Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

▲ A400 240GB
BENCHMARKS (42,753)
MKT (3%)
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Controller: Phison PS3111-S11. Flash Memory: Toshiba 15nm TLC. Release date: Q1 2017.

120GB 240GB 480GB

Effective Speed -53%Effective Speed -53%Average User Bench -51%Read -9%, Write -33%, 4K Read -17%, 4K Write -60%, Mixed -28%, 4K Mixed -103%, SusWrite -105%Peak Lab Bench -9%Read 1%, Write -9%, 4K Read -7%, 4K Write -21%, Mixed 9%, 4K Mixed -35%, SusWrite 1%Value & Sentiment +133% User Rating -30%, Market Share 328%, Price 205%, Value 31%Nice To Haves -41%DQ Read -32%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed -33%, ADQ Read -72%, ADQ Write -44%, ADQ Mixed -196%, Age 65%, AS-SSD Total -17%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 62.9% (670^th of 1000)

Based on 42,753 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SA400S37240G, KINGSTON SA400S37240, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3

Poor: 34%Average: 62.9% Great: 95%

Popular builds with this SSD

Above average average bench

The Kingston A400 240GB averaged 37.1% 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 26.9MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 74.8MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 240GB is 60.6%. 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 153MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 261MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 42,753 samples)

Rank 67062.9%

Min	Avg	Max
285	Read 417	510
102	Write 304	444
22.1	Mixed 261	425
52.1	SusWrite 153	426
63.2% 284 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.4	4K Read 26.9	36.5
8.36	4K Write 54.8	102
0.5	4K Mixed 20.3	39
95.8% 34 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
25.4	DQ Read 186	276
10.1	DQ Write 202	340
1.2	DQ Mixed 74.8	205
89.2% 154 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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

GBR-User, 16 mins ago.

135GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFKB1D2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 85 112 153 97 58 MB/s

76.7% Very good

Write 370

Mixed 318

SusWrite 104

67% 300 MB/s

4K Read 31.9

4K Write 76.8

4K Mixed 37.4

137% 48.7 MB/s

DQ Read 222

DQ Write 310

DQ Mixed 144

143% 225 MB/s

BRA-User, 15 mins ago.

127GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFK

SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 80 11 111 52 17 MB/s

55.8% Above average

Write 99.5

Mixed 311

SusWrite 62.2

41% 185 MB/s

4K Read 23.7

4K Write 49.9

4K Mixed 25.4

95% 33 MB/s

DQ Read 231

DQ Write 316

DQ Mixed 168

156% 239 MB/s

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Typical A400 240GB Builds (Compare 7,784 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 68%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 68%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $66

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 88%, 129,164 samples	3,014x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $84Bench 75%, 39,208 samples	1,325x
Ryzen 5 2400GAMD $132Bench 73%, 32,859 samples	742x

GPU
RX 580AMD $168Bench 70%, 183,777 samples	1,292x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $208Bench 70%, 570,243 samples	687x
RX 570AMD $150Bench 61%, 53,889 samples	652x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $30Bench 63%, 42,753 samples	569x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $90Bench 86%, 166,861 samples	354x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $74Bench 89%, 26,269 samples	353x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GBCorsair $40Bench 43%, 20,426 samples	282x

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Value: 124% - Outstanding

Total price: $499

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

Dramatically improves the responsiveness of your system...

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5 days ago.

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

GBR-User

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3,336

Good

29 days ago.

love it!

BRA-User

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2,717

Excellent

26 days ago.

Tested both, this one was way better

AUS-User

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2,252

Excellent

1 month ago.

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

JPN-User

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2,122

Excellent

1 month ago.

GOOD one

boingk

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Excellent

2 months ago.

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

ExecutableFiles

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Excellent

8 days ago.

minecraft has never loaded faster

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Intel Core i7-8700K $356	Nvidia GTX 1070 $314	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $92
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $145	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $208	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $99
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $108	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $90	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $651	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $73	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $85	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

Average Bench: 62.9% (670^th of 1000)

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Above average average bench

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Poor consistency

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $66

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Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

Average Bench: 62.9% (670th of 1000)

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Poor consistency

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $66

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Average Bench: 62.9% (670^th of 1000)