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Kingston SUV400S37/120G

SSDNow UV400 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

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Average Bench: 66.7% (611th of 996)

Based on 31,673 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SUV400S37120G
Poor: 46%Average: 66.7% Great: 81%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB averaged 33.2% 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 26.6MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB is 34.8%. 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 82.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 190MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 31,673 samples)
Rank 61166.7%
Min Avg Max
340 Read 445 497
263 Write 336 367
91.4 Mixed 190 333
70.9 SusWrite 82.2 86.9
58.3% 263 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.2 4K Read 26.6 33
39.4 4K Write 67.9 104
8.42 4K Mixed 29.8 41.5
114% 41.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
32.1 DQ Read 257 308
78.6 DQ Write 144 267
35.1 DQ Mixed 110 175
106% 170 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C3J96R9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 54 54 63 54 59 MB/s
75.5% Very good
Read 489
Write 344
Mixed 95
SusWrite 83.7
56% 253 MB/s
4K Read 31.6
4K Write 92.2
4K Mixed 29.5
134% 51.1 MB/s
DQ Read 298
DQ Write 174
DQ Mixed 109
115% 193 MB/s
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0809B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 87 40 38 39 40 MB/s
61.3% Good
Read 509
Write 442
Mixed 46
SusWrite 114
61% 278 MB/s
4K Read 33.2
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 4.1
109% 46 MB/s
DQ Read 164
DQ Write 29.4
DQ Mixed 42.4
45% 78.8 MB/s
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Typical SSDNow UV400 120GB Builds (Compare 7,545 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 39%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 57%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 34%
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Motherboard: Asus H110M-K

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel  $194Bench 69%, 79,905 samples1,112x
Core i3-6100Intel  $121Bench 60%, 53,800 samples944x
Pentium G4560Intel  $70Bench 57%, 35,917 samples800x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 39%, 335,671 samples1,314x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $230Bench 70%, 571,625 samples754x
GTX 1050Nvidia  $120Bench 34%, 95,167 samples637x
SSD
SSDNow UV400 120GBKingston  $39Bench 67%, 31,673 samples286x
RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GBKingstonBench 37%, 18,152 samples310x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX  $71Bench 71%, 27,955 samples243x
ValueSelect DDR4 2133 C15 1x8GBCorsairBench 38%, 5,134 samples158x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 75% - Very good Total price: $388

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