Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

A400 120GB
BENCHMARKS (40,563)
MKT (2.3%)
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Controller: Phison PS3111-S11. Flash Memory: Toshiba 15nm TLC. Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

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Effective Speed -68%Effective Speed -68%Average User Bench -83%Read -22%, Write -95%, 4K Read -32%, 4K Write -43%, Mixed -49%, 4K Mixed -88%, SusWrite -249%Peak Lab Bench -42%Read -5%, Write -32%, 4K Read -18%, 4K Write -31%, Mixed -21%, 4K Mixed -48%, SusWrite -141%Value & Sentiment +129% User Rating -47%, Market Share 138%, Price 431%, Value -6%Nice To Haves -55%DQ Read -47%, DQ Write -10%, DQ Mixed -76%, ADQ Read -117%, ADQ Write -57%, ADQ Mixed -164%, Age 61%, AS-SSD Total -28%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 59.6% (716^th of 1000)

Based on 40,563 user benchmarks. Models: KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S37120, KINGSTON SA400S37120G, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G

Poor: 39%Average: 59.6% Great: 81%

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Average average bench

The Kingston A400 120GB averaged 40.4% 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 102MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 120GB is 41.3%. 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 86.1MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 212MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 40,563 samples)

Rank 71659.6%

Min	Avg	Max
290	Read 379	481
63	Write 212	368
88.1	Mixed 239	338
37.8	SusWrite 86.1	163
50.8% 229 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.5	4K Read 26	36.4
25.7	4K Write 64.7	96.8
10.2	4K Mixed 24.3	39.5
105% 38.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
39.9	DQ Read 151	249
38.6	DQ Write 193	325
12.3	DQ Mixed 102	187
96.5% 149 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

URY-User, 9 mins ago.

53GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 03090004

SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 42 45 47 49 48 MB/s

73.5% Very good

Write 338

Mixed 303

SusWrite 72.7

65% 291 MB/s

4K Read 35.2

4K Write 68.1

4K Mixed 42

143% 48.4 MB/s

DQ Read 144

DQ Write 144

DQ Mixed 117

95% 135 MB/s

BRA-User, 31 mins ago.

73GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFKB1D1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 125 124 118 130 126 MB/s

62.1% Good

Write 204

Mixed 204

SusWrite 129

46% 208 MB/s

4K Read 24.2

4K Write 47.1

4K Mixed 37.4

110% 36.2 MB/s

DQ Read 238

DQ Write 99.6

DQ Mixed 92

88% 143 MB/s

USA-User, 24 mins ago.

57GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFKB1E1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 92 105 84 114 80 MB/s

58.8% Above average

Write 105

Mixed 122

SusWrite 95.1

34% 157 MB/s

4K Read 25

4K Write 76.4

4K Mixed 26.7

112% 42.7 MB/s

DQ Read 154

DQ Write 144

DQ Mixed 98.1

88% 132 MB/s

COL-User, 8 mins ago.

30GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFK71E0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 47 12 19 48 12 MB/s

57.4% Above average

Write 118

Mixed 268

SusWrite 53.1

42% 192 MB/s

4K Read 26.6

4K Write 72.6

4K Mixed 20.6

105% 39.9 MB/s

DQ Read 160

DQ Write 281

DQ Mixed 127

123% 190 MB/s

ARG-User, 13 mins ago.

51GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFK61K1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 56 125 36 66 40 MB/s

54.7% Above average

Write 202

Mixed 315

SusWrite 69.9

42% 187 MB/s

4K Read 27.7

4K Write 63.6

4K Mixed 26.2

109% 39.2 MB/s

DQ Read 231

DQ Write 260

DQ Mixed 174

150% 221 MB/s

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 58%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $62

CPU
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $84Bench 75%, 39,208 samples	2,001x
Ryzen 3 1200AMD $60Bench 69%, 25,690 samples	1,393x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $108Bench 82%, 165,555 samples	1,344x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $145Bench 38%, 354,124 samples	1,902x
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU)AMDBench 14%, 26,130 samples	972x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $208Bench 70%, 570,243 samples	953x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $20Bench 60%, 40,563 samples	627x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 42%, 22,909 samples	386x
1x8GBAdataBench 38%, 8,055 samples	378x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GBAdataBench 42%, 6,957 samples	278x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $311

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Comments

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

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USA-User

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5,178

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

3 months ago.

UKR-User

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2,373

Poor

29 days ago.

Very slow SSD wish I never bought it

GRC-User

level
1,893

Terrible

14 days ago.

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

SYC-User

level
536

Average

5 months ago.

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

Hoi89

level
62

Average

4 months ago.

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

Giggles

level
4

Average

3 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

1 month 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 $356	Nvidia GTX 1070 $314	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $92
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $145	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $208	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $99
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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $90	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $651	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $73	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $85	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

Average Bench: 59.6% (716^th of 1000)

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Kingston SA400S37/120G

A400 120GB

Average Bench: 59.6% (716th of 1000)

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