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Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

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Controller: Phison PS3111-S11. Flash Memory: Toshiba 15nm TLC. Release date: Q1 2017.

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Average Bench: 66.1% (603rd of 980)

Based on 23,649 user benchmarks.  Models: KINGSTON SA400S37240G, KINGSTON SA400S37240, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3
Poor: 37%Average: 66.1% Great: 91%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston A400 240GB averaged 33.9% 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 108MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.1MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 240GB is 54.7%. 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 152MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 268MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 23,649 samples)
Rank 60366.1%
Min Avg Max
241 Read 400 510
104 Write 271 444
27.3 Mixed 268 415
48.2 SusWrite 152 287
60.8% 273 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.2 4K Read 27.1 37.1
11.9 4K Write 60.5 105
0.7 4K Mixed 24.9 41.1
105% 37.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
35.5 DQ Read 199 289
14.5 DQ Write 221 338
1.3 DQ Mixed 108 212
109% 176 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
197GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK71B1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 52 51 52 55 53 MB/s
73.4% Very good
Read 446
Write 185
Mixed 310
SusWrite 71.6
56% 253 MB/s
4K Read 29.8
4K Write 86.2
4K Mixed 30.5
130% 48.8 MB/s
DQ Read 234
DQ Write 302
DQ Mixed 166
154% 234 MB/s
120GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK61K1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 98 97 104 105 105 MB/s
66.3% Good
Read 412
Write 365
Mixed 310
SusWrite 123
68% 302 MB/s
4K Read 23.5
4K Write 59.5
4K Mixed 30.8
107% 37.9 MB/s
DQ Read 199
DQ Write 213
DQ Mixed 172
139% 195 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 11,408,650 SSDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $50 @ launch in Jan '17
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Typical A400 240GB Builds (Compare 16,119 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 85%
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Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $109

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $360Bench 108%, 222,994 samples5,400x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $260Bench 102%, 81,416 samples3,783x
Core i5-8400Intel  $194Bench 89%, 60,494 samples2,464x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $250Bench 71%, 459,273 samples2,683x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $498Bench 122%, 359,442 samples1,848x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $350Bench 98%, 465,493 samples1,722x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $35Bench 66%, 23,649 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $115Bench 87%, 148,112 samples1,143x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 7,111 samples482x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $125Bench 92%, 46,217 samples426x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 101% - Outstanding Total price: $869

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 Comments

SSDrivePro
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Official site www.kingston.com/...

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

Dramatically improves the responsiveness of your system...

Added 10 months ago.
USA-User
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Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

14 hrs ago.

Real slow

Info  graphicscardhub.com/...

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

GBR-User
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Poor

14 days ago.

s l o w

BRA-User
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2,495

Good

1 month ago.

Tested both, this one was way better

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