rating -4%, Market Share 613%, Price 186%, Value 26%Nice To Haves -39%DQ Read -32%, DQ Write -2%, DQ Mixed -39%, ADQ Read -73%, ADQ Write -35%, ADQ Mixed -135%, Age 16%, AS-SSD Total -16%

Average Bench: 65.3% (724^th of 1058)

Based on 350,254 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SA400S37240G, KINGSTON SA400S37240, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3

Poor: 35%Average: 65.3% Great: 98%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston A400 240GB averaged 34.6% 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 92.1MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.4MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 240GB is 62.7%. 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 175MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 265MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 350,254 samples)

Rank 72465.3%

Min	Avg	Max
293	Read 412	511
92.6	Write 305	450
19.1	Mixed 265	417
51.2	SusWrite 175	439
64.6% 289 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.4	4K Read 26.4	35.7
7.82	4K Write 57.2	102
0.6	4K Mixed 22.6	41.1
99.2% 35.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
27.8	DQ Read 185	276
12	DQ Write 209	347
1.12	DQ Mixed 92.1	198
98.4% 162 MB/s

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Gaming 47%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $74

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $176Bench 76%, 720,757 samples	18,307x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $280Bench 82%, 988,805 samples	13,432x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $209Bench 79%, 319,365 samples	5,848x

GPU
RX 580AMD $260Bench 54%, 809,717 samples	8,093x
RX 570AMD $150Bench 46%, 398,843 samples	6,085x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 335,941 samples	5,053x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $34Bench 65%, 350,254 samples	3,968x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $67Bench 84%, 535,912 samples	4,728x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $75Bench 83%, 561,752 samples	3,380x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $67Bench 84%, 247,343 samples	2,336x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $611

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SSDrivePro

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

Dramatically improves the responsiveness of your system...

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USA-User

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8,418

Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

8 days ago.

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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4,330

Terrible

12 months ago.

died after 5 months of daily use.

CAN-User

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4,316

Excellent

11 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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4,027

Excellent

3 months ago.

Tested both, this one was way better

ROU-User

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4,023

Excellent

6 months ago.

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

IND-User

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3,992

Good

3 days 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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3,406

Good

6 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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3,346

Good

10 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

ARG-User

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2,918

Excellent

1 month ago.

me voy a comprar el moto e7 por que se me rompio el celu :D

MYS-User

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2,865

Excellent

2 months ago.

Better heat dissipation due to its metal body.

HND-User

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856

Poor

2 years ago.

Has a freezing problem and needs firmware updates.

ExecutableFiles

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124

Average

2 years ago.

could have used some DRAM, stutters when booting.

REU-User

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114

Good

2 months ago.

More confident in the name of the brand

boingk

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60

Excellent

2 years ago.

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

LordPoverty

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22

Good

6 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

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10

Excellent

2 years ago.

Affordable and reliable!

Kolasin2

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10

Good

20 months ago.

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

EsTronic

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8

Good

9 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

2 years 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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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $67	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

Average Bench: 65.3% (724th of 1058)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $74

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Average Bench: 65.3% (724^th of 1058)