Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

▲ A400 240GB
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Effective Speed -45%Effective Speed -45%Average Score -41%Read -9%, Write -24%, 4K Read -19%, 4K Write -50%, Mixed -30%, 4K Mixed -84%, SusWrite -72%Peak Score -7%Read 0%, Write -8%, 4K Read -9%, 4K Write -12%, Mixed 5%, 4K Mixed -26%, SusWrite 4%Value & Sentiment +269% User Rating -5%, Market Share 699%, Price 332%, Value 49%Nice To Haves -38%DQ Read -27%, DQ Write -1%, DQ Mixed -35%, ADQ Read -70%, ADQ Write -33%, ADQ Mixed -134%, Age 12%, AS-SSD Total -13%

Average Bench: 65.8% (733^rd of 1071)

Based on 424,288 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SA400S37240G, KINGSTON SA400S37240, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3

Poor: 33%Average: 65.8% Great: 100%

Popular builds with this SSD

Above average average bench

The Kingston A400 240GB averaged 34.2% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 92.7MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.7MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 240GB is 66.7%. 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 179MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 260MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 424,288 samples)

Rank 73365.8%

Min	Avg	Max
260	Read 414	504
96.7	Write 318	446
16.6	Mixed 260	420
58.4	SusWrite 179	432
65.3% 293 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.1	4K Read 26.7	36.1
7.37	4K Write 56.9	106
0.4	4K Mixed 22.4	42
99.2% 35.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
46.2	DQ Read 191	288
12.8	DQ Write 214	349
0.9	DQ Mixed 92.7	204
100% 166 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

MEX-User, 36 mins ago.

34GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFKJ4.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 438 42 6.1 6.2 271 MB/s

85.7% Excellent

Write 454

Mixed 381

SusWrite 200

81% 359 MB/s

4K Read 32.2

4K Write 88.1

4K Mixed 38.5

145% 52.9 MB/s

DQ Read 236

DQ Write 351

DQ Mixed 197

176% 261 MB/s

SWE-User, 12 mins ago.

122GB free

Firmware: SBFKB1D2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 147 150 152 151 152 MB/s

41.6% Average

Write 150

Mixed 122

SusWrite 159

40% 182 MB/s

4K Read 15.5

4K Write 35.8

4K Mixed 14.5

61% 21.9 MB/s

DQ Read 26.8

DQ Write 40.5

DQ Mixed 35.5

26% 34.3 MB/s

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Typical A400 240GB Builds (Compare 14,976 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 44%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 40%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $143Bench 73%, 446,215 samples	3,308x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $92Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,469x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $121Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	997x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,195x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	905x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $205Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	884x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $22Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	630x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	852x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	557x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	395x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $425

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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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9,518

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4 months ago.

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

RUS-User

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4,652

Excellent

14 months ago.

died after 5 months of daily use.

IND-User

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4,546

Good

4 months ago.

Lots of people complain about the lack of dram, but given the price in my region, this beats most competitors.

ROU-User

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4,495

Good

13 months ago.

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

BRA-User

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4,491

Good

15 months ago.

Tested both, this one was way better

AUS-User

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3,836

Poor

17 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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3,636

Good

16 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

MYS-User

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3,167

Poor

9 months ago.

Better heat dissipation due to its metal body.

ARG-User

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3,146

Excellent

22 months ago.

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

HND-User

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934

Poor

4 years ago.

Has a freezing problem and needs firmware updates.

REU-User

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130

Good

22 months ago.

More confident in the name of the brand

ExecutableFiles

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124

Average

3 years ago.

could have used some DRAM, stutters when booting.

boingk

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60

Excellent

4 years ago.

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

LordPoverty

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22

Good

2 years 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

3 years ago.

Affordable and reliable!

Kolasin2

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10

Good

3 years ago.

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

EsTronic

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8

Good

2 years 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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Average

3 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) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

Average Bench: 65.8% (733rd of 1071)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $90

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Average Bench: 65.8% (733^rd of 1071)