Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

A400 120GB
BENCHMARKS (78,182)
MKT (1.6%)
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Effective Speed -69%Effective Speed -69%Average Score -79%Read -20%, Write -85%, 4K Read -30%, 4K Write -50%, Mixed -57%, 4K Mixed -86%, SusWrite -229%Peak Score -38%Read -4%, Write -26%, 4K Read -16%, 4K Write -27%, Mixed -21%, 4K Mixed -39%, SusWrite -134%Value & Sentiment +125% User Rating -21%, Market Share 187%, Price 362%, Value -26%Nice To Haves -63%DQ Read -48%, DQ Write -8%, DQ Mixed -72%, ADQ Read -135%, ADQ Write -73%, ADQ Mixed -175%, Age 37%, AS-SSD Total -27%

Average Bench: 57.7% (774^th of 1026)

Based on 78,182 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S37120, KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G

Poor: 35%Average: 57.7% Great: 77%

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Average average bench

The Kingston A400 120GB averaged 42.2% 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 92MB/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 41.6%. 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 89.7MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 136MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 78,182 samples)

Rank 77457.7%

Min	Avg	Max
294	Read 383	480
66.8	Write 221	383
60	Mixed 227	342
42.9	SusWrite 89.7	167
51% 230 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
2.5	4K Read 25.7	35.5
16.2	4K Write 58.6	95.2
3.65	4K Mixed 23.9	40.6
101% 36 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.2	DQ Read 136	248
16.5	DQ Write 166	330
11.5	DQ Mixed 92	185
85.7% 131 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 55 secs ago.

46GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 03090004

SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 81 38 41 44 45 MB/s

61.2% Good

Write 350

Mixed 298

SusWrite 69.7

65% 293 MB/s

4K Read 27.4

4K Write 45.1

4K Mixed 30.5

104% 34.3 MB/s

DQ Read 149

DQ Write 131

DQ Mixed 116

93% 132 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 26,651,405 SSDs tested.

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $73

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $146Bench 79%, 386,356 samples	13,038x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $104Bench 70%, 99,001 samples	4,188x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $190Bench 81%, 184,978 samples	3,894x

GPU
RX 580AMD $159Bench 57%, 445,905 samples	5,917x
RX 570AMD $148Bench 49%, 198,346 samples	3,993x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $150Bench 32%, 565,821 samples	2,255x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 58%, 78,182 samples	1,629x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $75Bench 84%, 307,966 samples	2,787x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $65Bench 84%, 76,890 samples	1,498x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $80Bench 86%, 237,234 samples	1,407x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $481

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Comments

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

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USA-User

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3 months ago.

UKR-User

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2,817

Terrible

5 months ago.

Very slow SSD wish I never bought it

GRC-User

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2,269

Terrible

13 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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1,930

Terrible

1 month ago.

very low write speeds about 50MB/S

SYC-User

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818

Average

18 months ago.

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

Hoi89

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70

Average

16 months ago.

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

Drakorvich

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40

Average

3 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

4 months ago.

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

Giggles

level
4

Average

16 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

13 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 i5-9400F $165	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-9600K $199	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $365	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $500	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $240

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $681	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

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A400 120GB

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