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SA400S3 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 74.9% (574th of 1072)

Based on 73 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON KINGSTON SA400S3
Poor: 51%Average: 74.9% Great: 96%

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Good average bench

The Kingston SA400S3 480GB averaged 25.0% 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 150MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 284MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SA400S3 480GB is 45.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Kingston SA400S3 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 228MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 233MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 73 samples)
Rank 57474.9%
Min Avg Max
167 Read 335 469
88.4 Write 233 444
70.8 Mixed 297 360
61.6 SusWrite 228 422
61.3% 273 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.4 4K Read 27.6 37.3
17.1 4K Write 67.9 107
10.6 4K Mixed 31.5 44.1
118% 42.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
39.2 DQ Read 228 316
19.6 DQ Write 284 342
18.6 DQ Mixed 150 230
142% 220 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
292GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKK1B3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 290 367 363 392 411 MB/s
71.8% Very good
Read 366
Write 379
Mixed 297
SusWrite 351
78% 348 MB/s
4K Read 23.1
4K Write 50.2
4K Mixed 19.2
86% 30.8 MB/s
DQ Read 192
DQ Write 257
DQ Mixed 165
141% 205 MB/s
312GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKP1.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 345 255 207 171 118 MB/s
64.8% Good
Read 246
Write 103
Mixed 307
SusWrite 236
50% 223 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 43.5
4K Mixed 27.9
98% 32.4 MB/s
DQ Read 277
DQ Write 187
DQ Mixed 117
118% 194 MB/s
323GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKK1B3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 276 349 350 337 369 MB/s
63.5% Good
Read 282
Write 297
Mixed 253
SusWrite 332
66% 291 MB/s
4K Read 15.7
4K Write 37.8
4K Mixed 19.3
68% 24.3 MB/s
DQ Read 214
DQ Write 271
DQ Mixed 162
144% 216 MB/s
87GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK71E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 228 10 9 40 58 MB/s
53.8% Above average
Read 202
Write 103
Mixed 295
SusWrite 61.8
37% 166 MB/s
4K Read 22.9
4K Write 61.2
4K Mixed 21.5
95% 35.2 MB/s
DQ Read 275
DQ Write 334
DQ Mixed 182
171% 264 MB/s
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Typical SA400S3 480GB Builds (Compare 397 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 36%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 28%
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Motherboard: MSI B75A-G43 (MS-7758)

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples87x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples79x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples30x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples28x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples26x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples23x
SSD
SA400S3 480GBKingstonBench 75%, 73 samples1x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples14x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBKingstonBench 54%, 1,969 samples5x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $189

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