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SA400S37/240GB 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 54.6% (856th of 1072)

Based on 389 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SA400S37/240GB
Poor: 27%Average: 54.6% Great: 88%

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Average average bench

The Kingston SA400S37/240GB 240GB averaged 45.4% 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 22.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 442MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SA400S37/240GB 240GB is 61.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Kingston SA400S37/240GB 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 20.9MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 97.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 389 samples)
Rank 85654.6%
Min Avg Max
342 Read 442 504
66.4 Write 342 427
8.6 Mixed 233 381
34.8 SusWrite 166 410
65.8% 296 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.75 4K Read 22.6 31.5
4.1 4K Write 50.2 109
0.15 4K Mixed 10.8 25
74.6% 27.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.3 DQ Read 97.5 158
10.2 DQ Write 193 338
0.3 DQ Mixed 20.9 38.3
51.2% 104 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
165GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1211A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 171 186 174 154 117 MB/s
78.9% Very good
Read 514
Write 303
Mixed 377
SusWrite 176
76% 342 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 22.6
128% 52.5 MB/s
DQ Read 113
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 30.4
80% 162 MB/s
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1211A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 150 6.9 71 67 55 MB/s
67.7% Good
Read 488
Write 379
Mixed 346
SusWrite 110
74% 331 MB/s
4K Read 23.4
4K Write 84.7
4K Mixed 22.2
109% 43.4 MB/s
DQ Read 108
DQ Write 302
DQ Mixed 30
73% 147 MB/s
94GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HCS1A25P
SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 314 221 294 56 87 MB/s
56.3% Above average
Read 410
Write 240
Mixed 248
SusWrite 213
62% 278 MB/s
4K Read 22.5
4K Write 38.8
4K Mixed 9.3
67% 23.5 MB/s
DQ Read 148
DQ Write 203
DQ Mixed 15.6
56% 122 MB/s
46GB free
Firmware: HCS1C16F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 164 195 83 194 86 MB/s
55.4% Above average
Read 429
Write 333
Mixed 294
SusWrite 177
69% 308 MB/s
4K Read 22.3
4K Write 35.3
4K Mixed 9.3
64% 22.3 MB/s
DQ Read 175
DQ Write 228
DQ Mixed 15.1
63% 139 MB/s
62GB free
Firmware: S1128B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 19 27 37 19 19 MB/s
36.4% Below average
Read 473
Write 400
Mixed 21
SusWrite 53
52% 237 MB/s
4K Read 24.3
4K Write 16.3
4K Mixed 0.4
46% 13.7 MB/s
DQ Read 76.3
DQ Write 16.6
DQ Mixed 0.4
12% 31.1 MB/s
72GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1128B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 3.5 5.8 15 32 17 MB/s
23.7% Poor
Read 388
Write 320
Mixed 16.1
SusWrite 43.7
42% 192 MB/s
4K Read 5.1
4K Write 15.4
4K Mixed 0.3
16% 6.93 MB/s
DQ Read 38.6
DQ Write 13.3
DQ Mixed 0.4
7% 17.4 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,665,811 SSDs tested

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Typical SA400S37/240GB 240GB Builds (Compare 999 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 25%
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Desktop
Desktop 75%
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Workstation
Workstation 21%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H77-DS3H

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples288x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples141x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples97x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples87x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples57x
GTX 660Nvidia  $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples33x
SSD
SA400S37/240GB 240GBKingstonBench 55%, 389 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples29x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples27x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples18x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $356

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