Kingston

SA400S37960G 1TB

SA400S37960G 1TB
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Effective Speed -149%Effective Speed -149%Average Score -157%Read -70%, Write -192%, 4K Read -113%, 4K Write -243%, Mixed -148%, 4K Mixed -236%, SusWrite -98%Peak Score -148%Read -80%, Write -84%, 4K Read -122%, 4K Write -329%, Mixed -69%, 4K Mixed -296%, SusWrite -52%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -267%DQ Read -397%, DQ Write -308%, DQ Mixed -275%, ADQ Read -364%, ADQ Write -394%, ADQ Mixed -345%, Age 215%, AS-SSD Total -272%

Average Bench: 39.5% (950^th of 1071)

Based on 2 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SA400S37960G

Poor: 34%Average: 39.5% Great: 45%

Popular builds with this SSD

HP 455 Notebook PC (1)

Poor average bench

The Kingston SA400S37960G 1TB averaged 60.5% 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 58.5MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 16.1MB/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. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 70.4MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 58.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)

Rank 95039.5%

Min	Avg	Max
258	Read 269	281
13.2	Write 139	264
39.1	Mixed 145	250
45.8	SusWrite 150	254
39% 176 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.9	4K Read 16.1	19.4
22.6	4K Write 25.5	28.5
12	4K Mixed 13.4	14.7
55.1% 18.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
66.8	DQ Read 70.4	73.9
29.4	DQ Write 58.5	87.7
28.5	DQ Mixed 58.5	88.4
45.4% 62.5 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

MEX-User, 2 years ago.

920GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFK

SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 252 254 260 248 260 MB/s

44.9% Average

Write 264

Mixed 250

SusWrite 254

58% 257 MB/s

4K Read 12.9

4K Write 22.6

4K Mixed 14.7

50% 16.7 MB/s

DQ Read 66.8

DQ Write 87.7

DQ Mixed 88.4

64% 81 MB/s

BRA-User, 2 years ago.

884GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 44 42 36 36 47 MB/s

34.1% Below average

Write 13.2

Mixed 39.1

SusWrite 45.8

20% 94.7 MB/s

4K Read 19.4

4K Write 28.5

4K Mixed 12

60% 20 MB/s

DQ Read 73.9

DQ Write 29.4

DQ Mixed 28.5

27% 43.9 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,896,000 SSDs tested

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Gaming 3%

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Desktop 23%

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Workstation 3%

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System: HP 455 Notebook PC

CPU
E-300 APUAMD $120Bench 23%, 7,672 samples	4x
E1-1200 APUAMDBench 23%, 6,904 samples	3x
A4-3330MX APUAMD $52Bench 34%, 1,369 samples	1x

GPU
Radeon HD 6310AMDBench 1%, 13,166 samples	4x
Radeon HD 7310AMDBench 1%, 7,882 samples	3x
Radeon HD 6480GAMDBench 2%, 5,005 samples	1x

SSD
SA400S37960G 1TBKingstonBench 39%, 2 samples	2x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C11 1x8GBKingstonBench 30%, 409 samples	1x
HMT451S6AFR8C-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 1,663 samples	1x
AM1U16BC2P1-B1AH 1x2GBAdataBench 18%, 661 samples	1x

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Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $120

Popular SA400S37960G 1TB systems:

HP 455 Notebook PC (1)

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Kingston

SA400S37960G 1TB

Average Bench: 39.5% (950^th of 1071)

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SA400S37960G 1TB

Average Bench: 39.5% (950th of 1071)

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System: HP 455 Notebook PC

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Average Bench: 39.5% (950^th of 1071)