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Kingston SA400S37/480G

A400 480GB

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

Average Bench: 77% (501st of 1037)

more Based on 73,851 user benchmarks.  Models: KINGSTON SA400S37480G, KINGSTON SA400S37480, KINGSTON SA400S37480G, KINGSTON SA400S37480G, KINGSTON SA400S3748, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37120G
Poor: 40%Average: 77% Great: 102%

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Good average bench

The Kingston A400 480GB averaged 22.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston A400 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 129MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.4MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 480GB is 62.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston A400 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 286MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 295MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 73,851 samples)
Rank 50177%
Min Avg Max
187 Read 384 502
50.9 Write 295 451
38.3 Mixed 286 402
84 SusWrite 302 462
71.1% 317 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14 4K Read 26.4 34
12.6 4K Write 66.2 98.2
7.42 4K Mixed 28 40.7
111% 40.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17 DQ Read 187 272
13.6 DQ Write 245 355
14.4 DQ Mixed 129 215
122% 187 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
244GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKK1B3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 403 437 445 449 447 MB/s
97.2% Outstanding
Read 418
Write 242
Mixed 356
SusWrite 433
81% 362 MB/s
4K Read 30.3
4K Write 85
4K Mixed 36
137% 50.4 MB/s
DQ Read 220
DQ Write 323
DQ Mixed 168
156% 237 MB/s
240GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKK1B3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 400 457 460 460 462 MB/s
93.1% Outstanding
Read 414
Write 429
Mixed 356
SusWrite 429
92% 407 MB/s
4K Read 28.9
4K Write 74.9
4K Mixed 34.7
128% 46.2 MB/s
DQ Read 218
DQ Write 277
DQ Mixed 168
149% 221 MB/s
421GB free
Firmware: SBFKB1E1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 225 253 288 240 270 MB/s
69.7% Good
Read 299
Write 100
Mixed 262
SusWrite 240
50% 225 MB/s
4K Read 23.8
4K Write 57.3
4K Mixed 27.4
102% 36.2 MB/s
DQ Read 251
DQ Write 282
DQ Mixed 209
174% 248 MB/s
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $73

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $139Bench 78%, 457,932 samples7,930x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $205Bench 84%, 485,030 samples5,929x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $170Bench 80%, 207,776 samples2,551x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $170Bench 57%, 528,464 samples3,920x
RX 570AMD  $140Bench 49%, 256,094 samples2,899x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $230Bench 70%, 95,075 samples2,151x
SSD
A400 480GBKingston  $47Bench 77%, 73,851 samples845x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $66Bench 86%, 298,754 samples1,856x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $65Bench 83%, 388,993 samples1,632x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $59Bench 86%, 164,493 samples1,072x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $495

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 Comments

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

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USA-User
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6,890

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

2 days ago.

complete garbage, needs a firmware update, freezes and stutters for 5-20 seconds every few minutes, makes for anything but the most basic of internet browsing/youtube checking impossible or mind numbingly annoying to do.

GBR-User
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4,418

Poor

3 months ago.

Started getting really slow and inconsistent after 1 and a half years

DEU-User
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4,337

Terrible

2 months ago.

i have the same freeze prolems its garbage

ROU-User
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3,327

Excellent

3 months ago.

OS (win10 and linux mint 19) freezes and stutters for a few seconds when installed on this SSD.

ARG-User
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2,590

Excellent

14 days ago.

It's been reported to have lots of issues

NLD-User
Avatar level
2,546

Excellent

3 months ago.

Cheap drive that is suitable for gaming, but performs poorly in Windows and can stutter/freeze with heavy usage. Kingston should release a new firmware to address these issues.

MYS-User
Avatar level
2,361

Good

4 months ago.

i need some opinion, do u guys encounter freeze in game while put this A400 on main drive windows, i get freeze game on csgo and pubg everytime i play on it.

SRB-User
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2,106

Terrible

16 months ago.

Poor write performance, its fast when its empty ~ 200MB/s, however when it passes 20%, it becomes terrible, about 40-50MB/s, on occasion it drops below 10. On linux its useless, ubuntu 18 freezes every few minutes.

FIN-User
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1,932

Terrible

8 months ago.

Worst drive i have ever owned, freezes frequenltly, unusable

HRV-User
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1,816

Excellent

11 months ago.

i use it for a while and i can say all good things about this SSD, it is not the fastest around but for the price is everything u looked for and that's it! Thumbs up! Good SSD from 1 to 5 = solid 4

HND-User
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780

Poor

15 months ago.

Has a freezing problem, kingston need to update the firmware on these things

ExecutableFiles
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124

Average

9 months ago.

needs DRAM as booting causes stutters on this one

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