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SA400S37240G 480GB

SA400S37240G 480GB
BENCHMARKS (11)
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Effective Speed -792%Effective Speed -792%Average Score -938%Read -830%, Write -1,438%, 4K Read -208%, 4K Write -362%, Mixed -1,188%, 4K Mixed -668%, SusWrite -1,870%Peak Score -916%Read -1,093%, Write -1,365%, 4K Read -478%, 4K Write -344%, Mixed -1,183%, 4K Mixed -637%, SusWrite -1,313%Value & Sentiment -37%User Rating -37%Nice To Haves -902%DQ Read -795%, DQ Write -609%, DQ Mixed -1,134%, ADQ Read -755%, ADQ Write -610%, ADQ Mixed -2,291%, Age -290%, AS-SSD Total -733%

Average Bench: 61.1% (800^th of 1080)

Based on 11 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SA400S37240G

Poor: 40%Average: 61.1% Great: 78%

Above average average bench

The Kingston SA400S37240G 480GB averaged 38.8% 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 28.8MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 451MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 160MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 14.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)

Rank 80061.1%

Min	Avg	Max
419	Read 451	497
72.1	Write 303	439
27	Mixed 251	364
32	SusWrite 160	324
64.8% 291 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23.1	4K Read 28.8	33.2
9.4	4K Write 44.9	85.3
0.3	4K Mixed 14.4	29.7
85.8% 29.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
147	DQ Read 200	259
30.6	DQ Write 177	268
0.7	DQ Mixed 62.1	170
81.1% 146 MB/s

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Average Bench: 61.1% (800^th of 1080)