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Kingston SA400S37/240G

A400 240GB

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Controller: Phison PS3111-S11. Flash Memory: Toshiba 15nm TLC. Release date: Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 65.8% (734th of 1072)

Based on 424,288 user benchmarks.  Models: KINGSTON SA400S37240G, KINGSTON SA400S37240, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37240G, KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3
Poor: 33%Average: 65.8% Great: 100%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston A400 240GB averaged 34.2% 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 92.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.7MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 240GB is 66.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston A400 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 179MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 260MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 424,288 samples)
Rank 73465.8%
Min Avg Max
260 Read 414 504
96.7 Write 318 446
16.6 Mixed 260 420
58.4 SusWrite 179 432
65.3% 293 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.1 4K Read 26.7 36.1
7.37 4K Write 56.9 106
0.4 4K Mixed 22.4 42
99.2% 35.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
46.2 DQ Read 191 288
12.8 DQ Write 214 349
0.9 DQ Mixed 92.7 204
100% 166 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
40GB free
Firmware: SBFKJ4.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 370 6.5 6.6 7 429 MB/s
82.1% Excellent
Read 379
Write 403
Mixed 376
SusWrite 210
77% 342 MB/s
4K Read 30.5
4K Write 73.7
4K Mixed 37.1
133% 47.1 MB/s
DQ Read 238
DQ Write 355
DQ Mixed 194
176% 262 MB/s
59GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK61K1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 79 82 52 44 49 MB/s
78% Very good
Read 477
Write 279
Mixed 339
SusWrite 79.9
65% 294 MB/s
4K Read 33.4
4K Write 91.5
4K Mixed 32.7
141% 52.5 MB/s
DQ Read 203
DQ Write 316
DQ Mixed 167
153% 229 MB/s
33GB free
Firmware: SBFKB1D1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 187 181 195 195 196 MB/s
67.2% Good
Read 213
Write 92.6
Mixed 297
SusWrite 188
44% 198 MB/s
4K Read 27.4
4K Write 60.7
4K Mixed 31.2
114% 39.8 MB/s
DQ Read 270
DQ Write 278
DQ Mixed 115
130% 221 MB/s
9GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 03070103
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 3.9 14 3.5 17 22 MB/s
36.7% Below average
Read 556
Write 31.1
Mixed 47.2
SusWrite 13.4
34% 162 MB/s
4K Read 10.2
4K Write 19.1
4K Mixed 9.8
38% 13 MB/s
DQ Read 73.3
DQ Write 17.2
DQ Mixed 17.5
20% 36 MB/s
29GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1Z40102
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 279 16 55 13 70 MB/s
36.6% Below average
Read 467
Write 402
Mixed 26.5
SusWrite 78.2
54% 243 MB/s
4K Read 13.6
4K Write 13
4K Mixed 0.8
28% 9.13 MB/s
DQ Read 71.8
DQ Write 176
DQ Mixed 33.9
52% 93.9 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $50 @ launch in Jan '17
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Gaming
Gaming 44%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $88

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples3,604x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples2,706x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $189Bench 74%, 142,983 samples1,088x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples1,290x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples986x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples985x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples674x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples933x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples595x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples426x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $435

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 Comments

SSDrivePro
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Official site www.kingston.com/...

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

Dramatically improves the responsiveness of your system...

Added 6 years ago.
USA-User
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Disliked (edit your comment) Add link

12 months ago.

Info  graphicscardhub.com/...

Recently got this SSD for my laptop and getting around 400 MB/s read and write speeds.

RUS-User
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4,790

Poor

6 months ago.

died after 5 months of daily use.

IND-User
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4,786

Good

12 months ago.

Lots of people complain about the lack of dram, but given the price in my region, this beats most competitors.

BRA-User
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4,649

Good

23 months ago.

Tested both, this one was way better

ROU-User
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4,619

Good

3 months ago.

I had this as saily driver for almost 2 years and its excellent! recommend it!

AUS-User
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3,964

Poor

2 years ago.

Great physical size in cases fits just about anywhere cheap fast for price and good capacity. Would recommend.

MEX-User
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3,732

Good

2 years ago.

others test show me diferent result in ssd! need check this not in all pc gives a true result in ssd https://fotos.subefotos.com/2353da9eaf3f3e7eaea222619bbf0971o.jpg

MYS-User
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3,275

Poor

17 months ago.

Better heat dissipation due to its metal body.

ARG-User
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3,234

Excellent

2 years ago.

me voy a comprar el moto e7 por que se me rompio el celu :D

HND-User
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954

Poor

4 years ago.

Has a freezing problem and needs firmware updates.

REU-User
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138

Good

2 years ago.

More confident in the name of the brand

ExecutableFiles
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122

Average

4 years ago.

could have used some DRAM, stutters when booting.

boingk
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60

Excellent

5 years ago.

Cheap price, fast read/write speeds, trusted brand name... whats not to like?

LordPoverty
Avatar level
22

Good

2 years ago.

A great value for a boot drive. The only thing that holds it back is the lack of a DRAM cache, but for the price, it is an excellent choice. I know many people who use this drive; for all of them, it has not caused a single problem.

Hellwala
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10

Excellent

4 years ago.

Affordable and reliable!

Kolasin2
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10

Good

3 years ago.

A pretty decent SSD for a faster boot drive on a budget.

EsTronic
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8

Good

3 years ago.

With SATA-3 cables/controller/motherboard and in AHCI or Intel RST mode works just nice! Weight is really light and the case is fully aluminium. Yeah, memory type of this SSD is MLC, but still performs very well.

Chirdis
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2

Average

4 years ago.

Quite slow speeds compared to it's other slightly more expensive competition. I can't recommend it. You get what you pay for I suppose.

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