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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.

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Average Bench: 70.1% (591st of 1011)

more Based on 19,605 user benchmarks.  Models: KINGSTON SA400S37480G, KINGSTON SA400S37480, KINGSTON SA400S37480G, KINGSTON SA400S37480G, KINGSTON SA400S3748, KINGSTON SA400S3, KINGSTON SA400S37120G
Poor: 39%Average: 70.1% Great: 92%

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Good average bench

The Kingston A400 480GB averaged 29.9% 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 134MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.6MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston A400 480GB is 53.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Kingston A400 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 211MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 228MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 19,605 samples)
Rank 59170.1%
Min Avg Max
163 Read 344 500
97.1 Write 228 441
81.2 Mixed 270 412
71.9 SusWrite 211 346
58.9% 263 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.1 4K Read 26.6 36.3
16.7 4K Write 63.7 97
5.47 4K Mixed 28.8 43
111% 39.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.2 DQ Read 203 299
15.1 DQ Write 230 335
13.8 DQ Mixed 134 221
124% 189 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
329GB free
Firmware: SBFKB1D1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 260 292 344 293 344 MB/s
42.1% Average
Read 242
Write 98.2
Mixed 83
SusWrite 296
40% 180 MB/s
4K Read 13.9
4K Write 20
4K Mixed 10.7
45% 14.9 MB/s
DQ Read 13
DQ Write 15.3
DQ Mixed 14.2
11% 14.2 MB/s
407GB free
Firmware: SBFKB1D1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 261 331 288 335 290 MB/s
39.4% Below average
Read 163
Write 99.2
Mixed 80.5
SusWrite 296
36% 160 MB/s
4K Read 14.7
4K Write 20.3
4K Mixed 11
47% 15.3 MB/s
DQ Read 13.2
DQ Write 15.5
DQ Mixed 14.4
11% 14.4 MB/s
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Gaming 54%
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Desktop 66%
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Workstation
Workstation 56%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $65

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $129Bench 75%, 203,048 samples5,578x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD  $75Bench 62%, 67,567 samples2,357x
Ryzen 5 2400GAMD  $118Bench 62%, 52,233 samples1,332x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $166Bench 55%, 251,854 samples2,396x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 47%, 87,722 samples1,455x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $240Bench 56%, 642,931 samples1,089x
SSD
A400 480GBKingston  $53Bench 70%, 19,605 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $70Bench 86%, 236,250 samples909x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $70Bench 86%, 39,761 samples647x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 84%, 18,407 samples430x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $482

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 Comments

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

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USA-User
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Good (edit your comment) Add link

1 month 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.

DEU-User
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3,617

Poor

12 days ago.

terrible performance. absolutely unusable as a main drive, so much stuttering, freezing and slow loading speeds

ROU-User
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2,629

Terrible

9 months ago.

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

NLD-User
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2,174

Average

4 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
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1,943

Good

2 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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1,782

Terrible

4 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.

HND-User
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640

Poor

3 months ago.

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

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