Kingston

SV400S37120G 120GB

SV400S37120G 120GB
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Effective Speed -78%Effective Speed -78%Average Score -107%Read -9%, Write -153%, 4K Read -87%, 4K Write -38%, Mixed -104%, 4K Mixed -275%, SusWrite -83%Peak Score -67%Read -1%, Write -105%, 4K Read -62%, 4K Write -19%, Mixed -34%, 4K Mixed -151%, SusWrite -96%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -137%DQ Read -120%, DQ Write -62%, DQ Mixed -256%, ADQ Read -167%, ADQ Write -94%, ADQ Mixed -342%, Age 20%, AS-SSD Total -74%

Average Bench: 55.2% (851^st of 1072)

Based on 20 user benchmarks. Model: Kingston SV400S37120G

Poor: 43%Average: 55.2% Great: 66%

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Average average bench

The Kingston SV400S37120G 120GB averaged 44.7% 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 Random Write Speed 63.3MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 420MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SV400S37120G 120GB is 22.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston SV400S37120G 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 160MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 162MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 20 samples)

Rank 85155.2%

Min	Avg	Max
304	Read 420	503
78.5	Write 160	237
91.8	Mixed 176	317
98.4	SusWrite 162	198
50.6% 230 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.3	4K Read 18.4	26.5
21.2	4K Write 63.3	103
3.19	4K Mixed 12	23.2
76.8% 31.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.6	DQ Read 122	167
21.5	DQ Write 149	221
18.8	DQ Mixed 58.9	93.1
65.8% 110 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

VNM-User, 3 years ago.

33GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0927A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 200 200 201 202 202 MB/s

57.9% Above average

Write 161

Mixed 175

SusWrite 198

53% 241 MB/s

4K Read 19

4K Write 51.8

4K Mixed 11.1

70% 27.3 MB/s

DQ Read 163

DQ Write 204

DQ Mixed 75.5

87% 147 MB/s

VNM-User, 2 years ago.

19GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0407A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 150 147 141 153 154 MB/s

57.1% Above average

Write 135

Mixed 151

SusWrite 148

47% 215 MB/s

4K Read 18.3

4K Write 88.3

4K Mixed 9.7

87% 38.8 MB/s

DQ Read 131

DQ Write 152

DQ Mixed 58.2

67% 114 MB/s

VNM-User, 4 years ago.

93GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0927A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 154 156 157 156 157 MB/s

56.2% Above average

Write 151

Mixed 154

SusWrite 150

47% 215 MB/s

4K Read 16.3

4K Write 89.4

4K Mixed 9.7

84% 38.5 MB/s

DQ Read 150

DQ Write 156

DQ Mixed 58.9

70% 122 MB/s

VNM-User, 2 years ago.

48GB free

Firmware: Q0407A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 155 155 157 156 156 MB/s

54.4% Above average

Write 150

Mixed 152

SusWrite 155

47% 215 MB/s

4K Read 14.1

4K Write 94.9

4K Mixed 7.9

82% 39 MB/s

DQ Read 101

DQ Write 157

DQ Mixed 58.2

64% 105 MB/s

VNM-User, 3 years ago.

64GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0927A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 144 150 145 135 139 MB/s

51.2% Above average

Write 127

Mixed 143

SusWrite 142

44% 198 MB/s

4K Read 11

4K Write 86

4K Mixed 8.5

73% 35.2 MB/s

DQ Read 145

DQ Write 150

DQ Mixed 60.2

69% 119 MB/s

VNM-User, 4 years ago.

54GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0927A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 198 200 200 203 200 MB/s

49.4% Average

Write 198

Mixed 170

SusWrite 198

54% 246 MB/s

4K Read 24

4K Write 21.2

4K Mixed 10.4

61% 18.5 MB/s

DQ Read 110

DQ Write 21.5

DQ Mixed 31

32% 54 MB/s

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Typical SV400S37120G 120GB Builds (Compare 1,849 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V LX

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	487x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	424x
Core i7-2600Intel $189Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	195x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	133x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	123x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	103x

SSD
SV400S37120G 120GBKingstonBench 55%, 20 samples	1x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	66x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	54x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	52x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $306

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Kingston

SV400S37120G 120GB

Average Bench: 55.2% (851^st of 1072)

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V LX

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SV400S37120G 120GB

Average Bench: 55.2% (851st of 1072)

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