Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

▲ A400 240GB
BENCHMARKS (35,178)
MKT (3%)
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Controller: Phison PS3111-S11. Flash Memory: Toshiba 15nm TLC. Release date: Q1 2017.

120GB 240GB 480GB

Effective Speed -50%Effective Speed -50%Average User Bench -50%Read -12%, Write -42%, 4K Read -18%, 4K Write -59%, Mixed -34%, 4K Mixed -86%, SusWrite -97%Peak Lab Bench -7%Read 3%, Write -5%, 4K Read -5%, 4K Write -17%, Mixed 7%, 4K Mixed -32%, SusWrite -1%Value & Sentiment +116% User Rating -33%, Market Share 276%, Price 188%, Value 32%Nice To Haves -29%DQ Read -16%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed -30%, ADQ Read -58%, ADQ Write -44%, ADQ Mixed -136%, Age 62%, AS-SSD Total -10%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 63.1% (659^th of 992)

Based on 35,178 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SA400S37240G, KINGSTON SA400S37240, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3

Poor: 35%Average: 63.1% Great: 92%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston A400 240GB averaged 36.9% 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 93MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.3MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 240GB is 56.9%. 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 154MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 249MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 35,178 samples)

Rank 65963.1%

Min	Avg	Max
269	Read 400	509
96.9	Write 281	441
16.9	Mixed 249	412
50.5	SusWrite 154	397
60.5% 271 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.7	4K Read 26.3	36.6
8.14	4K Write 55.7	105
0.5	4K Mixed 22.1	39.6
97.7% 34.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.5	DQ Read 188	301
8.59	DQ Write 202	336
1.2	DQ Mixed 93	211
98.1% 161 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

OMN-User, 17 secs ago.

150GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFK61K1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 104 107 66 141 45 MB/s

89.7% Excellent

Write 370

Mixed 339

SusWrite 122

74% 330 MB/s

4K Read 40.2

4K Write 89.6

4K Mixed 41.9

162% 57.2 MB/s

DQ Read 281

DQ Write 312

DQ Mixed 209

182% 267 MB/s

GBR-User, 7 mins ago.

165GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0105A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 200 65 58 68 78 MB/s

71% Very good

Write 410

Mixed 404

SusWrite 135

79% 355 MB/s

4K Read 26.1

4K Write 56.5

4K Mixed 26.4

103% 36.3 MB/s

DQ Read 235

DQ Write 329

DQ Mixed 1.3

79% 188 MB/s

BRA-User, 9 mins ago.

27GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFK71E0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 59 105 6.9 12 12 MB/s

59.5% Above average

Write 206

Mixed 300

SusWrite 65.7

53% 241 MB/s

4K Read 18.9

4K Write 65.6

4K Mixed 22.4

92% 35.6 MB/s

DQ Read 243

DQ Write 289

DQ Mixed 160

150% 231 MB/s

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Gaming 72%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 78%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $107

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $370Bench 108%, 243,467 samples	6,284x
Core i5-8600KIntel $260Bench 102%, 87,972 samples	4,408x
Core i5-8400Intel $199Bench 89%, 77,760 samples	2,903x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $230Bench 70%, 550,267 samples	3,125x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 124%, 407,741 samples	2,091x
GTX 1070Nvidia $370Bench 98%, 526,975 samples	2,042x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $30Bench 63%, 35,178 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $105Bench 87%, 171,284 samples	1,413x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 7,420 samples	533x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $115Bench 92%, 48,254 samples	482x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $842

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

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

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Excellent

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Tested both, this one was way better

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30 days ago.

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

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Intel Core i7-8700K $370	Nvidia GTX 1070 $370	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $45
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $122	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $230	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $105
Intel Core i5-8600K $260	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $105	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $43
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $716	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $110	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

Average Bench: 63.1% (659^th of 992)

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Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

Average Bench: 63.1% (659th of 992)

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Average Bench: 63.1% (659^th of 992)