Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

A400 120GB
BENCHMARKS (57,419)
MKT (1.8%)
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BUY • $22

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Controller: Phison PS3111-S11. Flash Memory: Toshiba 15nm TLC. Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

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Effective Speed -74%Effective Speed -74%Average User Bench -86%Read -23%, Write -93%, 4K Read -40%, 4K Write -50%, Mixed -58%, 4K Mixed -96%, SusWrite -239%Peak Lab Bench -46%Read -5%, Write -29%, 4K Read -25%, 4K Write -33%, Mixed -24%, 4K Mixed -53%, SusWrite -151%Value & Sentiment +146% User Rating -45%, Market Share 98%, Price 542%, Value -12%Nice To Haves -60%DQ Read -55%, DQ Write -11%, DQ Mixed -79%, ADQ Read -131%, ADQ Write -56%, ADQ Mixed -173%, Age 59%, AS-SSD Total -32%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 59.6% (734^th of 1011)

Based on 57,419 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S37120, KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G

Poor: 39%Average: 59.6% Great: 78%

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Average average bench

The Kingston A400 120GB averaged 40.3% 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 100MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 25.9MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 120GB is 38.2%. 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 93.5MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 218MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 57,419 samples)

Rank 73459.6%

Min	Avg	Max
287	Read 382	486
61.7	Write 218	378
27.3	Mixed 231	336
42.1	SusWrite 93.5	166
51.2% 231 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.6	4K Read 25.9	35.9
19.1	4K Write 61.7	95.4
9.7	4K Mixed 24.5	39.8
103% 37.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.8	DQ Read 145	248
25.4	DQ Write 191	326
10	DQ Mixed 100	187
94.6% 145 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 16 mins ago.

46GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 03070009

SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 139 53 52 53 54 MB/s

71.9% Very good

Write 293

Mixed 221

SusWrite 87.8

60% 271 MB/s

4K Read 24.6

4K Write 69.4

4K Mixed 43.2

129% 45.7 MB/s

DQ Read 153

DQ Write 124

DQ Mixed 115

92% 131 MB/s

SLV-User, 41 mins ago.

18GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFK71E0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 81 46 12 130 48 MB/s

67.8% Good

Write 120

Mixed 270

SusWrite 93.6

45% 204 MB/s

4K Read 30.8

4K Write 95.7

4K Mixed 23.8

128% 50.1 MB/s

DQ Read 163

DQ Write 334

DQ Mixed 136

136% 211 MB/s

FIN-User, 25 mins ago.

64GB free

Firmware: SBFK71E0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 55 55 55 56 55 MB/s

65.7% Good

Write 315

Mixed 283

SusWrite 88.8

61% 275 MB/s

4K Read 27.6

4K Write 78.6

4K Mixed 22.7

112% 43 MB/s

DQ Read 161

DQ Write 304

DQ Mixed 131

128% 199 MB/s

USA-User, 46 mins ago.

68GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFKB1D1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 137 131 133 132 131 MB/s

50.3% Above average

Write 152

Mixed 202

SusWrite 144

44% 198 MB/s

4K Read 25.1

4K Write 39.8

4K Mixed 23.4

89% 29.4 MB/s

DQ Read 54.4

DQ Write 57.4

DQ Mixed 50.5

40% 54.1 MB/s

DZA-User, 16 mins ago.

81GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFKB1D1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 135 127 130 236 137 MB/s

45.8% Average

Write 100

Mixed 118

SusWrite 166

38% 175 MB/s

4K Read 23.7

4K Write 29.8

4K Mixed 16.8

73% 23.4 MB/s

DQ Read 24.1

DQ Write 25.7

DQ Mixed 23.7

18% 24.5 MB/s

DOM-User, 13 mins ago.

58GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S1Z40102

SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 23 34 36 34 29 MB/s

37.1% Below average

Write 317

Mixed 23.3

SusWrite 33.4

41% 187 MB/s

4K Read 19.9

4K Write 12.6

4K Mixed 15.4

57% 16 MB/s

DQ Read 27.6

DQ Write 94.9

DQ Mixed 1

18% 41.2 MB/s

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Gaming 33%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $62

CPU
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $75Bench 62%, 67,567 samples	3,090x
Ryzen 3 1200AMD $57Bench 56%, 38,804 samples	1,807x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $100Bench 70%, 199,143 samples	1,697x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $145Bench 31%, 428,583 samples	2,427x
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU)AMDBench 10%, 43,186 samples	1,505x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $240Bench 56%, 642,931 samples	1,217x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $22Bench 60%, 57,419 samples	873x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 41%, 29,519 samples	526x
1x8GBAdataBench 38%, 9,083 samples	489x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GBCorsair $38Bench 42%, 27,259 samples	347x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $304

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Comments

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

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USA-User

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5,570

Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

2 months ago.

UKR-User

level
2,527

Excellent

11 days ago.

Very slow SSD wish I never bought it

GRC-User

level
2,007

Terrible

4 months ago.

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

SYC-User

level
624

Average

9 months ago.

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

Hoi89

level
68

Average

8 months ago.

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

Giggles

level
4

Average

7 months 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

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4

Terrible

5 months 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

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Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1660 $220	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $70
Intel Core i5-9600K $225	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $278	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $105
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 $195	Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super) $429	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $203

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $70	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $606	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $64	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

Average Bench: 59.6% (734^th of 1011)

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Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

Average Bench: 59.6% (734th of 1011)

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