Kingston

SA400S37960G 960GB

SA400S37960G 960GB
BENCHMARKS (3,645)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed -20%Effective Speed -20%Average User Bench -29%Read -25%, Write -66%, 4K Read -11%, 4K Write -40%, Mixed -29%, 4K Mixed -37%, SusWrite 7%Peak Lab Bench -11%Read -4%, Write -9%, 4K Read -5%, 4K Write -37%, Mixed -9%, 4K Mixed -30%, SusWrite 16%Value & Sentiment -260%User Rating -41%, Market Share -480%Nice To Haves -1%DQ Read -16%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed -38%, ADQ Read -44%, ADQ Write -18%, ADQ Mixed -49%, Age 176%, AS-SSD Total -12%

Average Bench: 82.3% (386^th of 1011)

Based on 3,645 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SA400S37960G

Poor: 46%Average: 82.3% Great: 103%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB averaged just 17.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 171MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 30.6MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB is 56.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 249MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 280MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,645 samples)

Rank 38682.3%

Min	Avg	Max
200	Read 368	480
102	Write 249	444
87.7	Mixed 280	380
111	SusWrite 317	453
68.1% 303 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16.9	4K Read 30.6	39.8
19.5	4K Write 65.4	91.2
11.4	4K Mixed 33.2	43.8
124% 43.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.7	DQ Read 218	315
15.8	DQ Write 248	346
15.1	DQ Mixed 171	230
146% 213 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

FIN-User, 1 hr ago.

806GB free

Firmware: SBFKK1B3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 422 451 462 471 471 MB/s

104% Outstanding

Write 456

Mixed 371

SusWrite 448

95% 419 MB/s

4K Read 33.7

4K Write 93.6

4K Mixed 42.5

155% 56.6 MB/s

DQ Read 256

DQ Write 340

DQ Mixed 209

182% 268 MB/s

MYS-User, 4 hrs ago.

383GB free

Firmware: SBFK61F1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 424 427 419 161 99 MB/s

99.2% Outstanding

Write 456

Mixed 358

SusWrite 325

91% 406 MB/s

4K Read 35.6

4K Write 81.1

4K Mixed 38.9

147% 51.9 MB/s

DQ Read 316

DQ Write 356

DQ Mixed 226

200% 299 MB/s

MYS-User, 3 hrs ago.

894GB free

Firmware: SBFK61K1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 431 398 287 99 101 MB/s

89.3% Excellent

Write 404

Mixed 348

SusWrite 288

85% 381 MB/s

4K Read 33.3

4K Write 66.4

4K Mixed 34

129% 44.6 MB/s

DQ Read 313

DQ Write 265

DQ Mixed 214

181% 264 MB/s

FIN-User, 2 hrs ago.

861GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFKK1B3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 434 433 449 449 450 MB/s

87.6% Excellent

Write 448

Mixed 348

SusWrite 443

93% 411 MB/s

4K Read 24.2

4K Write 48.7

4K Mixed 29.7

100% 34.2 MB/s

DQ Read 255

DQ Write 338

DQ Mixed 204

180% 266 MB/s

MYS-User, 3 hrs ago.

845GB free

Firmware: SBFK61K1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 102 101 102 99 100 MB/s

57.5% Above average

Write 121

Mixed 141

SusWrite 99

44% 203 MB/s

4K Read 26.3

4K Write 36

4K Mixed 20

84% 27.4 MB/s

DQ Read 280

DQ Write 74.8

DQ Mixed 105

96% 153 MB/s

AUS-User, 4 hrs ago.

507GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFK61F1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 273 279 277 104 101 MB/s

55.9% Above average

Write 205

Mixed 257

SusWrite 217

59% 263 MB/s

4K Read 28.4

4K Write 17.7

4K Mixed 20.2

78% 22.1 MB/s

DQ Read 158

DQ Write 19.2

DQ Mixed 33.6

38% 70.1 MB/s

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Typical SA400S37960G 960GB Builds (Compare 12,269 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 98%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $100

CPU
Core i5-9600KIntel $200Bench 93%, 77,490 samples	4,102x
Core i7-9700KIntel $360Bench 99%, 107,266 samples	2,211x
Core i9-9900KIntel $472Bench 100%, 122,423 samples	1,247x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $400Bench 108%, 157,393 samples	1,409x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 86%, 110,940 samples	1,189x
GTX 1070Nvidia $409Bench 78%, 677,712 samples	860x

SSD
SA400S37960G 960GBKingstonBench 82%, 3,645 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 84%, 285,104 samples	1,519x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $76Bench 86%, 147,487 samples	740x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 84%, 24,492 samples	383x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $758

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $244	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 2060 $324	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $360	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $54

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $76	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

Kingston

SA400S37960G 960GB

Average Bench: 82.3% (386^th of 1011)

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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $100

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SA400S37960G 960GB

Average Bench: 82.3% (386th of 1011)

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Average Bench: 82.3% (386^th of 1011)