Kingston

SA400S37/256GB 256GB

SA400S37/256GB 256GB
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Effective Speed -55%Effective Speed -55%Average Score -74%Read -12%, Write -18%, 4K Read -63%, 4K Write -74%, Mixed -43%, 4K Mixed -309%, SusWrite -3%Peak Score -95%Read -18%, Write -26%, 4K Read -67%, 4K Write -80%, Mixed -29%, 4K Mixed -411%, SusWrite -33%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -391%DQ Read -182%, DQ Write -29%, DQ Mixed -1,872%, ADQ Read -163%, ADQ Write -11%, ADQ Mixed -1,477%, Age 682%, AS-SSD Total -79%

Average Bench: 63.6% (758^th of 1072)

Based on 3 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SA400S37/256GB

Poor: 56%Average: 63.6% Great: 68%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston SA400S37/256GB 256GB averaged 36.4% 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 261MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 21.1MB/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 Mixed IO Speed 16.5MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 11MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)

Rank 75863.6%

Min	Avg	Max
395	Read 409	429
296	Write 343	384
123	Mixed 251	329
287	SusWrite 289	291
72.4% 323 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.1	4K Read 21.1	25.8
25.1	4K Write 50.4	68.1
10.5	4K Mixed 11	11.4
72.7% 27.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
120	DQ Read 124	130
249	DQ Write 261	277
16.3	DQ Mixed 16.5	16.8
62.7% 134 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

IDN-User, 9 months ago.

196GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2227O

SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 289 293 322 309 301 MB/s

67.7% Good

Write 384

Mixed 329

SusWrite 291

79% 352 MB/s

4K Read 25.8

4K Write 68.1

4K Mixed 11.4

90% 35.1 MB/s

DQ Read 120

DQ Write 249

DQ Mixed 16.4

60% 128 MB/s

IDN-User, 8 months ago.

89GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2227O

SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 281 265 372 396 276 MB/s

66.8% Good

Write 350

Mixed 300

SusWrite 289

77% 342 MB/s

4K Read 24.3

4K Write 57.9

4K Mixed 11.2

82% 31.1 MB/s

DQ Read 130

DQ Write 257

DQ Mixed 16.8

63% 134 MB/s

IDN-User, 9 months ago.

168GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2227O

SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 271 290 321 382 221 MB/s

56.2% Above average

Write 296

Mixed 123

SusWrite 287

62% 275 MB/s

4K Read 13.1

4K Write 25.1

4K Mixed 10.5

47% 16.2 MB/s

DQ Read 123

DQ Write 277

DQ Mixed 16.3

65% 139 MB/s

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Typical SA400S37/256GB 256GB Builds (Compare 2,311 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 - $69

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	249x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	221x
Core i3-3220Intel $79Bench 52%, 71,790 samples	175x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	310x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	291x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	133x

SSD
SA400S37/256GB 256GBKingstonBench 64%, 3 samples	1x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	110x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	73x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	63x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $128

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Kingston

SA400S37/256GB 256GB

Average Bench: 63.6% (758^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 - $69

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SA400S37/256GB 256GB

Average Bench: 63.6% (758th of 1072)

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Unknown consistency

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Average Bench

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 - $69

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Average Bench: 63.6% (758^th of 1072)