Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

A400 120GB
BENCHMARKS (105,105)
MKT (1.4%)
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Effective Speed -63%Effective Speed -63%Average Score -71%Read -17%, Write -75%, 4K Read -30%, 4K Write -49%, Mixed -50%, 4K Mixed -72%, SusWrite -203%Peak Score -31%Read -4%, Write -26%, 4K Read -11%, 4K Write -27%, Mixed -19%, 4K Mixed -34%, SusWrite -98%Value & Sentiment +137% User Rating -29%, Market Share 189%, Price 402%, Value -17%Nice To Haves -58%DQ Read -45%, DQ Write -7%, DQ Mixed -70%, ADQ Read -133%, ADQ Write -64%, ADQ Mixed -156%, Age 34%, AS-SSD Total -25%

Average Bench: 60.4% (759^th of 1037)

Based on 105,105 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S37120, KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G

Poor: 38%Average: 60.4% Great: 82%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston A400 120GB averaged 39.6% 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 101MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 25.7MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 120GB is 44.2%. 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. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 139MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 105,105 samples)

Rank 75960.4%

Min	Avg	Max
291	Read 393	483
57.3	Write 236	384
84.8	Mixed 239	347
44.5	SusWrite 98.5	198
53.6% 242 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
3.5	4K Read 25.7	37
17.9	4K Write 59.9	95.4
6.8	4K Mixed 26	41.9
104% 37.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.7	DQ Read 139	252
20.6	DQ Write 180	333
15.4	DQ Mixed 101	187
92.8% 140 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

ROU-User, 1 min ago.

81GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 03090004

SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 45 48 49 50 50 MB/s

72.5% Very good

Write 322

Mixed 308

SusWrite 71.5

66% 296 MB/s

4K Read 33.8

4K Write 64.8

4K Mixed 40.4

137% 46.3 MB/s

DQ Read 146

DQ Write 131

DQ Mixed 113

92% 130 MB/s

SAU-User, 14 mins ago.

63GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFK71E0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 38 55 50 4.4 54 MB/s

67.9% Good

Write 304

Mixed 292

SusWrite 68.8

59% 267 MB/s

4K Read 30.4

4K Write 96.3

4K Mixed 23.3

127% 50 MB/s

DQ Read 162

DQ Write 301

DQ Mixed 132

128% 198 MB/s

FRA-User, 15 mins ago.

22GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFK

SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 54 48 41 49 47 MB/s

58.2% Above average

Write 295

Mixed 173

SusWrite 74.6

47% 212 MB/s

4K Read 16.2

4K Write 83.6

4K Mixed 26.4

103% 42.1 MB/s

DQ Read 161

DQ Write 290

DQ Mixed 110

116% 187 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 mins ago.

41GB free

Firmware: R0105A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 41 63 32 39 28 MB/s

48.9% Average

Write 374

Mixed 374

SusWrite 97.9

72% 322 MB/s

4K Read 24

4K Write 67.9

4K Mixed 1

74% 31 MB/s

DQ Read 156

DQ Write 89.8

DQ Mixed 1.1

34% 82.4 MB/s

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Gaming 50%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 46%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $73

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $147Bench 78%, 466,002 samples	8,144x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $205Bench 84%, 473,138 samples	6,080x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $169Bench 80%, 203,966 samples	2,623x

GPU
RX 580AMD $170Bench 57%, 521,268 samples	4,022x
RX 570AMD $137Bench 49%, 258,328 samples	2,976x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $230Bench 70%, 105,774 samples	2,221x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $25Bench 60%, 105,105 samples	908x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $67Bench 86%, 304,909 samples	1,916x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 83%, 371,676 samples	1,672x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $62Bench 85%, 146,290 samples	1,101x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $482

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Comments

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

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USA-User

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6,924

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

9 days ago.

UKR-User

level
2,915

Terrible

9 months ago.

Very slow SSD wish I never bought it

GRC-User

level
2,369

Terrible

17 months ago.

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

PRT-User

level
2,056

Terrible

5 months ago.

very low write speeds about 50MB/S

NOR-User

level
1,588

Terrible

2 months ago.

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

SYC-User

level
904

Average

22 months ago.

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

0306

level
218

Terrible

27 days ago.

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

Hoi89

level
80

Average

20 months ago.

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

Drakorvich

level
40

Average

7 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.

KGGames

level
26

Poor

11 days ago.

Offers poor performance over other SSDs at around the same price point with low read and write speeds and very small capacity.

Reflej0

level
14

Good

8 months ago.

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

Giggles

level
4

Average

20 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

level
4

Terrible

17 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $195	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $299	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $67	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $28

Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

Average Bench: 60.4% (759^th of 1037)

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A400 120GB

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