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A400/ 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 63% (767th of 1072)

Based on 8 user benchmarks.  Model: kingston A400/ 120GB
Poor: 46%Average: 63% Great: 103%

Above average average bench

The Kingston A400/ 120GB 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 Random Read Speed 30.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 483MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400/ 120GB is 57.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Kingston A400/ 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 103MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 16.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8 samples)
Rank 76763%
Min Avg Max
454 Read 483 503
330 Write 403 442
40.4 Mixed 103 391
73.4 SusWrite 134 412
62.2% 281 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.8 4K Read 30.8 40
4 4K Write 50.3 116
1.7 4K Mixed 19 32.3
97.7% 33.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
154 DQ Read 169 216
5.2 DQ Write 174 317
0.4 DQ Mixed 16.9 44.8
55.3% 120 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
41GB free
Firmware: R0905A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 63 52 55 46 63 MB/s
60% Above average
Read 503
Write 442
Mixed 85
SusWrite 85.5
62% 279 MB/s
4K Read 33.3
4K Write 19.5
4K Mixed 25.9
94% 26.2 MB/s
DQ Read 216
DQ Write 42
DQ Mixed 8.4
37% 88.9 MB/s
109GB free
Firmware: R0905A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 72 72 72 65 78 MB/s
58.4% Above average
Read 462
Write 432
Mixed 105
SusWrite 100
61% 275 MB/s
4K Read 33.8
4K Write 19.8
4K Mixed 24.9
94% 26.2 MB/s
DQ Read 170
DQ Write 63.1
DQ Mixed 6.6
34% 80.1 MB/s
59GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0905A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 47 55 48 45 44 MB/s
55.2% Above average
Read 496
Write 395
Mixed 47.6
SusWrite 80.2
56% 255 MB/s
4K Read 29.4
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 1.8
100% 43.9 MB/s
DQ Read 154
DQ Write 5.2
DQ Mixed 40.3
39% 66.4 MB/s
48GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0905A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 54 44 53 38 51 MB/s
46.2% Average
Read 500
Write 424
Mixed 57.3
SusWrite 78.6
58% 265 MB/s
4K Read 30.6
4K Write 4
4K Mixed 17.3
71% 17.3 MB/s

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