Kingston

SA400S3 960GB

SA400S3 960GB
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Effective Speed -47%Effective Speed -47%Average Score -51%Read -29%, Write -51%, 4K Read -51%, 4K Write -77%, Mixed -45%, 4K Mixed -103%, SusWrite 1%Peak Score -16%Read -3%, Write -12%, 4K Read -23%, 4K Write -35%, Mixed -9%, 4K Mixed -41%, SusWrite 14%Value & Sentiment -846%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,678%Nice To Haves -51%DQ Read -30%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed -53%, ADQ Read -135%, ADQ Write -45%, ADQ Mixed -158%, Age 38%, AS-SSD Total -19%

Average Bench: 66.8% (723^rd of 1072)

Based on 197 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SA400S3

Poor: 35%Average: 66.8% Great: 98%

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Above average average bench

The Kingston SA400S3 960GB averaged 33.1% 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 101MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 22.7MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SA400S3 960GB is 62.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston SA400S3 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 139MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 248MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 197 samples)

Rank 72366.8%

Min	Avg	Max
144	Read 354	491
46.4	Write 269	434
32.3	Mixed 248	390
62.2	SusWrite 300	441
65.7% 293 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.7	4K Read 22.7	34.8
11.2	4K Write 49.4	90.3
6.54	4K Mixed 22.2	41.2
89% 31.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.9	DQ Read 139	282
13	DQ Write 199	349
12.7	DQ Mixed 101	216
95.3% 147 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 4 days ago.

239GB free

Firmware: 61K1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 406 397 410 406 412 MB/s

76.4% Very good

Write 106

Mixed 177

SusWrite 406

49% 216 MB/s

4K Read 28.7

4K Write 52.7

4K Mixed 30.1

110% 37.2 MB/s

DQ Read 235

DQ Write 251

DQ Mixed 202

163% 229 MB/s

HUN-User, 1 month ago.

894GB free

Firmware: SBFK

SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 353 316 384 383 386 MB/s

72.6% Very good

Write 311

Mixed 280

SusWrite 364

70% 308 MB/s

4K Read 23.1

4K Write 55.5

4K Mixed 29.9

103% 36.2 MB/s

DQ Read 144

DQ Write 187

DQ Mixed 158

122% 163 MB/s

BEL-User, 1 month ago.

644GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S340

SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 166 112 161 101 71 MB/s

69.2% Good

Write 374

Mixed 93.3

SusWrite 152

62% 282 MB/s

4K Read 24.8

4K Write 83

4K Mixed 13.6

99% 40.5 MB/s

DQ Read 154

DQ Write 350

DQ Mixed 32.4

87% 179 MB/s

MYS-User, 1 month ago.

344GB free

Firmware: 62C3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 348 346 363 236 298 MB/s

65.2% Good

Write 96.7

Mixed 284

SusWrite 320

59% 262 MB/s

4K Read 17.4

4K Write 36.5

4K Mixed 16.2

66% 23.4 MB/s

DQ Read 272

DQ Write 254

DQ Mixed 200

167% 242 MB/s

SWE-User, 27 days ago.

483GB free

Firmware: SBFK

SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 300 398 409 417 417 MB/s

43.7% Average

Write 65.3

Mixed 32.1

SusWrite 373

38% 167 MB/s

4K Read 13.8

4K Write 13.8

4K Mixed 10

41% 12.5 MB/s

DQ Read 14.3

DQ Write 14.9

DQ Mixed 14.6

11% 14.6 MB/s

POL-User, 3 days ago.

517GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Z1.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 293 287 286 292 290 MB/s

28.6% Poor

Write 63.8

Mixed 29.9

SusWrite 290

27% 119 MB/s

4K Read 8.9

4K Write 5.6

4K Mixed 5.8

24% 6.77 MB/s

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 19%

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System: HP Z820 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 65%, 4,306 samples	145x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples	113x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2687W 01stBench 71%, 1,646 samples	87x

GPU
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	145x
Quadro K5000NvidiaBench 21%, 3,775 samples	139x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x

SSD
SA400S3 960GBKingstonBench 67%, 197 samples	1x

RAM
M393B2G70DB0-CMA 16x16GBSamsungBench 101%, 41 samples	25x
M391B5173QH0-CMA 8x4GBSamsungBench 84%, 111 samples	19x
M393B1G70QH0-CMA 4x8GBSamsungBench 82%, 512 samples	18x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Kingston

SA400S3 960GB

Average Bench: 66.8% (723^rd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 66.8% (723rd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 66.8% (723^rd of 1072)