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KINGSTON SHFS37A 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 54.6% (856th of 1072)

Based on 9 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID KINGSTON SHFS37A
Poor: 42%Average: 54.6% Great: 61%

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Average average bench

The Amd-raid KINGSTON SHFS37A 240GB averaged 45.3% 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 Read Speed 19.7MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 195MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid KINGSTON SHFS37A 240GB is just 19.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Amd-raid KINGSTON SHFS37A 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 45.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 147MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)
Rank 85654.6%
Min Avg Max
331 Read 379 486
206 Write 225 258
223 Mixed 245 298
132 SusWrite 147 166
55.4% 249 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.1 4K Read 19.7 23.4
14.2 4K Write 46 56.1
9.96 4K Mixed 20.4 24.3
80.3% 28.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25.3 DQ Read 45.2 65
109 DQ Write 195 259
7.22 DQ Mixed 54 75.3
60.7% 98 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
109GB free
Firmware: 608A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 170 166 154 165 164 MB/s
59% Above average
Read 373
Write 258
Mixed 267
SusWrite 166
59% 266 MB/s
4K Read 22.7
4K Write 41.4
4K Mixed 24.3
88% 29.5 MB/s
DQ Read 58.8
DQ Write 259
DQ Mixed 75.3
82% 131 MB/s
206GB free
Firmware: 583A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 126 138 138 123 140 MB/s
55.6% Above average
Read 383
Write 206
Mixed 228
SusWrite 132
53% 237 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 49
4K Mixed 23.1
89% 31.3 MB/s
DQ Read 48.4
DQ Write 180
DQ Mixed 59
61% 95.7 MB/s
85GB free
Firmware: 60AA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 122 143 157 154 151 MB/s
55.2% Above average
Read 333
Write 194
Mixed 227
SusWrite 146
50% 225 MB/s
4K Read 20.5
4K Write 57.6
4K Mixed 23.8
92% 34 MB/s
DQ Read 41.1
DQ Write 173
DQ Mixed 55.4
58% 90 MB/s
191GB free
Firmware: 603A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 131 135 149 147 143 MB/s
52.2% Above average
Read 354
Write 207
Mixed 224
SusWrite 145
52% 232 MB/s
4K Read 18.9
4K Write 40.7
4K Mixed 20.7
77% 26.8 MB/s
DQ Read 45.3
DQ Write 208
DQ Mixed 56.6
64% 103 MB/s
170GB free
Firmware: 605A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 167 157 160 145 156 MB/s
41.7% Average
Read 358
Write 254
Mixed 266
SusWrite 158
58% 259 MB/s
4K Read 9.1
4K Write 14.2
4K Mixed 10.5
35% 11.3 MB/s
DQ Read 65
DQ Write 246
DQ Mixed 63.5
75% 125 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,823,918 SSDs tested

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Typical KINGSTON SHFS37A 240GB Builds (Compare 263 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 118%
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Motherboard: MSI X399 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B09)

CPU
Ryzen TR 1950XAMD  $225Bench 77%, 23,641 samples124x
Ryzen TR 1920XAMD  $800Bench 78%, 10,440 samples43x
Ryzen TR 1900XAMD  $110Bench 76%, 7,071 samples37x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples38x
RTX 2080Nvidia  $391Bench 124%, 316,424 samples19x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples15x
SSD
KINGSTON SHFS37A 240GBAmd-raidBench 55%, 9 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBCorsairBench 96%, 10,311 samples12x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples9x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 8x8GBUnknownBench 160%, 29 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $710

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