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SA400M8240G 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 70.2% (664th of 1072)

Based on 27,523 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SA400M8240G
Poor: 37%Average: 70.2% Great: 91%

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Good average bench

The Kingston SA400M8240G 240GB 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 134MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 30.6MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SA400M8240G 240GB is 53.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Kingston SA400M8240G 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 124MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 251MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 27,523 samples)
Rank 66470.2%
Min Avg Max
300 Read 421 481
101 Write 251 400
126 Mixed 300 359
56.8 SusWrite 124 226
60.9% 274 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 30.6 40.1
18.5 4K Write 63.8 89.4
1.4 4K Mixed 30.8 42.5
120% 41.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
52.8 DQ Read 218 309
19 DQ Write 203 324
12.8 DQ Mixed 134 215
122% 185 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
133GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK62B3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 154 142 143 140 165 MB/s
84.8% Excellent
Read 456
Write 134
Mixed 380
SusWrite 170
63% 285 MB/s
4K Read 37.9
4K Write 72
4K Mixed 39.2
146% 49.7 MB/s
DQ Read 310
DQ Write 203
DQ Mixed 28.4
83% 180 MB/s
73GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK62B3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 106 61 109 61 74 MB/s
79.9% Very good
Read 394
Write 119
Mixed 290
SusWrite 97.1
50% 225 MB/s
4K Read 37.6
4K Write 79.4
4K Mixed 39.7
150% 52.2 MB/s
DQ Read 256
DQ Write 296
DQ Mixed 203
173% 252 MB/s
54GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK61E1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 191 99 86 68 89 MB/s
77.4% Very good
Read 435
Write 357
Mixed 312
SusWrite 116
68% 305 MB/s
4K Read 33.3
4K Write 67.7
4K Mixed 34.2
130% 45.1 MB/s
DQ Read 296
DQ Write 291
DQ Mixed 84.7
121% 224 MB/s
78GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK62B3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 168 81 114 60 112 MB/s
76.9% Very good
Read 469
Write 180
Mixed 335
SusWrite 114
61% 275 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 72.7
4K Mixed 37.3
139% 48.3 MB/s
DQ Read 207
DQ Write 172
DQ Mixed 10.7
57% 130 MB/s
75GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK62B3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 143 140 131 46 95 MB/s
73.1% Very good
Read 363
Write 115
Mixed 266
SusWrite 121
48% 216 MB/s
4K Read 33.6
4K Write 64.2
4K Mixed 34
128% 43.9 MB/s
DQ Read 248
DQ Write 283
DQ Mixed 198
168% 243 MB/s
31GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK61E1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 133 112 102 19 65 MB/s
67.7% Good
Read 455
Write 274
Mixed 338
SusWrite 91.1
64% 289 MB/s
4K Read 31.8
4K Write 67.2
4K Mixed 32
125% 43.7 MB/s
DQ Read 193
DQ Write 69.4
DQ Mixed 20.2
44% 94.3 MB/s
23GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 03150010
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 9.4 54 83 33 3.8 MB/s
62.4% Good
Read 458
Write 338
Mixed 299
SusWrite 41.8
63% 284 MB/s
4K Read 30.6
4K Write 50.5
4K Mixed 34.8
118% 38.6 MB/s
DQ Read 153
DQ Write 63.2
DQ Mixed 7.6
32% 74.7 MB/s
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Gaming 9%
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Desktop 70%
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Workstation 8%
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System: Casper EXCALIBUR G770

CPU
Core i5-10300HIntelBench 74%, 82,821 samples716x
Core i5-11400HIntelBench 80%, 35,470 samples631x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 65%, 116,682 samples537x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples738x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples455x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 4%, 25,082 samples351x
SSD
SA400M8240G 240GBKingstonBench 70%, 27,523 samples379x
RAM
CT16G4SFRA32A.M16FRS 1x16GBCrucialBench 44%, 1,443 samples469x
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E1 1x8GBMicronBench 38%, 20,126 samples255x
CT16G4SFRA32A.C8FE 1x16GBCrucialBench 39%, 1,645 samples198x
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