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A400 120GB

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

Average Bench: 58% (787th of 1040)

more Based on 121,503 user benchmarks.  Models: KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S37120, KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G
Poor: 36%Average: 58% Great: 80%

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Average average bench

The Kingston A400 120GB averaged 41.9% 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 91.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 25.8MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 120GB is 43.7%. 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 107MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 135MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 121,503 samples)
Rank 78758%
Min Avg Max
281 Read 384 483
57.5 Write 238 410
22.7 Mixed 234 364
38.6 SusWrite 107 262
53.4% 241 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.3 4K Read 25.8 35.6
9.59 4K Write 56.7 96.7
4.89 4K Mixed 22.7 39.4
98% 35 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.8 DQ Read 135 244
12.6 DQ Write 171 329
10.2 DQ Mixed 91.1 187
86% 132 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
83GB free
Firmware: SBFK71E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 54 53 50 1.5 45 MB/s
58.6% Above average
Read 396
Write 338
Mixed 276
SusWrite 77.3
61% 272 MB/s
4K Read 25
4K Write 66.5
4K Mixed 22.1
101% 37.9 MB/s
DQ Read 161
DQ Write 183
DQ Mixed 115
102% 153 MB/s
9GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKB1D1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 31 27 26 57 18 MB/s
53.2% Above average
Read 287
Write 87.7
Mixed 157
SusWrite 33.6
31% 141 MB/s
4K Read 24.8
4K Write 77.4
4K Mixed 25.1
111% 42.4 MB/s
DQ Read 151
DQ Write 134
DQ Mixed 93.2
83% 126 MB/s
32GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKB1D1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 50 14 23 138 39 MB/s
40.8% Average
Read 326
Write 104
Mixed 124
SusWrite 60.2
34% 154 MB/s
4K Read 20.7
4K Write 37.5
4K Mixed 17.5
74% 25.2 MB/s
DQ Read 39.2
DQ Write 41.9
DQ Mixed 36.1
28% 39.1 MB/s
10GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKB1E2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 58 22 31 47 38 MB/s
29.3% Poor
Read 319
Write 50.2
Mixed 58.7
SusWrite 46.3
26% 119 MB/s
4K Read 18.3
4K Write 11.1
4K Mixed 7.7
44% 12.4 MB/s
DQ Read 24.9
DQ Write 19.9
DQ Mixed 17.9
15% 20.9 MB/s
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Gaming 48%
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 45%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $73

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $182Bench 77%, 541,476 samples12,519x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $200Bench 84%, 701,542 samples8,989x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $170Bench 80%, 251,971 samples4,035x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $218Bench 55%, 623,105 samples5,751x
RX 570AMD  $125Bench 47%, 313,616 samples4,272x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 185,002 samples3,529x
SSD
A400 120GBKingston  $20Bench 58%, 121,503 samples1,303x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 85%, 403,833 samples3,209x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $71Bench 84%, 455,838 samples2,403x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $77Bench 85%, 193,844 samples1,701x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $571

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 Comments

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

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IND-User
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3,494

Poor

21 days ago.

The write speed has deteriorated a lot in just an year. The seq write speed decresed from 300MB/s to only 50MB/s.

UKR-User
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3,039

Terrible

13 months ago.

Very slow SSD wish I never bought it

GRC-User
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2,531

Terrible

20 months ago.

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

PRT-User
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2,136

Terrible

8 months ago.

very low write speeds about 50MB/S

NOR-User
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1,716

Terrible

6 months ago.

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

SYC-User
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1,000

Average

2 years ago.

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

0306
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218

Terrible

4 months ago.

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

Hoi89
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80

Average

2 years ago.

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

KGGames
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54

Poor

4 months ago.

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

Drakorvich
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40

Average

11 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

12 months ago.

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

Giggles
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4

Average

24 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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4

Terrible

21 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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