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Kingston SUV400S37/120G

SSDNow UV400 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

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Average Bench: 66.1% (646th of 1011)

Based on 38,738 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SUV400S37120G
Poor: 42%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 110MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.8MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB is 38.3%. 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 79.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 183MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 38,738 samples)
Rank 64666.1%
Min Avg Max
330 Read 444 495
266 Write 335 368
89.2 Mixed 183 332
68.8 SusWrite 79.9 87
57.7% 261 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16 4K Read 26.8 33.1
33.4 4K Write 65.8 99.4
8.3 4K Mixed 29.4 39.9
113% 40.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
49.1 DQ Read 262 309
71.3 DQ Write 145 267
35.9 DQ Mixed 110 175
107% 172 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
25GB free
Firmware: 0C3FD6SD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 65 59 56 56 56 MB/s
90% Outstanding
Read 498
Write 346
Mixed 334
SusWrite 85.7
70% 316 MB/s
4K Read 33.8
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 45.6
171% 65.3 MB/s
DQ Read 286
DQ Write 260
DQ Mixed 106
125% 218 MB/s
70GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C3J96R9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 63 58 54 45 59 MB/s
77.2% Very good
Read 472
Write 354
Mixed 106
SusWrite 83.4
56% 254 MB/s
4K Read 27.5
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 40.7
148% 56.8 MB/s
DQ Read 243
DQ Write 94.7
DQ Mixed 22.5
55% 120 MB/s
34GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C3J96R9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 61 54 52 59 MB/s
77% Very good
Read 416
Write 345
Mixed 315
SusWrite 77.4
64% 288 MB/s
4K Read 30.2
4K Write 87.1
4K Mixed 39
142% 52.1 MB/s
DQ Read 274
DQ Write 262
DQ Mixed 103
123% 213 MB/s
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Typical SSDNow UV400 120GB Builds (Compare 8,781 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 37%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 56%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 30%
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Motherboard: Asus H110M-K

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel  $184Bench 56%, 95,920 samples1,294x
Core i3-6100Intel  $118Bench 46%, 59,003 samples1,089x
Pentium G4560Intel  $70Bench 43%, 44,121 samples906x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $150Bench 38%, 400,154 samples1,519x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $270Bench 70%, 667,469 samples867x
GTX 1050Nvidia  $124Bench 34%, 122,391 samples724x
SSD
SSDNow UV400 120GBKingston  $35Bench 66%, 38,738 samples325x
RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GBKingstonBench 37%, 17,047 samples351x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX  $71Bench 71%, 26,940 samples291x
ValueSelect DDR4 2133 C15 1x8GBCorsairBench 38%, 6,024 samples168x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $369

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