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Kingston SUV400S37/120G

SSDNow UV400 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

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Average Bench: 65.1% (648th of 1003)

Based on 34,249 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SUV400S37120G
Poor: 47%Average: 65.1% Great: 79%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB averaged 34.9% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 107MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB is 31.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 83.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 198MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 34,249 samples)
Rank 64865.1%
Min Avg Max
301 Read 433 493
250 Write 334 366
94.8 Mixed 198 328
69.9 SusWrite 83.5 87.3
58.1% 262 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.6 4K Read 26 32.8
42 4K Write 66.4 99.1
8.58 4K Mixed 28.3 39.5
111% 40.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
31.3 DQ Read 257 308
75.1 DQ Write 142 265
30.2 DQ Mixed 107 175
104% 169 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
38GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C3J96R9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 62 45 36 61 58 MB/s
79.3% Very good
Read 493
Write 348
Mixed 145
SusWrite 81.2
59% 267 MB/s
4K Read 32.3
4K Write 98.5
4K Mixed 36.8
148% 55.9 MB/s
DQ Read 292
DQ Write 135
DQ Mixed 108
108% 178 MB/s
56GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C3K87RA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 132 61 58 54 61 MB/s
77.6% Very good
Read 489
Write 344
Mixed 119
SusWrite 81.2
57% 258 MB/s
4K Read 31.2
4K Write 95.7
4K Mixed 35.2
143% 54 MB/s
DQ Read 296
DQ Write 134
DQ Mixed 110
110% 180 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 15,196,174 SSDs tested.

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Typical SSDNow UV400 120GB Builds (Compare 8,211 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 39%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 57%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 34%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus H110M-K

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel  $184Bench 68%, 84,193 samples1,204x
Core i3-6100Intel  $124Bench 60%, 57,757 samples1,028x
Pentium G4560Intel  $70Bench 56%, 41,824 samples859x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 38%, 389,308 samples1,430x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $230Bench 70%, 593,162 samples817x
GTX 1050Nvidia  $129Bench 34%, 112,102 samples683x
SSD
SSDNow UV400 120GBKingston  $43Bench 65%, 34,249 samples306x
RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GBKingstonBench 38%, 16,994 samples335x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX  $71Bench 70%, 29,481 samples270x
ValueSelect DDR4 2133 C15 1x8GBCorsairBench 38%, 5,277 samples163x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $381

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Good

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