Kingston

SA400 128GB

SA400 128GB
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Effective Speed -60%Effective Speed -60%Average Score -57%Read -9%, Write -12%, 4K Read -96%, 4K Write -36%, Mixed -6%, 4K Mixed -166%, SusWrite -72%Peak Score -86%Read -12%, Write -21%, 4K Read -135%, 4K Write -80%, Mixed -16%, 4K Mixed -237%, SusWrite -99%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -189%DQ Read -118%, DQ Write -21%, DQ Mixed -779%, ADQ Read -99%, ADQ Write -3%, ADQ Mixed -637%, Age 206%, AS-SSD Total -64%

Average Bench: 61.7% (784^th of 1074)

Based on 3 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SA400 128GB

Poor: 57%Average: 61.7% Great: 65%

Popular builds with this SSD

HP 240 G6 Notebook PC (1)

Above average average bench

The Kingston SA400 128GB averaged 38.3% 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 Write Speed 281MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 64.3MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 172MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 35.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)

Rank 78461.7%

Min	Avg	Max
401	Read 421	454
320	Write 363	400
315	Mixed 340	365
129	SusWrite 172	195
72.6% 324 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16	4K Read 17.5	18.3
60.5	4K Write 64.3	68
16.1	4K Mixed 16.9	17.3
82.2% 32.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
160	DQ Read 164	168
270	DQ Write 281	296
31.9	DQ Mixed 35.3	37.7
79.7% 160 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

PER-User, 7 months ago.

58GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0401A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 218 217 221 225 98 MB/s

64.8% Good

Write 400

Mixed 365

SusWrite 195

79% 354 MB/s

4K Read 18.2

4K Write 64.3

4K Mixed 17.3

84% 33.3 MB/s

DQ Read 160

DQ Write 279

DQ Mixed 31.9

77% 157 MB/s

PER-User, 2 years ago.

83GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0401A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 142 137 149 222 354 MB/s

63.5% Good

Write 320

Mixed 315

SusWrite 191

69% 307 MB/s

4K Read 18.3

4K Write 68

4K Mixed 17.3

86% 34.5 MB/s

DQ Read 168

DQ Write 296

DQ Mixed 36.4

83% 167 MB/s

PER-User, 7 months ago.

87GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0401A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 193 214 58 59 66 MB/s

56.8% Above average

Write 369

Mixed 341

SusWrite 129

70% 312 MB/s

4K Read 16

4K Write 60.5

4K Mixed 16.1

77% 30.9 MB/s

DQ Read 166

DQ Write 270

DQ Mixed 37.7

79% 158 MB/s

Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,941,181 SSDs tested

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Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: HP 240 G6 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 45%, 205,332 samples	156x
Core i3-6006UIntelBench 36%, 47,111 samples	80x
Core i3-7020UIntelBench 40%, 28,454 samples	54x

GPU
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	214x
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	78x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples	24x

SSD
SA400 128GBKingstonBench 62%, 3 samples	1x

RAM
M471A5244BB0-CRC 1x4GBSamsungBench 31%, 10,211 samples	44x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 1x4GBHynixBench 32%, 32,443 samples	20x
M471A5244CB0-CTD 1x4GBSamsungBench 30%, 48,985 samples	17x

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HP 240 G6 Notebook PC (1)

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Kingston

SA400 128GB

Average Bench: 61.7% (784^th of 1074)

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Unknown consistency

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Kingston

SA400 128GB

Average Bench: 61.7% (784th of 1074)

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Unknown consistency

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System: HP 240 G6 Notebook PC

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Average Bench: 61.7% (784^th of 1074)