Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

A400 120GB
BENCHMARKS (46,435)
MKT (1.8%)
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Controller: Phison PS3111-S11. Flash Memory: Toshiba 15nm TLC. Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

120GB 240GB 480GB

Effective Speed -74%Effective Speed -74%Average User Bench -86%Read -21%, Write -85%, 4K Read -40%, 4K Write -52%, Mixed -54%, 4K Mixed -96%, SusWrite -255%Peak Lab Bench -47%Read -4%, Write -30%, 4K Read -24%, 4K Write -34%, Mixed -22%, 4K Mixed -50%, SusWrite -162%Value & Sentiment +144% User Rating -48%, Market Share 79%, Price 554%, Value -10%Nice To Haves -61%DQ Read -51%, DQ Write -11%, DQ Mixed -80%, ADQ Read -133%, ADQ Write -64%, ADQ Mixed -183%, Age 64%, AS-SSD Total -31%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 59.9% (719^th of 1003)

Based on 46,435 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S37120, KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G

Poor: 39%Average: 59.9% Great: 79%

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Average average bench

The Kingston A400 120GB averaged 40.1% 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 96.8MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.2MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 120GB is 40.2%. 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 89.6MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 228MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 46,435 samples)

Rank 71959.9%

Min	Avg	Max
288	Read 388	489
72.5	Write 228	376
80.8	Mixed 238	342
39	SusWrite 89.6	160
52.4% 236 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8.93	4K Read 26.2	36.3
18	4K Write 62.3	94.8
10.4	4K Mixed 24.8	40.5
104% 37.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
28.2	DQ Read 144	254
31.9	DQ Write 185	326
9.66	DQ Mixed 96.8	187
91.9% 142 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 10 mins ago.

90GB free

Firmware: 03070009

SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 123 62 60 61 60 MB/s

75.5% Very good

Write 338

Mixed 306

SusWrite 97.7

67% 299 MB/s

4K Read 33.9

4K Write 71

4K Mixed 42.5

143% 49.1 MB/s

DQ Read 154

DQ Write 142

DQ Mixed 118

97% 138 MB/s

CAN-User, 11 mins ago.

18GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFK61K1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 107 71 40 29 53 MB/s

65.9% Good

Write 267

Mixed 283

SusWrite 67.3

54% 242 MB/s

4K Read 33.6

4K Write 73.1

4K Mixed 30.6

129% 45.8 MB/s

DQ Read 214

DQ Write 183

DQ Mixed 141

121% 179 MB/s

BRA-User, 11 mins ago.

59GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 03070009

SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 56 56 56 51 52 MB/s

64.2% Good

Write 279

Mixed 297

SusWrite 78.1

62% 282 MB/s

4K Read 30.3

4K Write 49.4

4K Mixed 33.6

115% 37.8 MB/s

DQ Read 149

DQ Write 59.8

DQ Mixed 113

82% 107 MB/s

MYS-User, 10 mins ago.

19GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFK71E0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 45 7.3 40 56 39 MB/s

55.5% Above average

Write 271

Mixed 258

SusWrite 52.1

53% 240 MB/s

4K Read 19.6

4K Write 76.9

4K Mixed 15.9

91% 37.5 MB/s

DQ Read 163

DQ Write 315

DQ Mixed 122

126% 200 MB/s

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Gaming 40%

Jet ski

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $61

CPU
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $79Bench 75%, 52,296 samples	2,566x
Ryzen 3 1200AMD $60Bench 68%, 31,416 samples	1,594x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $105Bench 81%, 177,263 samples	1,507x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $145Bench 38%, 364,011 samples	2,163x
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU)AMDBench 14%, 32,249 samples	1,258x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $250Bench 70%, 635,304 samples	1,076x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $20Bench 60%, 46,435 samples	762x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 41%, 27,565 samples	453x
1x8GBAdataBench 38%, 8,519 samples	429x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GBCorsair $34Bench 42%, 24,331 samples	309x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $305

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Comments

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

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USA-User

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5,388

Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

19 days ago.

UKR-User

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2,463

Poor

2 months ago.

Very slow SSD wish I never bought it

GRC-User

level
1,941

Terrible

2 months ago.

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

SYC-User

level
584

Average

7 months ago.

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

Hoi89

level
62

Average

6 months ago.

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

Giggles

level
4

Average

5 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

3 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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Intel Core i7-8700K $350	Nvidia GTX 1070 $400	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $127	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $250	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $103
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X $248	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $709	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $70	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $606	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $78	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

Average Bench: 59.9% (719^th of 1003)

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Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

Average Bench: 59.9% (719th of 1003)

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