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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: 61.3% (797th of 1080)

more Based on 166,392 user benchmarks.  Models: KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S37120, KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G
Poor: 33%Average: 61.3% Great: 85%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston A400 120GB averaged 38.7% 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 93.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.1MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 120GB is 51.2%. 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 98.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 232MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 166,392 samples)
Rank 79761.3%
Min Avg Max
289 Read 405 500
51 Write 248 415
24.2 Mixed 232 376
37.4 SusWrite 98.5 248
54.5% 246 MB/s
Min Avg Max
3.11 4K Read 27.1 37.6
10.7 4K Write 61 99.1
3.6 4K Mixed 25.2 41.6
106% 37.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
36.9 DQ Read 151 247
15.6 DQ Write 176 336
9.48 DQ Mixed 93.3 186
89.8% 140 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
76GB free
Firmware: 03090004
SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 89 47 48 49 49 MB/s
65.8% Good
Read 462
Write 352
Mixed 304
SusWrite 89.1
67% 302 MB/s
4K Read 30.2
4K Write 49.7
4K Mixed 33
114% 37.6 MB/s
DQ Read 145
DQ Write 143
DQ Mixed 118
96% 135 MB/s
21GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S3H01103
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 74 48 20 49 33 MB/s
57.7% Above average
Read 359
Write 225
Mixed 340
SusWrite 58.2
55% 245 MB/s
4K Read 32.2
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 7.9
112% 46.8 MB/s
DQ Read 90.9
DQ Write 305
DQ Mixed 19.1
66% 138 MB/s
58GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK71E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 13 53 17 49 34 MB/s
44.1% Average
Read 392
Write 261
Mixed 282
SusWrite 54.7
55% 247 MB/s
4K Read 27.3
4K Write 60.3
4K Mixed 2.5
76% 30 MB/s
DQ Read 161
DQ Write 34.6
DQ Mixed 21.7
36% 72.4 MB/s
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Typical A400 120GB Builds (Compare 12,622 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 29%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 27%
Raft

Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $72

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $120Bench 73%, 179,588 samples1,519x
Ryzen 3 3200GAMD  $60Bench 63%, 104,122 samples1,365x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD  $75Bench 60%, 181,631 samples1,034x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples986x
RX 570AMD  $170Bench 45%, 473,685 samples776x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $150Bench 43%, 259,091 samples682x
SSD
A400 120GBKingston  $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples304x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples236x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $66Bench 82%, 134,977 samples216x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 102% - Outstanding Total price: $321

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 Comments

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

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USA-User
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10,044

Good (edit your comment) Add link

3 years ago.

budget better to skimp on a cs900

UKR-User
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3,621

Terrible

4 years ago.

Very slow SSD wish I never bought it

CZE-User
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3,416

Good

2 years ago.

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

GRC-User
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3,205

Terrible

5 years 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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2,726

Terrible

4 years ago.

very low write speeds about 50MB/S

NOR-User
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2,324

Terrible

4 years ago.

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

SYC-User
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1,508

Excellent

2 years ago.

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

0306
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216

Terrible

4 years ago.

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

Hoi89
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82

Average

5 years ago.

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

Drakorvich
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48

Average

4 years 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 years ago.

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

Giggles
Avatar level
4

Average

5 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
Avatar level
4

Terrible

5 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

3 years ago.

its a low end one, pay for what ya get and you really dont get much

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