Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

A400 120GB
BENCHMARKS (134,943)
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Effective Speed -72%Effective Speed -72%Average Score -78%Read -21%, Write -77%, 4K Read -34%, 4K Write -53%, Mixed -61%, 4K Mixed -95%, SusWrite -205%Peak Score -33%Read -6%, Write -26%, 4K Read -18%, 4K Write -25%, Mixed -19%, 4K Mixed -38%, SusWrite -100%Value & Sentiment +111% User Rating -9%, Market Share 194%, Price 304%, Value -48%Nice To Haves -71%DQ Read -51%, DQ Write -10%, DQ Mixed -82%, ADQ Read -140%, ADQ Write -76%, ADQ Mixed -195%, Age 15%, AS-SSD Total -29%

Average Bench: 57.3% (811^th of 1058)

Based on 134,943 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S37120, KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G

Poor: 34%Average: 57.3% Great: 78%

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Average average bench

The Kingston A400 120GB averaged 42.6% 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 88MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 25.6MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 120GB is 44%. 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 98.2MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 134MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 134,943 samples)

Rank 81157.3%

Min	Avg	Max
288	Read 382	480
37.6	Write 228	384
19.7	Mixed 224	354
40.6	SusWrite 98.2	193
51.7% 233 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
6.72	4K Read 25.6	36.4
9.09	4K Write 56.3	95.9
4.8	4K Mixed 23	42.1
98.1% 35 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
28.8	DQ Read 134	243
12.2	DQ Write 162	324
10.8	DQ Mixed 88	182
83% 128 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

AUS-User, 16 mins ago.

50GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 03070009

SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 52 51 47 52 53 MB/s

58.1% Above average

Write 79.7

Mixed 89.4

SusWrite 51.8

30% 138 MB/s

4K Read 32.4

4K Write 43.3

4K Mixed 36.9

119% 37.5 MB/s

DQ Read 140

DQ Write 51

DQ Mixed 58.2

53% 83 MB/s

USA-User, 17 mins ago.

28GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFK61K1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 56 80 34 44 57 MB/s

43.4% Average

Write 271

Mixed 318

SusWrite 68.5

61% 274 MB/s

4K Read 31.3

4K Write 21.8

4K Mixed 1.1

60% 18.1 MB/s

DQ Read 223

DQ Write 34.6

DQ Mixed 25.1

45% 94.3 MB/s

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Typical A400 120GB Builds (Compare 61,474 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 47%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $69

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $183Bench 76%, 635,086 samples	15,199x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $210Bench 83%, 842,939 samples	11,061x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $199Bench 79%, 307,294 samples	4,906x

GPU
RX 580AMD $220Bench 54%, 692,956 samples	6,885x
RX 570AMD $150Bench 46%, 334,062 samples	5,178x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 243,919 samples	4,292x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 57%, 134,943 samples	1,519x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 449,640 samples	3,907x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $95Bench 81%, 510,924 samples	2,858x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $89Bench 84%, 212,382 samples	2,019x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $579

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Comments

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

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USA-User

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7,884

Good (edit your comment) Add link

3 months ago.

budget better to skimp on a cs900

UKR-User

level
3,185

Terrible

18 months ago.

Very slow SSD wish I never bought it

GRC-User

level
2,653

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
2,234

Terrible

13 months ago.

very low write speeds about 50MB/S

NOR-User

level
1,810

Terrible

11 months ago.

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

SYC-User

level
1,108

Average

2 years ago.

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

0306

level
216

Terrible

9 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...

Drakorvich

level
48

Average

16 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

level
14

Good

17 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

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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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $220	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-11600K $259	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-11700K $380	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $95	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

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Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

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