Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

A400 120GB
BENCHMARKS (148,425)
MKT (0.7%)
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Effective Speed -65%Effective Speed -65%Average Score -73%Read -15%, Write -65%, 4K Read -31%, 4K Write -45%, Mixed -54%, 4K Mixed -85%, SusWrite -218%Peak Score -34%Read -3%, Write -19%, 4K Read -20%, 4K Write -25%, Mixed -23%, 4K Mixed -40%, SusWrite -108%Value & Sentiment +141% User Rating -9%, Market Share 139%, Price 447%, Value -15%Nice To Haves -62%DQ Read -45%, DQ Write -7%, DQ Mixed -78%, ADQ Read -123%, ADQ Write -56%, ADQ Mixed -174%, Age 13%, AS-SSD Total -25%

Average Bench: 60.1% (785^th of 1058)

Based on 148,425 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S37120, KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G

Poor: 36%Average: 60.1% Great: 82%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston A400 120GB averaged 39.9% 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 94.9MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.4MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 120GB is 45.9%. 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 93.5MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 234MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 148,425 samples)

Rank 78560.1%

Min	Avg	Max
298	Read 400	490
53	Write 245	408
23.9	Mixed 234	345
38	SusWrite 93.5	186
53.9% 243 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.6	4K Read 26.4	36
9.98	4K Write 60.5	97
4.9	4K Mixed 24.5	41.9
103% 37.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.7	DQ Read 146	253
16.8	DQ Write 186	334
1.44	DQ Mixed 94.9	186
91.3% 142 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

SWE-User, 15 mins ago.

69GB free

Firmware: S3500102

SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 426 424 425 424 189 MB/s

97.2% Outstanding

Write 422

Mixed 368

SusWrite 387

93% 414 MB/s

4K Read 33.8

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 29.9

152% 60.6 MB/s

DQ Read 80.8

DQ Write 338

DQ Mixed 77.6

98% 165 MB/s

FIN-User, 3 mins ago.

112GB free

Firmware: 03090004

SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 102 97 49 50 50 MB/s

75.5% Very good

Write 325

Mixed 306

SusWrite 98.1

65% 292 MB/s

4K Read 34.2

4K Write 75.4

4K Mixed 42.4

146% 50.7 MB/s

DQ Read 148

DQ Write 145

DQ Mixed 117

96% 137 MB/s

SWE-User, 30 mins ago.

34GB free

Firmware: SBFK71E0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 56 56 56 57 56 MB/s

69.7% Good

Write 311

Mixed 279

SusWrite 89.3

59% 266 MB/s

4K Read 29.9

4K Write 96.2

4K Mixed 24.4

128% 50.2 MB/s

DQ Read 164

DQ Write 340

DQ Mixed 135

136% 213 MB/s

PRT-User, 19 mins ago.

73GB free

Firmware: SBFK71F1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 54 55 54 54 54 MB/s

64.6% Good

Write 106

Mixed 177

SusWrite 88.8

38% 172 MB/s

4K Read 27.7

4K Write 89

4K Mixed 24.6

121% 47.1 MB/s

DQ Read 162

DQ Write 317

DQ Mixed 134

132% 204 MB/s

TUR-User, 36 mins ago.

75GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 03090004

SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 46 50 48 47 37 MB/s

34.6% Below average

Write 51.1

Mixed 87.8

SusWrite 46.4

30% 139 MB/s

4K Read 3.1

4K Write 22.1

4K Mixed 18.2

40% 14.5 MB/s

DQ Read 111

DQ Write 46.2

DQ Mixed 93.3

65% 83.4 MB/s

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Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 51,171,492 SSDs tested.

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Typical A400 120GB Builds (Compare 74,218 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 47%

Yacht

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $70

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $246Bench 77%, 720,163 samples	18,187x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $280Bench 82%, 1,038,752 samples	13,338x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $206Bench 79%, 319,365 samples	5,815x

GPU
RX 580AMD $260Bench 54%, 809,717 samples	8,027x
RX 570AMD $150Bench 47%, 435,326 samples	6,049x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 70%, 316,750 samples	5,025x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $24Bench 60%, 148,425 samples	1,742x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 553,560 samples	4,694x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $74Bench 83%, 561,752 samples	3,360x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $65Bench 84%, 247,343 samples	2,319x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $663

Popular A400 120GB compatible motherboards:

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Comments

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

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USA-User

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8,394

Good (edit your comment) Add link

3 months ago.

budget better to skimp on a cs900

UKR-User

level
3,271

Terrible

2 years ago.

Very slow SSD wish I never bought it

CZE-User

level
2,906

Good

1 day ago.

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

GRC-User

level
2,765

Terrible

2 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
2,308

Terrible

20 months ago.

very low write speeds about 50MB/S

NOR-User

level
1,982

Terrible

18 months ago.

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

SYC-User

level
1,262

Average

3 years ago.

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

0306

level
216

Terrible

16 months ago.

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

Hoi89

level
80

Average

3 years ago.

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

Drakorvich

level
48

Average

23 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.

Reflej0

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14

Good

24 months ago.

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

Giggles

level
4

Average

2 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

2 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

6 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 $295	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $50
Intel Core i5-12400F $184	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i5-11600K $245	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

Average Bench: 60.1% (785^th of 1058)

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Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

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