Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

A400 120GB
BENCHMARKS (166,392)
MKT (0.4%)
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Effective Speed -61%Effective Speed -61%Average Score -69%Read -13%, Write -63%, 4K Read -27%, 4K Write -44%, Mixed -55%, 4K Mixed -79%, SusWrite -201%Peak Score -24%Read -1%, Write -17%, 4K Read -14%, 4K Write -23%, Mixed -13%, 4K Mixed -40%, SusWrite -56%Value & Sentiment +81% User Rating -7%, Market Share 155%, Price 235%, Value -58%Nice To Haves -64%DQ Read -49%, DQ Write -7%, DQ Mixed -78%, ADQ Read -116%, ADQ Write -64%, ADQ Mixed -179%, Age 8%, AS-SSD Total -25%

Average Bench: 61.3% (789^th of 1072)

Based on 166,392 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S37120, KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G

Poor: 33%Average: 61.3% Great: 85%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston A400 120GB averaged 38.7% 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 93.3MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.1MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 120GB is 51.2%. 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 98.5MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 232MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 166,392 samples)

Rank 78961.3%

Min	Avg	Max
289	Read 405	500
51	Write 248	415
24.2	Mixed 232	376
37.4	SusWrite 98.5	248
54.5% 246 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
3.11	4K Read 27.1	37.6
10.7	4K Write 61	99.1
3.6	4K Mixed 25.2	41.6
106% 37.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
36.9	DQ Read 151	247
15.6	DQ Write 176	336
9.48	DQ Mixed 93.3	186
89.8% 140 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

PAK-User, 3 mins ago.

28GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFK71E0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 17 77 47 2.5 32 MB/s

37.1% Below average

Write 284

Mixed 243

SusWrite 51.4

51% 229 MB/s

4K Read 26.3

4K Write 30.8

4K Mixed 2.7

60% 19.9 MB/s

DQ Read 161

DQ Write 32.3

DQ Mixed 18.5

34% 70.7 MB/s

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Typical A400 120GB Builds (Compare 12,054 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 29%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $70

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,463x
Ryzen 3 3200GAMD $75Bench 63%, 104,122 samples	1,307x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $104Bench 60%, 181,631 samples	1,007x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	949x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	735x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	654x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	293x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	226x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	204x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $357

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Comments

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

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USA-User

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9,840

Good (edit your comment) Add link

2 years ago.

budget better to skimp on a cs900

UKR-User

level
3,591

Terrible

4 years ago.

Very slow SSD wish I never bought it

CZE-User

level
3,344

Good

2 years ago.

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

GRC-User

level
3,145

Terrible

4 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
2,642

Terrible

3 years ago.

very low write speeds about 50MB/S

NOR-User

level
2,290

Terrible

3 years ago.

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

SYC-User

level
1,500

Excellent

2 years ago.

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

0306

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216

Terrible

3 years ago.

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

Hoi89

level
82

Average

5 years ago.

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

Drakorvich

level
48

Average

4 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

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14

Good

4 years ago.

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

Giggles

level
4

Average

5 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

5 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 years ago.

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

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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 SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

Average Bench: 61.3% (789^th of 1072)

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A400 120GB

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