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Kingston SUV400S37/120G

SSDNow UV400 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 66.1% (654th of 1011)

Based on 42,725 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SUV400S37120G
Poor: 44%Average: 66.1% Great: 80%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB averaged 33.8% 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 111MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.6MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB is 35.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 80.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 190MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 42,725 samples)
Rank 65466.1%
Min Avg Max
337 Read 443 498
278 Write 339 368
92 Mixed 190 333
68.4 SusWrite 80.8 87
58.3% 263 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.6 4K Read 26.6 32.7
30.3 4K Write 65.5 103
8.56 4K Mixed 29.2 39.9
112% 40.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
93.6 DQ Read 258 308
74.4 DQ Write 152 268
43.8 DQ Mixed 111 174
108% 174 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
36GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C3J96R9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 105 67 55 42 45 MB/s
71% Very good
Read 490
Write 348
Mixed 88.3
SusWrite 73.7
55% 250 MB/s
4K Read 31.6
4K Write 65.3
4K Mixed 32.7
124% 43.2 MB/s
DQ Read 301
DQ Write 94.5
DQ Mixed 109
104% 168 MB/s
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C3J96R9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 67 54 51 41 64 MB/s
66.3% Good
Read 461
Write 292
Mixed 146
SusWrite 82.6
54% 245 MB/s
4K Read 25.8
4K Write 60.4
4K Mixed 30.9
111% 39 MB/s
DQ Read 204
DQ Write 185
DQ Mixed 100
101% 163 MB/s
55GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C3J96R9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 69 57 57 55 56 MB/s
64.5% Good
Read 456
Write 344
Mixed 294
SusWrite 82
65% 294 MB/s
4K Read 25.2
4K Write 51.2
4K Mixed 31.5
106% 36 MB/s
DQ Read 282
DQ Write 90
DQ Mixed 107
100% 160 MB/s
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Typical SSDNow UV400 120GB Builds (Compare 9,430 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 32%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 55%
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Workstation
Workstation 30%
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Motherboard: Asus H110M-K

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel  $183Bench 57%, 104,153 samples1,409x
Core i3-6100Intel  $106Bench 46%, 61,999 samples1,168x
Pentium G4560Intel  $70Bench 43%, 43,797 samples949x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 401,466 samples1,616x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $230Bench 56%, 706,813 samples915x
GTX 1050Nvidia  $129Bench 27%, 135,712 samples764x
SSD
SSDNow UV400 120GBKingston  $33Bench 66%, 42,725 samples339x
RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GBKingstonBench 38%, 17,492 samples371x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX  $71Bench 71%, 33,065 samples313x
ValueSelect DDR4 2133 C15 1x8GBCorsairBench 38%, 6,183 samples171x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 52% - Above average Total price: $371

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Great drive for the price still a SSD over a HDD

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