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Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

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

Average Bench: 60.6% (729th of 1011)

more Based on 58,265 user benchmarks.  Models: KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S37120, KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G
Poor: 38%Average: 60.6% Great: 80%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston A400 120GB averaged 39.4% 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 103MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.6MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 120GB is 42.2%. 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 87.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 228MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 58,265 samples)
Rank 72960.6%
Min Avg Max
294 Read 388 483
56.4 Write 228 377
82.3 Mixed 241 338
38.9 SusWrite 87.7 155
52.4% 236 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.2 4K Read 26.6 37.2
27 4K Write 63.9 95.9
11.4 4K Mixed 25.7 40.2
107% 38.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25.6 DQ Read 145 254
21.8 DQ Write 184 326
10.5 DQ Mixed 103 189
94.6% 144 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
59GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK60A9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 147 65 49 57 63 MB/s
77.9% Very good
Read 443
Write 356
Mixed 330
SusWrite 84.1
68% 303 MB/s
4K Read 35.4
4K Write 98.9
4K Mixed 29.8
144% 54.7 MB/s
DQ Read 236
DQ Write 308
DQ Mixed 98.2
123% 214 MB/s
110GB free
Firmware: SBFKB1D1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 128 133 131 132 243 MB/s
69.8% Good
Read 431
Write 132
Mixed 165
SusWrite 169
49% 224 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 90.2
4K Mixed 26.7
119% 47.2 MB/s
DQ Read 153
DQ Write 132
DQ Mixed 93.4
83% 126 MB/s
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 03090004
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 67 148 23 39 41 MB/s
69.4% Good
Read 484
Write 310
Mixed 308
SusWrite 75.5
65% 294 MB/s
4K Read 30.4
4K Write 60.4
4K Mixed 39.5
129% 43.4 MB/s
DQ Read 148
DQ Write 81.1
DQ Mixed 9.1
35% 79.5 MB/s
20GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK71E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 142 26 5.8 12 80 MB/s
66.9% Good
Read 407
Write 271
Mixed 298
SusWrite 53.6
57% 257 MB/s
4K Read 30.7
4K Write 91.2
4K Mixed 23.5
125% 48.5 MB/s
DQ Read 162
DQ Write 310
DQ Mixed 132
130% 201 MB/s
22GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK71E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 49 117 2.4 8.7 64 MB/s
63.3% Good
Read 408
Write 338
Mixed 271
SusWrite 47.1
59% 266 MB/s
4K Read 28
4K Write 78.8
4K Mixed 22.9
114% 43.2 MB/s
DQ Read 161
DQ Write 305
DQ Mixed 135
130% 200 MB/s
62GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKB1D1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 141 132 132 129 133 MB/s
59.8% Above average
Read 417
Write 191
Mixed 208
SusWrite 144
53% 240 MB/s
4K Read 29.7
4K Write 49.2
4K Mixed 25.8
104% 34.9 MB/s
DQ Read 55.9
DQ Write 59.8
DQ Mixed 53.5
42% 56.4 MB/s
38GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK71E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 84 7.3 78 48 9.4 MB/s
58.2% Above average
Read 396
Write 199
Mixed 282
SusWrite 41
51% 229 MB/s
4K Read 27.2
4K Write 71.5
4K Mixed 20.4
105% 39.7 MB/s
DQ Read 159
DQ Write 234
DQ Mixed 12.7
61% 135 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 33%
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Desktop
Desktop 56%
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Workstation
Workstation 31%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $60

CPU
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD  $78Bench 68%, 75,345 samples3,523x
Ryzen 3 1200AMD  $58Bench 61%, 41,754 samples2,014x
Ryzen 5 2400GAMD  $119Bench 65%, 60,774 samples1,860x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 449,329 samples2,658x
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU)AMDBench 10%, 45,740 samples1,726x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $285Bench 56%, 700,687 samples1,325x
SSD
A400 120GBKingston  $20Bench 61%, 58,265 samples960x
RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 41%, 29,070 samples584x
1x8GBAdataBench 39%, 9,655 samples550x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GBCorsair  $38Bench 42%, 29,620 samples373x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $313

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 Comments

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

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USA-User
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Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

4 months ago.

UKR-User
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2,607

Excellent

2 months ago.

Very slow SSD wish I never bought it

GRC-User
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2,061

Terrible

6 months ago.

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

SYC-User
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678

Average

11 months ago.

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

Hoi89
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68

Average

10 months ago.

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

Giggles
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4

Average

9 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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Terrible

7 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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