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KINGSTON (ExtHD)

SA400S37480G 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 112% (5th of 639)

Based on 18 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 11b0 PID 6388 Model: KINGSTON SA400S37480G
Poor: 35%Average: 112% Great: 172%

Outstanding average bench

The KINGSTON SA400S37480G 480GB averaged 11.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the KINGSTON SA400S37480G 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 22.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 17.2MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the KINGSTON SA400S37480G 480GB is 137%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the KINGSTON SA400S37480G 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 176MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 12MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 18 samples)
Rank 5112%
Min Avg Max
27.7 Read 176 382
24.8 Write 119 362
25.7 Mixed 130 308
25.1 SusWrite 141 222
186% 142 MB/s
Min Avg Max
4.8 4K Read 12 22.1
7 4K Write 17.2 30.5
4.8 4K Mixed 11.5 22.1
1,020% 13.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
6.5 DQ Read 12.1 22.7
11.8 DQ Write 22.2 38.7
8.7 DQ Mixed 15.1 26
1,314% 16.5 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
310GB free, PID 6388
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.3 79 234 234 234 234 MB/s
174% Outstanding
Read 382
Write 362
Mixed 308
SusWrite 170
400% 305 MB/s
4K Read 22.1
4K Write 25
4K Mixed 22.1
1,684% 23.1 MB/s
DQ Read 22.7
DQ Write 25
DQ Mixed 22.5
1,700% 23.4 MB/s
310GB free, PID 6388
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.4 114 343 344 263 73 MB/s
170% Outstanding
Read 329
Write 351
Mixed 285
SusWrite 190
386% 289 MB/s
4K Read 19.6
4K Write 24.9
4K Mixed 20.9
1,630% 21.8 MB/s
DQ Read 20.5
DQ Write 31.3
DQ Mixed 24.1
1,960% 25.3 MB/s
148GB free, PID 6388
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 130 70 76 72 75 MB/s
161% Outstanding
Read 266
Write 138
Mixed 276
SusWrite 112
255% 198 MB/s
4K Read 18.8
4K Write 30.5
4K Mixed 19.8
1,781% 23 MB/s
DQ Read 21.2
DQ Write 38.7
DQ Mixed 23.2
2,184% 27.7 MB/s
51GB free, PID 6388
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 229 232 228 235 235 MB/s
125% Outstanding
Read 207
Write 95.4
Mixed 84.6
SusWrite 219
195% 152 MB/s
4K Read 10.9
4K Write 14.6
4K Mixed 9.6
864% 11.7 MB/s
DQ Read 8.8
DQ Write 14.6
DQ Mixed 11.1
907% 11.5 MB/s
104GB free, PID 6388
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 87 76 72 76 71 MB/s
113% Outstanding
Read 244
Write 102
Mixed 88.2
SusWrite 123
166% 139 MB/s
4K Read 12.5
4K Write 15.7
4K Mixed 9.7
910% 12.6 MB/s
DQ Read 9.2
DQ Write 14.2
DQ Mixed 10.7
881% 11.4 MB/s
71GB free, PID 6388
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 160 72 76 72 76 MB/s
98.6% Outstanding
Read 195
Write 102
Mixed 85
SusWrite 122
156% 126 MB/s
4K Read 12.3
4K Write 13.3
4K Mixed 9.4
818% 11.7 MB/s
DQ Read 9.6
DQ Write 15.4
DQ Mixed 11.3
944% 12.1 MB/s
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