Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

▲ A400 240GB
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Effective Speed -45%Effective Speed -45%Average User Bench -43%Read -6%, Write -29%, 4K Read -12%, 4K Write -51%, Mixed -22%, 4K Mixed -94%, SusWrite -86%Peak Lab Bench -5%Read 3%, Write -5%, 4K Read -2%, 4K Write -12%, Mixed 11%, 4K Mixed -35%, SusWrite 5%Value & Sentiment +136% User Rating -15%, Market Share 343%, Price 186%, Value 29%Nice To Haves -32%DQ Read -29%, DQ Write -1%, DQ Mixed -23%, ADQ Read -54%, ADQ Write -35%, ADQ Mixed -150%, Age 52%, AS-SSD Total -13%

Average Bench: 64.5% (671^st of 1011)

Based on 102,389 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SA400S37240G, KINGSTON SA400S37240, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3

Poor: 37%Average: 64.5% Great: 96%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston A400 240GB averaged 35.4% 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 27.5MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 79.8MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 240GB is 59.1%. 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 158MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 270MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 102,389 samples)

Rank 67164.5%

Min	Avg	Max
293	Read 423	508
98	Write 303	444
19.6	Mixed 270	427
55.2	SusWrite 158	422
64.3% 289 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.2	4K Read 27.5	36.7
6.87	4K Write 57.8	108
0.5	4K Mixed 21.1	37.8
99.4% 35.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
36.7	DQ Read 190	271
12.9	DQ Write 208	343
0.7	DQ Mixed 79.8	206
93% 159 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

HUN-User, 4 mins ago.

200GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S1Z40102

SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 407 396 418 432 433 MB/s

90.9% Outstanding

Write 420

Mixed 414

SusWrite 413

96% 428 MB/s

4K Read 28

4K Write 74.5

4K Mixed 27.1

117% 43.2 MB/s

DQ Read 217

DQ Write 316

DQ Mixed 47.4

97% 194 MB/s

ESP-User, 6 mins ago.

201GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFKB1E1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 227 216 215 216 230 MB/s

65.6% Good

Write 211

Mixed 212

SusWrite 222

53% 237 MB/s

4K Read 28.5

4K Write 48.1

4K Mixed 26.1

102% 34.2 MB/s

DQ Read 56.3

DQ Write 339

DQ Mixed 213

159% 203 MB/s

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Gaming 55%

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Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 56%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $71

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $115Bench 75%, 276,040 samples	7,460x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $78Bench 68%, 79,926 samples	2,893x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $120Bench 80%, 132,723 samples	1,755x

GPU
RX 580AMD $159Bench 57%, 303,807 samples	3,181x
RX 570AMD $120Bench 49%, 109,555 samples	2,011x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $280Bench 57%, 768,624 samples	1,335x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $32Bench 65%, 102,389 samples	1,566x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 84%, 285,104 samples	1,352x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $53Bench 85%, 53,362 samples	838x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 84%, 24,492 samples	572x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $435

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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.

BRA-User

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3,055

Excellent

2 months ago.

Tested both, this one was way better

AUS-User

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2,524

Poor

23 days 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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664

Poor

6 months ago.

Has a freezing problem and needs firmware updates.

ExecutableFiles

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52

Average

2 days ago.

could have used some DRAM, stutters when booting.

boingk

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44

Excellent

9 months ago.

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

Hellwala

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Excellent

10 days ago.

Affordable and reliable!

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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $76	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

Average Bench: 64.5% (671^st of 1011)

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Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

Average Bench: 64.5% (671st of 1011)

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