Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

A400 120GB
BENCHMARKS (152,463)
MKT (0.7%)
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Effective Speed -58%Effective Speed -58%Average Score -67%Read -14%, Write -65%, 4K Read -26%, 4K Write -39%, Mixed -46%, 4K Mixed -71%, SusWrite -208%Peak Score -30%Read -4%, Write -23%, 4K Read -16%, 4K Write -24%, Mixed -17%, 4K Mixed -37%, SusWrite -92%Value & Sentiment +160% User Rating -9%, Market Share 182%, Price 464%, Value 4%Nice To Haves -59%DQ Read -50%, DQ Write -6%, DQ Mixed -71%, ADQ Read -116%, ADQ Write -60%, ADQ Mixed -156%, Age 12%, AS-SSD Total -26%

Average Bench: 61% (779^th of 1058)

Based on 152,463 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S37120, KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G

Poor: 38%Average: 61% Great: 82%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston A400 120GB averaged 38.9% 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 97.2MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.7MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 120GB is 44.5%. 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 Mixed IO Speed 237MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 152,463 samples)

Rank 77961%

Min	Avg	Max
292	Read 401	489
45.3	Write 242	396
34.2	Mixed 237	354
35.7	SusWrite 91.7	193
53.9% 243 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
3.35	4K Read 26.7	36.2
9.77	4K Write 62.3	97.7
6.03	4K Mixed 25.6	41.4
106% 38.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
40.4	DQ Read 152	246
14.4	DQ Write 178	333
12	DQ Mixed 97.2	186
92% 142 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 2 hrs ago.

111GB free

Firmware: SBFKB1D1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 135 135 136 135 305 MB/s

68.5% Good

Write 135

Mixed 167

SusWrite 192

47% 214 MB/s

4K Read 24.7

4K Write 85.3

4K Mixed 28.1

119% 46 MB/s

DQ Read 153

DQ Write 132

DQ Mixed 96.7

85% 127 MB/s

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Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 57,591,653 SSDs tested.

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Gaming 48%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 45%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $68

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $156Bench 76%, 790,751 samples	20,588x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $144Bench 81%, 961,699 samples	15,085x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $189Bench 78%, 365,240 samples	6,501x

GPU
RX 580AMD $213Bench 55%, 843,727 samples	8,898x
RX 570AMD $170Bench 46%, 415,950 samples	6,702x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $220Bench 71%, 379,688 samples	5,656x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $19Bench 61%, 152,463 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 86%, 616,718 samples	5,296x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $62Bench 82%, 566,942 samples	3,761x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $57Bench 85%, 305,714 samples	2,619x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $516

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Comments

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

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USA-User

level
8,838

Good (edit your comment) Add link

10 months ago.

budget better to skimp on a cs900

UKR-User

level
3,359

Terrible

2 years ago.

Very slow SSD wish I never bought it

CZE-User

level
3,034

Good

7 months ago.

120GB is low count limited, but Pretty fine for basic FHD, high textures loadout gaming :)

GRC-User

level
2,853

Terrible

3 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
2,384

Terrible

2 years ago.

very low write speeds about 50MB/S

NOR-User

level
2,076

Terrible

2 years ago.

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

SYC-User

level
1,388

Excellent

5 months ago.

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

0306

level
216

Terrible

23 months ago.

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

Hoi89

level
82

Average

3 years ago.

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

Drakorvich

level
48

Average

2 years 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

2 years ago.

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

Giggles

level
4

Average

3 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

3 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

13 months ago.

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

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Intel Core i5-12600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $446	Crucial MX500 250GB $42
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3050 $292	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $60	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $62	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $453	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $17

Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

Average Bench: 61% (779^th of 1058)

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Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

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