Kingston

SA400M8 480GB

SA400M8 480GB
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Effective Speed -39%Effective Speed -39%Average Score -39%Read -47%, Write -40%, 4K Read -34%, 4K Write -42%, Mixed -43%, 4K Mixed -67%, SusWrite -2%Peak Score -28%Read -41%, Write -10%, 4K Read -33%, 4K Write -31%, Mixed -24%, 4K Mixed -49%, SusWrite -6%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -38%DQ Read -52%, DQ Write -0%, DQ Mixed -74%, ADQ Read -142%, ADQ Write -17%, ADQ Mixed -124%, Age 131%, AS-SSD Total -27%

Average Bench: 71% (653^rd of 1074)

Based on 6 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SA400M8

Poor: 52%Average: 71% Great: 86%

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Good average bench

The Kingston SA400M8 480GB averaged 28.9% 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 116MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 25.6MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SA400M8 480GB is 33.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston SA400M8 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 135MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 251MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)

Rank 65371%

Min	Avg	Max
248	Read 311	360
21.7	Write 290	440
27.8	Mixed 251	341
151	SusWrite 291	365
64.3% 286 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.5	4K Read 25.6	32.4
15.3	4K Write 61.9	93.3
13	4K Mixed 26.9	39.1
106% 38.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23.7	DQ Read 135	241
12.1	DQ Write 246	357
14.8	DQ Mixed 116	190
109% 166 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

IND-User, 17 months ago.

108GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFK

SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 422 437 330 23 28 MB/s

86.2% Excellent

Write 414

Mixed 341

SusWrite 278

76% 338 MB/s

4K Read 32.4

4K Write 92.5

4K Mixed 39.1

148% 54.7 MB/s

DQ Read 209

DQ Write 282

DQ Mixed 166

148% 219 MB/s

JOR-User, 13 months ago.

107GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFK

SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 213 389 284 0.9 0.9 MB/s

70.8% Very good

Write 425

Mixed 306

SusWrite 151

69% 307 MB/s

4K Read 22

4K Write 77.1

4K Mixed 34.8

119% 44.6 MB/s

DQ Read 206

DQ Write 273

DQ Mixed 165

145% 215 MB/s

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X570 UD

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Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	351x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $90Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	349x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $199Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	162x

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RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	128x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	118x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	110x

SSD
SA400M8 480GBKingstonBench 71%, 6 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	81x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	36x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	35x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $489

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Kingston

SA400M8 480GB

Average Bench: 71% (653^rd of 1074)

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Average Bench: 71% (653rd of 1074)

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