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Release date ≈ Q4 2021.

Average Bench: 65% (741st of 1072)

Based on 64 user benchmarks.  Model: KingstonSA400S37
Poor: 40%Average: 65% Great: 85%

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Above average average bench

The KingstonSA400S37 240GB averaged 35.0% 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 Random Read Speed 28.9MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 213MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the KingstonSA400S37 240GB is 44.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the KingstonSA400S37 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 22.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 11.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 64 samples)
Rank 74165%
Min Avg Max
315 Read 422 476
39.3 Write 292 433
32 Mixed 282 353
47.3 SusWrite 234 398
68.8% 308 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.1 4K Read 28.9 39
13.7 4K Write 59.3 88.5
4.75 4K Mixed 11.4 25.7
89.9% 33.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
78 DQ Read 160 182
56.9 DQ Write 213 274
10 DQ Mixed 22.2 113
62.7% 132 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
118GB free
Firmware: HCS1A25E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 345 365 370 358 357 MB/s
72.9% Very good
Read 442
Write 392
Mixed 337
SusWrite 328
84% 375 MB/s
4K Read 28
4K Write 64.8
4K Mixed 11.8
92% 34.9 MB/s
DQ Read 143
DQ Write 262
DQ Mixed 14.7
64% 140 MB/s
185GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0128A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 287 312 312 283 299 MB/s
56.3% Above average
Read 324
Write 287
Mixed 265
SusWrite 298
66% 294 MB/s
4K Read 17.1
4K Write 54.1
4K Mixed 15.5
74% 28.9 MB/s
DQ Read 24.2
DQ Write 105
DQ Mixed 22.6
30% 50.5 MB/s
36GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FW201105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 122 195 73 113 71 MB/s
52.8% Above average
Read 459
Write 429
Mixed 326
SusWrite 108
74% 331 MB/s
4K Read 35.6
4K Write 20
4K Mixed 7.3
74% 21 MB/s
DQ Read 171
DQ Write 152
DQ Mixed 12.1
50% 111 MB/s
50GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FW201105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 63 43 72 56 46 MB/s
50.7% Above average
Read 417
Write 48.9
Mixed 315
SusWrite 66.1
46% 212 MB/s
4K Read 26.6
4K Write 60.1
4K Mixed 7.8
82% 31.5 MB/s
DQ Read 108
DQ Write 206
DQ Mixed 16
52% 110 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus PRIME H310M-K R2.0

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel  $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples3,203x
Core i3-9100FIntel  $88Bench 80%, 34,310 samples1,501x
Core i5-8400Intel  $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples460x
GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples723x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples563x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples514x
SSD
KingstonSA400S37 240GBBench 65%, 64 samples1x
RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples206x
2x8GBAdataBench 77%, 24,552 samples162x
1x8GBAdataBench 41%, 25,310 samples138x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $331

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