Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

A400 120GB
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Effective Speed -67%Effective Speed -67%Average Score -73%Read -17%, Write -64%, 4K Read -34%, 4K Write -51%, Mixed -53%, 4K Mixed -89%, SusWrite -207%Peak Score -35%Read -5%, Write -25%, 4K Read -20%, 4K Write -24%, Mixed -21%, 4K Mixed -41%, SusWrite -107%Value & Sentiment +115% User Rating -9%, Market Share 167%, Price 339%, Value -38%Nice To Haves -62%DQ Read -45%, DQ Write -8%, DQ Mixed -75%, ADQ Read -128%, ADQ Write -61%, ADQ Mixed -170%, Age 14%, AS-SSD Total -26%

Average Bench: 59.4% (790^th of 1058)

Based on 137,913 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S37120, KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G

Poor: 37%Average: 59.4% Great: 80%

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Average average bench

The Kingston A400 120GB averaged 40.6% 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 96.3MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 25.9MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 120GB is 43.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Kingston A400 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 97.7MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 142MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 137,913 samples)

Rank 79059.4%

Min	Avg	Max
288	Read 396	485
88.3	Write 248	390
24.7	Mixed 236	350
41.5	SusWrite 97.7	187
54.3% 245 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.2	4K Read 25.9	35.7
12.7	4K Write 58.3	96.2
4.2	4K Mixed 24.1	41.1
101% 36.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
34	DQ Read 142	253
17.8	DQ Write 179	332
11.6	DQ Mixed 96.3	189
90.6% 139 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

ROU-User, 1 hr ago.

23GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFK71E0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 113 1 136 34 4.3 MB/s

60.5% Good

Write 224

Mixed 268

SusWrite 63.2

50% 226 MB/s

4K Read 26.3

4K Write 76.7

4K Mixed 22.3

109% 41.8 MB/s

DQ Read 162

DQ Write 297

DQ Mixed 140

132% 200 MB/s

USA-User, 42 mins ago.

25GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 03070009

SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 50 41 29 65 13 MB/s

59.6% Above average

Write 268

Mixed 165

SusWrite 46.1

49% 222 MB/s

4K Read 28.1

4K Write 50.4

4K Mixed 35.7

115% 38.1 MB/s

DQ Read 145

DQ Write 45.7

DQ Mixed 8.2

29% 66.3 MB/s

CZE-User, 43 mins ago.

69GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 03090004

SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 42 46 46 47 47 MB/s

50.6% Above average

Write 336

Mixed 292

SusWrite 56.3

64% 286 MB/s

4K Read 25.9

4K Write 31.7

4K Mixed 23.9

87% 27.2 MB/s

DQ Read 31.5

DQ Write 62.2

DQ Mixed 38.6

32% 44.1 MB/s

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Typical A400 120GB Builds (Compare 67,180 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 47%

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Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $68

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $187Bench 76%, 682,921 samples	16,489x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $270Bench 84%, 980,212 samples	12,153x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $200Bench 79%, 318,546 samples	5,296x

GPU
RX 580AMD $220Bench 54%, 782,613 samples	7,380x
RX 570AMD $150Bench 47%, 364,096 samples	5,605x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 284,028 samples	4,636x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $26Bench 59%, 137,913 samples	1,626x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $74Bench 85%, 517,339 samples	4,261x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $77Bench 84%, 507,810 samples	3,059x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $70Bench 85%, 253,738 samples	2,156x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $575

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Comments

Controller: Phison PS3111-S11. Flash Memory: Toshiba 15nm TLC

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USA-User

level
8,096

Good (edit your comment) Add link

14 days ago.

budget better to skimp on a cs900

UKR-User

level
3,225

Terrible

21 months ago.

Very slow SSD wish I never bought it

GRC-User

level
2,697

Terrible

2 years ago.

My bios never recognised that disk even though it worked with the Samsung 840 Evo and 850 Evo. Bad choise.

PRT-User

level
2,264

Terrible

16 months ago.

very low write speeds about 50MB/S

NOR-User

level
1,894

Terrible

14 months ago.

It sais 500mb read and its like 50. Wtf?

SYC-User

level
1,178

Average

2 years ago.

poor life time...30 days drop to 97%

0306

level
216

Terrible

12 months ago.

It's cheap, the performance and capacity is cheap.

Hoi89

level
80

Average

2 years ago.

It's not bad,but doesn't have TRIM support...

Drakorvich

level
48

Average

19 months ago.

It is perfect for a laptop drive, not so much for a gaming PC. The low capacity on this drive also makes it a very poor game drive. On the flip side, boot times are 2-3x as fast as a traditional hard drive.

Reflej0

level
14

Good

20 months ago.

The most basic SSD par excellence, useful to improve performance with little money expenditure.

Giggles

level
4

Average

2 years ago.

Its okay for a budget SSD and for just storing the OS and nothing else on it, but you may as well spend slightly more money for more space and faster speeds.

Riog1me

level
4

Terrible

2 years ago.

Horrible SSD, uses a controller with a known reputation for failing, and is more expensive than significantly better SSDs, like the WD Green, SU650, and L5 Lite 3D

TheAshen1

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2

Terrible

2 months ago.

its a low end one, pay for what ya get and you really dont get much

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $44
Intel Core i5-11400F $260	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183
Intel Core i7-11700K $346	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $77	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

Average Bench: 59.4% (790^th of 1058)

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Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

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