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SA400S37/960GB 960GB

SA400S37/960GB 960GB
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Effective Speed -609%Effective Speed -609%Average Score -684%Read -927%, Write -1,171%, 4K Read -237%, 4K Write -195%, Mixed -921%, 4K Mixed -462%, SusWrite -872%Peak Score -808%Read -1,153%, Write -1,290%, 4K Read -357%, 4K Write -286%, Mixed -1,114%, 4K Mixed -483%, SusWrite -975%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -724%DQ Read -902%, DQ Write -484%, DQ Mixed -830%, ADQ Read -778%, ADQ Write -348%, ADQ Mixed -1,659%, Age -101%, AS-SSD Total -692%

Average Bench: 77% (543^rd of 1080)

Based on 12 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SA400S37/960GB

Poor: 53%Average: 77% Great: 96%

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Good average bench

The Kingston SA400S37/960GB 960GB averaged 22.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston SA400S37/960GB 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 281MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 84.5MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SA400S37/960GB 960GB is 42.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Kingston SA400S37/960GB 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 195MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 316MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 12 samples)

Rank 54377%

Min	Avg	Max
145	Read 407	473
133	Write 365	462
19.9	Mixed 316	385
83.1	SusWrite 326	425
79.5% 354 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
5	4K Read 26.5	42.1
41.4	4K Write 70.1	98.8
9.3	4K Mixed 19.7	37.7
102% 38.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
83.2	DQ Read 195	231
264	DQ Write 281	325
0.4	DQ Mixed 84.5	225
107% 187 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

BRA-User, 12 months ago.

894GB free

Firmware: HP2818D3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 402 402 402 401 401 MB/s

84.1% Excellent

Write 462

Mixed 324

SusWrite 402

93% 412 MB/s

4K Read 24.3

4K Write 98.8

4K Mixed 13.2

106% 45.4 MB/s

DQ Read 202

DQ Write 290

DQ Mixed 15.7

76% 169 MB/s

BRA-User, 8 months ago.

849GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HP2818D3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 341 332 433 445 442 MB/s

81.9% Excellent

Write 449

Mixed 385

SusWrite 382

95% 421 MB/s

4K Read 31.5

4K Write 69.8

4K Mixed 12.6

101% 38 MB/s

DQ Read 205

DQ Write 295

DQ Mixed 13.9

77% 171 MB/s

BRA-User, 17 months ago.

621GB free

Firmware: 6315

SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 377 378 370 371 374 MB/s

81.2% Excellent

Write 374

Mixed 340

SusWrite 372

80% 356 MB/s

4K Read 25.5

4K Write 54.7

4K Mixed 32.7

110% 37.6 MB/s

DQ Read 215

DQ Write 276

DQ Mixed 225

175% 239 MB/s

BRA-User, 3 months ago.

347GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HP2818D3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 416 415 278 46 407 MB/s

77.8% Very good

Write 424

Mixed 364

SusWrite 329

89% 397 MB/s

4K Read 29.6

4K Write 74.3

4K Mixed 10.9

98% 38.3 MB/s

DQ Read 209

DQ Write 288

DQ Mixed 14.9

77% 171 MB/s

BRA-User, 18 months ago.

788GB free (System drive)

Firmware: VE0R6315

SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 322 347 351 309 307 MB/s

69.6% Good

Write 336

Mixed 312

SusWrite 318

75% 333 MB/s

4K Read 16.1

4K Write 44.4

4K Mixed 25.3

80% 28.6 MB/s

DQ Read 202

DQ Write 265

DQ Mixed 216

168% 228 MB/s

IDN-User, 3 months ago.

208GB free

Firmware: T0519A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 12 15 16 126 211 MB/s

38.9% Below average

Write 305

Mixed 19.9

SusWrite 98.2

32% 142 MB/s

4K Read 5

4K Write 47

4K Mixed 20.1

58% 24 MB/s

DQ Read 83.2

DQ Write 300

DQ Mixed 39

74% 141 MB/s

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Desktop 55%

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Workstation 6%

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System: HP EliteBook 8560w

CPU
Core i7-2820QMIntel $230Bench 59%, 4,929 samples	92x
Core i7-2670QMIntel $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples	80x
Core i7-2630QMIntel $230Bench 55%, 39,605 samples	67x

GPU
Quadro 1000MNvidiaBench 3%, 6,108 samples	300x
Quadro 2000MNvidiaBench 5%, 3,227 samples	131x
FirePro M5950 AMDBench 5%, 1,394 samples	47x

SSD
SA400S37/960GB 960GBKingstonBench 77%, 12 samples	1x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	196x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	64x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	46x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $230

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Kingston

SA400S37/960GB 960GB

Average Bench: 77% (543^rd of 1080)

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SA400S37/960GB 960GB

Average Bench: 77% (543rd of 1080)

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Average Bench: 77% (543^rd of 1080)