Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

A400 120GB
BENCHMARKS (35,261)
MKT (2.5%)
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Controller: Phison PS3111-S11. Flash Memory: Toshiba 15nm TLC. Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

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Effective Speed -64%Effective Speed -64%Average User Bench -76%Read -19%, Write -84%, 4K Read -26%, 4K Write -43%, Mixed -42%, 4K Mixed -81%, SusWrite -238%Peak Lab Bench -42%Read -4%, Write -30%, 4K Read -15%, 4K Write -31%, Mixed -20%, 4K Mixed -43%, SusWrite -152%Value & Sentiment +186% User Rating -43%, Market Share 164%, Price 621%, Value 3%Nice To Haves -49%DQ Read -45%, DQ Write -9%, DQ Mixed -72%, ADQ Read -109%, ADQ Write -55%, ADQ Mixed -156%, Age 85%, AS-SSD Total -26%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 61.2% (684^th of 992)

Based on 35,261 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S37120, KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G

Poor: 39%Average: 61.2% Great: 80%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston A400 120GB averaged 38.8% 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 107MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.8MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 120GB is 41.1%. 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 91.7MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 227MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 35,261 samples)

Rank 68461.2%

Min	Avg	Max
289	Read 388	485
71.3	Write 227	374
85.3	Mixed 250	336
45.6	SusWrite 91.7	161
53.1% 239 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.9	4K Read 26.8	36.3
24.5	4K Write 64.3	96.7
11.6	4K Mixed 25.1	39.8
107% 38.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
35.9	DQ Read 155	253
28.2	DQ Write 194	326
11.3	DQ Mixed 107	190
99.4% 152 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 3 mins ago.

30GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFK10D7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 122 76 71 45 71 MB/s

65.2% Good

Write 402

Mixed 325

SusWrite 85.2

70% 316 MB/s

4K Read 24.3

4K Write 46

4K Mixed 23.6

91% 31.3 MB/s

DQ Read 312

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 186

176% 274 MB/s

BEL-User, 23 mins ago.

21GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFK71E0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 9.1 47 20 37 3 MB/s

58.5% Above average

Write 301

Mixed 279

SusWrite 38.2

56% 251 MB/s

4K Read 25.7

4K Write 88.9

4K Mixed 21.1

113% 45.2 MB/s

DQ Read 160

DQ Write 171

DQ Mixed 12.3

52% 115 MB/s

USA-User, 24 mins ago.

33GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFKB1E1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 142 137 137 137 130 MB/s

52.7% Above average

Write 157

Mixed 205

SusWrite 150

46% 206 MB/s

4K Read 26.7

4K Write 42.4

4K Mixed 23.8

93% 31 MB/s

DQ Read 57.4

DQ Write 60.7

DQ Mixed 52.6

41% 56.9 MB/s

SAU-User, 15 mins ago.

11GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFK71E0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.4 103 7.4 11 38 4.6 MB/s

51.9% Above average

Write 132

Mixed 256

SusWrite 28.8

42% 192 MB/s

4K Read 23.5

4K Write 71.7

4K Mixed 20.4

100% 38.5 MB/s

DQ Read 162

DQ Write 129

DQ Mixed 12.4

46% 101 MB/s

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Gaming 67%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 63%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B350-F GAMING - $114

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $122Bench 81%, 163,556 samples	7,570x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $153Bench 87%, 56,013 samples	3,189x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $147Bench 85%, 98,183 samples	3,156x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $230Bench 70%, 550,267 samples	3,810x
GTX 1070Nvidia $370Bench 98%, 526,975 samples	2,673x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 124%, 407,741 samples	2,450x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $20Bench 61%, 35,261 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $105Bench 87%, 171,284 samples	2,181x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $140Bench 91%, 54,076 samples	1,150x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $115Bench 92%, 48,254 samples	984x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $591

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Comments

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

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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

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Average

3 months ago.

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

Hoi89

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Average

2 months ago.

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

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1 month 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.

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Intel Core i7-8700K $370	Nvidia GTX 1070 $370	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $45
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $122	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $230	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $105
Intel Core i5-8600K $260	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $105	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $43
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $716	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $110	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

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Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

Average Bench: 61.2% (684th of 992)

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