Kingston

SA400S37 480G 480GB

SA400S37 480G 480GB
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Effective Speed -40%Effective Speed -40%Average Score -34%Read -6%, Write -13%, 4K Read -35%, 4K Write -28%, Mixed -13%, 4K Mixed -120%, SusWrite -23%Peak Score -5%Read 1%, Write -9%, 4K Read -7%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed -5%, 4K Mixed -16%, SusWrite 10%Value & Sentiment -851%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,689%Nice To Haves -83%DQ Read 5%, DQ Write -5%, DQ Mixed -157%, ADQ Read -94%, ADQ Write -26%, ADQ Mixed -436%, Age 47%, AS-SSD Total -1%

Average Bench: 70.2% (664^th of 1072)

Based on 108 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON SA400S37 480G

Poor: 36%Average: 70.2% Great: 105%

Popular builds with this SSD

Good average bench

The Kingston SA400S37 480G 480GB averaged 29.8% 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 25.4MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 68.4MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SA400S37 480G 480GB is 69.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston SA400S37 480G 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 241MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 168MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 108 samples)

Rank 66470.2%

Min	Avg	Max
304	Read 433	513
219	Write 360	443
34.4	Mixed 319	402
73.2	SusWrite 241	425
75.8% 338 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.1	4K Read 25.4	40.3
5.32	4K Write 68.4	114
0.34	4K Mixed 20.5	50.4
101% 38.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
73.2	DQ Read 168	384
13.8	DQ Write 230	342
0.4	DQ Mixed 48.5	129
78.7% 149 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

MYS-User, 3 months ago.

58GB free

Firmware: HPS2227I

SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 322 396 423 107 36 MB/s

76.8% Very good

Write 464

Mixed 361

SusWrite 276

90% 401 MB/s

4K Read 38.8

4K Write 84

4K Mixed 8.2

114% 43.7 MB/s

DQ Read 187

DQ Write 190

DQ Mixed 15.1

59% 131 MB/s

PHL-User, 23 days ago.

141GB free

Firmware: T0311A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 114 102 108 80 57 MB/s

74.5% Very good

Write 405

Mixed 369

SusWrite 130

76% 342 MB/s

4K Read 25.5

4K Write 91.1

4K Mixed 25.7

120% 47.4 MB/s

DQ Read 215

DQ Write 329

DQ Mixed 44.9

98% 196 MB/s

MYS-User, 2 days ago.

124GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS2227I

SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 386 356 20 42 119 MB/s

73.9% Very good

Write 280

Mixed 349

SusWrite 218

74% 332 MB/s

4K Read 40

4K Write 95.5

4K Mixed 6.4

119% 47.3 MB/s

DQ Read 198

DQ Write 192

DQ Mixed 6.8

57% 132 MB/s

ARE-User, 1 month ago.

407GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 288 74 60 50 29 MB/s

70.4% Very good

Write 289

Mixed 258

SusWrite 132

58% 258 MB/s

4K Read 27.5

4K Write 93.4

4K Mixed 34.8

136% 51.9 MB/s

DQ Read 78.8

DQ Write 223

DQ Mixed 111

96% 138 MB/s

MYS-User, 1 month ago.

348GB free

Firmware: HPS2227I

SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 209 333 349 230 19 MB/s

69.7% Good

Write 408

Mixed 366

SusWrite 248

83% 372 MB/s

4K Read 31.3

4K Write 54.9

4K Mixed 11.2

91% 32.5 MB/s

DQ Read 194

DQ Write 262

DQ Mixed 15.8

71% 157 MB/s

BRA-User, 1 month ago.

420GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 291 297 74 31 26 MB/s

65.9% Good

Write 291

Mixed 274

SusWrite 150

60% 271 MB/s

4K Read 23.8

4K Write 71.5

4K Mixed 31.4

114% 42.2 MB/s

DQ Read 79.9

DQ Write 226

DQ Mixed 110

96% 139 MB/s

MYS-User, 2 days ago.

202GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T0818A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 19 198 16 20 167 MB/s

54.4% Above average

Write 312

Mixed 374

SusWrite 88.2

66% 294 MB/s

4K Read 23.4

4K Write 51.7

4K Mixed 21.3

90% 32.1 MB/s

DQ Read 106

DQ Write 152

DQ Mixed 46.7

58% 102 MB/s

MYS-User, 2 months ago.

147GB free

Firmware: S0423B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 3.5 4.8 310 6.1 6.1 MB/s

30.2% Below average

Write 305

Mixed 6.2

SusWrite 81

44% 199 MB/s

4K Read 21.4

4K Write 3.6

4K Mixed 0.2

35% 8.4 MB/s

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Typical SA400S37 480G 480GB Builds (Compare 3,790 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H - $76

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	504x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	495x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	474x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	473x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	226x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	224x

SSD
SA400S37 480G 480GBKingstonBench 70%, 108 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	68x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	58x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	50x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $285

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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

SA400S37 480G 480GB

Average Bench: 70.2% (664^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H - $76

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SA400S37 480G 480GB

Average Bench: 70.2% (664th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H - $76

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