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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.

Average Bench: 63.1% (695th of 1016)

Based on 111,579 user benchmarks.  Models: KINGSTON SA400S37240G, KINGSTON SA400S37240, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3
Poor: 35%Average: 63.1% Great: 93%

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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 88.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.6MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 240GB is 57.3%. 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 151MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 267MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 111,579 samples)
Rank 69563.1%
Min Avg Max
290 Read 414 507
98.2 Write 291 448
25.9 Mixed 267 424
60.3 SusWrite 151 403
62.5% 281 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.4 4K Read 26.6 36.4
7.47 4K Write 57.1 105
0.5 4K Mixed 21.5 40.2
98.1% 35.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27.4 DQ Read 185 270
7.36 DQ Write 192 342
0.96 DQ Mixed 88.3 209
94.1% 155 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
186GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKB1E1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 217 208 213 214 211 MB/s
90.1% Outstanding
Read 465
Write 406
Mixed 368
SusWrite 221
82% 365 MB/s
4K Read 34.1
4K Write 83.4
4K Mixed 41.3
149% 52.9 MB/s
DQ Read 244
DQ Write 301
DQ Mixed 201
172% 249 MB/s
163GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK61K1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 88 65 66 67 70 MB/s
75.2% Very good
Read 424
Write 346
Mixed 311
SusWrite 118
67% 300 MB/s
4K Read 29
4K Write 87.4
4K Mixed 31.4
130% 49.3 MB/s
DQ Read 200
DQ Write 318
DQ Mixed 170
154% 229 MB/s
127GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKB1D1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 191 188 192 188 188 MB/s
60.2% Good
Read 313
Write 238
Mixed 235
SusWrite 198
55% 246 MB/s
4K Read 25.2
4K Write 58.2
4K Mixed 30.3
108% 37.9 MB/s
DQ Read 28.8
DQ Write 69.1
DQ Mixed 36.5
31% 44.8 MB/s
163GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKB1D2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 145 151 150 133 151 MB/s
56.1% Above average
Read 302
Write 192
Mixed 207
SusWrite 159
48% 215 MB/s
4K Read 28
4K Write 47
4K Mixed 24.5
99% 33.2 MB/s
DQ Read 53.9
DQ Write 140
DQ Mixed 172
110% 122 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 21,680,567 SSDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $50 @ launch in Jan '17
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Gaming 55%
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Desktop 64%
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Workstation
Workstation 56%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $68

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $120Bench 75%, 299,991 samples9,114x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD  $85Bench 67%, 85,929 samples3,358x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $137Bench 80%, 148,578 samples2,393x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $159Bench 57%, 335,823 samples3,949x
RX 570AMD  $120Bench 49%, 140,389 samples2,576x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 32%, 460,733 samples1,600x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 63%, 111,579 samples1,943x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 294,777 samples1,867x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $63Bench 84%, 60,015 samples1,028x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 84%, 28,676 samples740x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $442

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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 23 months ago.
USA-User
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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

18 days ago.

Very good, fast and use it as a boot drive and for drivers on extra space.

Info  graphicscardhub.com/...

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

BRA-User
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3,107

Excellent

7 days ago.

Tested both, this one was way better

AUS-User
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2,584

Poor

2 months ago.

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

HND-User
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676

Poor

7 months ago.

Has a freezing problem and needs firmware updates.

ExecutableFiles
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94

Average

1 month ago.

could have used some DRAM, stutters when booting.

boingk
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48

Excellent

11 months ago.

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

Hellwala
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10

Excellent

2 months ago.

Affordable and reliable!

Chirdis
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Average

27 days 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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