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SUA400S37120G 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 57.3% (828th of 1072)

Based on 13 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SUA400S37120G
Poor: 48%Average: 57.3% Great: 66%

Average average bench

The Kingston SUA400S37120G 120GB averaged 42.6% 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 Write Speed 74.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 20.7MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SUA400S37120G 120GB is just 17.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston SUA400S37120G 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 167MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 177MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 13 samples)
Rank 82857.3%
Min Avg Max
305 Read 399 469
146 Write 177 323
143 Mixed 167 286
118 SusWrite 178 327
50.9% 230 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.4 4K Read 20.7 28.7
42.9 4K Write 74.3 123
7.8 4K Mixed 11.3 14.8
85.2% 35.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.5 DQ Read 117 165
108 DQ Write 158 268
8.1 DQ Mixed 53.4 78.6
63.8% 109 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
48GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0927A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 157 160 164 164 163 MB/s
60.6% Good
Read 469
Write 164
Mixed 148
SusWrite 158
52% 235 MB/s
4K Read 21.7
4K Write 65.9
4K Mixed 13.8
85% 33.8 MB/s
DQ Read 164
DQ Write 163
DQ Mixed 73.5
80% 133 MB/s
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0927A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 164 161 167 164 156 MB/s
59.6% Above average
Read 433
Write 160
Mixed 164
SusWrite 161
50% 230 MB/s
4K Read 22.5
4K Write 73.6
4K Mixed 12.3
89% 36.1 MB/s
DQ Read 149
DQ Write 162
DQ Mixed 74
78% 129 MB/s
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0423A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 328 327 324 340 338 MB/s
57.3% Above average
Read 396
Write 323
Mixed 286
SusWrite 327
75% 333 MB/s
4K Read 13.8
4K Write 42.9
4K Mixed 10.9
58% 22.5 MB/s
DQ Read 76
DQ Write 126
DQ Mixed 18.1
37% 73.3 MB/s
57GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0927A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 123 138 150 152 162 MB/s
48.1% Average
Read 376
Write 146
Mixed 143
SusWrite 145
45% 202 MB/s
4K Read 12.6
4K Write 52.3
4K Mixed 10.1
60% 25 MB/s
DQ Read 156
DQ Write 151
DQ Mixed 73.4
77% 127 MB/s
75GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0927A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 118 115 119 103 145 MB/s
41.8% Average
Read 305
Write 147
Mixed 161
SusWrite 118
40% 183 MB/s
4K Read 11.4
4K Write 43.6
4K Mixed 9.9
53% 21.6 MB/s
DQ Read 143
DQ Write 163
DQ Mixed 72.4
77% 126 MB/s
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