Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

▲ A400 240GB
BENCHMARKS (62,462)
MKT (2.6%)
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Controller: Phison PS3111-S11. Flash Memory: Toshiba 15nm TLC. Release date: Q1 2017.

120GB 240GB 480GB

Effective Speed -46%Effective Speed -46%Average User Bench -43%Read -7%, Write -28%, 4K Read -14%, 4K Write -45%, Mixed -24%, 4K Mixed -92%, SusWrite -91%Peak Lab Bench -7%Read 2%, Write -8%, 4K Read -7%, 4K Write -10%, Mixed 8%, 4K Mixed -34%, SusWrite 2%Value & Sentiment +128% User Rating -31%, Market Share 270%, Price 230%, Value 45%Nice To Haves -33%DQ Read -28%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed -31%, ADQ Read -62%, ADQ Write -35%, ADQ Mixed -155%, Age 61%, AS-SSD Total -14%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 66.1% (638^th of 1003)

Based on 62,462 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SA400S37240G, KINGSTON SA400S37240, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3

Poor: 36%Average: 66.1% Great: 98%

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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 Random Read Speed 27.8MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 85.7MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 240GB is 62.4%. 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 163MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 270MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 62,462 samples)

Rank 63866.1%

Min	Avg	Max
291	Read 426	511
96	Write 314	447
16.9	Mixed 270	425
61	SusWrite 163	428
65.3% 293 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.9	4K Read 27.8	36.5
9.03	4K Write 60.5	111
0.5	4K Mixed 21.7	39.3
102% 36.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30.2	DQ Read 195	285
13.9	DQ Write 213	340
1.1	DQ Mixed 85.7	209
97.3% 165 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CAN-User, 3 mins ago.

158GB free

Firmware: SBFKB1D1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 219 209 204 202 206 MB/s

90.6% Outstanding

Write 368

Mixed 347

SusWrite 222

75% 335 MB/s

4K Read 35.5

4K Write 84.3

4K Mixed 43.5

154% 54.4 MB/s

DQ Read 268

DQ Write 326

DQ Mixed 209

182% 268 MB/s

COL-User, 1 min ago.

67GB free

Firmware: SBFKB1D2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 155 170 160 240 227 MB/s

78.7% Very good

Write 125

Mixed 348

SusWrite 200

58% 261 MB/s

4K Read 27.3

4K Write 77

4K Mixed 34.7

127% 46.3 MB/s

DQ Read 230

DQ Write 336

DQ Mixed 170

160% 245 MB/s

MEX-User, 3 mins ago.

147GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 271 9.2 70 22 74 MB/s

41.3% Average

Write 340

Mixed 16.7

SusWrite 102

47% 214 MB/s

4K Read 21.5

4K Write 8.7

4K Mixed 0.4

38% 10.2 MB/s

DQ Read 246

DQ Write 171

DQ Mixed 1.2

57% 140 MB/s

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Typical A400 240GB Builds (Compare 10,698 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 - $77

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $120Bench 88%, 168,002 samples	4,058x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $85Bench 75%, 51,242 samples	1,835x
Ryzen 5 2400GAMD $124Bench 73%, 43,554 samples	992x

GPU
RX 580AMD $180Bench 70%, 217,554 samples	1,722x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 61%, 74,431 samples	973x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $250Bench 70%, 607,467 samples	843x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 62,462 samples	782x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 86%, 215,650 samples	556x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $69Bench 86%, 36,242 samples	470x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GBCorsair $34Bench 42%, 24,777 samples	344x

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Value: 133% - Outstanding

Total price: $473

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

Dramatically improves the responsiveness of your system...

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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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2,817

Good

2 hrs ago.

Tested both, this one was way better

AUS-User

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2,356

Excellent

3 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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584

Poor

1 month ago.

Has a freezing problem and needs firmware updates.

boingk

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Excellent

4 months ago.

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

ExecutableFiles

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Excellent

2 months ago.

minecraft has never loaded faster

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Intel Core i7-8700K $350	Nvidia GTX 1070 $400	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $120	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $250	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $103
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X $222	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $70	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $607	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $41	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $77	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

Average Bench: 66.1% (638^th of 1003)

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Above average average bench

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Poor consistency

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $77

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Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

Average Bench: 66.1% (638th of 1003)

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Poor consistency

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $77

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Average Bench: 66.1% (638^th of 1003)