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SHSS37A480G 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 90.5% (326th of 1080)

Based on 14,802 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SHSS37A480G
Poor: 64%Average: 90.5% Great: 110%

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Excellent average bench

The Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB averaged just 9.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 98.6MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 300MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB is 45.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 305MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 361MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 14,802 samples)
Rank 32690.5%
Min Avg Max
319 Read 446 506
196 Write 415 492
225 Mixed 305 354
183 SusWrite 361 486
85.8% 382 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.1 4K Read 25.4 30.9
35 4K Write 77.4 115
18.4 4K Mixed 32.8 40.6
122% 45.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
208 DQ Read 305 358
103 DQ Write 300 367
42.9 DQ Mixed 98.6 177
130% 234 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
38GB free
Firmware: SAFM00.Y
SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 490 486 489 486 489 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 512
Write 492
Mixed 326
SusWrite 485
102% 454 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 38.4
151% 59.2 MB/s
DQ Read 323
DQ Write 372
DQ Mixed 66.3
128% 254 MB/s
329GB free
Firmware: SAFM00.Y
SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 450 450 446 449 451 MB/s
97.2% Outstanding
Read 494
Write 454
Mixed 315
SusWrite 449
96% 428 MB/s
4K Read 28.5
4K Write 79.3
4K Mixed 36.7
132% 48.2 MB/s
DQ Read 222
DQ Write 191
DQ Mixed 66.1
88% 160 MB/s
258GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM02.H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 436 380 452 391 375 MB/s
95.2% Outstanding
Read 488
Write 468
Mixed 338
SusWrite 414
96% 427 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 66.1
4K Mixed 32.6
116% 41.5 MB/s
DQ Read 333
DQ Write 327
DQ Mixed 172
172% 277 MB/s
199GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM02.H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 334 339 402 378 341 MB/s
91.8% Outstanding
Read 484
Write 440
Mixed 345
SusWrite 368
92% 409 MB/s
4K Read 26.1
4K Write 65.9
4K Mixed 32.9
117% 41.6 MB/s
DQ Read 307
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 174
169% 267 MB/s
212GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM02.H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 383 419 367 445 386 MB/s
88.5% Excellent
Read 486
Write 438
Mixed 351
SusWrite 400
94% 419 MB/s
4K Read 24.2
4K Write 55.4
4K Mixed 24.8
98% 34.8 MB/s
DQ Read 322
DQ Write 348
DQ Mixed 161
169% 277 MB/s
368GB free
Firmware: SAFM02.H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 263 269 272 279 266 MB/s
88.3% Excellent
Read 488
Write 489
Mixed 357
SusWrite 267
90% 400 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 68.1
4K Mixed 34
120% 42.9 MB/s
DQ Read 320
DQ Write 370
DQ Mixed 177
180% 289 MB/s
17GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM00.r
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 63 90 75 75 51 MB/s
67.3% Good
Read 477
Write 246
Mixed 239
SusWrite 86.7
58% 262 MB/s
4K Read 17.4
4K Write 73.9
4K Mixed 33.8
109% 41.7 MB/s
DQ Read 357
DQ Write 33.5
DQ Mixed 67.3
82% 153 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,137,183 SSDs tested

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Typical SHSS37A480G 480GB Builds (Compare 14,532 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 68%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 58%
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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $85Bench 81%, 588,978 samples6,929x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $93Bench 72%, 342,244 samples3,828x
Core i7-6700Intel  $165Bench 72%, 282,363 samples1,095x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples2,281x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples1,437x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1,298x
SSD
SHSS37A480G 480GBKingstonBench 91%, 14,802 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 82%, 606,405 samples854x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples597x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples579x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $700

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