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KINGSTON (ExtHD)

SA400S37480G 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 97.3% (5th of 639)

Based on 16 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 152d PID 0578 Model: KINGSTON SA400S37480G
Poor: 22%Average: 97.3% Great: 170%

Excellent average bench

The KINGSTON SA400S37480G 480GB averaged just 2.7% lower 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 25.4MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 18.9MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the KINGSTON SA400S37480G 480GB is 148%. 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 128MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 12.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 16 samples)
Rank 597.3%
Min Avg Max
1 Read 128 293
1 Write 98.5 344
1 Mixed 96.6 300
0.6 SusWrite 121 246
148% 111 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.9 4K Read 12.5 20.5
1 4K Write 16.1 33.5
0.9 4K Mixed 12.1 23.4
1,006% 13.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
6.3 DQ Read 15.7 25.8
12.5 DQ Write 25.4 59.5
8.6 DQ Mixed 18.9 31.3
1,566% 20 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
233GB free, PID 0578
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 157 173 173 173 172 MB/s
175% Outstanding
Read 218
Write 150
Mixed 167
SusWrite 164
230% 175 MB/s
4K Read 19.4
4K Write 33.5
4K Mixed 23.4
2,007% 25.4 MB/s
DQ Read 25.8
DQ Write 59.5
DQ Mixed 31.3
3,184% 38.9 MB/s
189GB free, PID 0578
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 379 97 100 100 102 MB/s
170% Outstanding
Read 214
Write 153
Mixed 162
SusWrite 193
240% 181 MB/s
4K Read 20.5
4K Write 30
4K Mixed 17.3
1,685% 22.6 MB/s
DQ Read 16.3
DQ Write 27.9
DQ Mixed 25.3
1,870% 23.2 MB/s
389GB free, PID 0578
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 187 180 184 185 182 MB/s
167% Outstanding
Read 293
Write 344
Mixed 300
SusWrite 200
388% 284 MB/s
4K Read 18.9
4K Write 24.9
4K Mixed 20.7
1,621% 21.5 MB/s
DQ Read 21.3
DQ Write 26.6
DQ Mixed 22.5
1,749% 23.5 MB/s
287GB free, PID 0578
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 170 166 237 206 176 MB/s
118% Outstanding
Read 209
Write 100
Mixed 81.3
SusWrite 204
190% 149 MB/s
4K Read 9.9
4K Write 13.2
4K Mixed 8.6
778% 10.6 MB/s
DQ Read 10.1
DQ Write 14.4
DQ Mixed 11.9
932% 12.1 MB/s
367GB free, PID 0578
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 202 206 307 186 284 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 67.4
Write 89
Mixed 77.5
SusWrite 246
177% 120 MB/s
4K Read 8.3
4K Write 14.3
4K Mixed 8.5
806% 10.4 MB/s
DQ Read 6.3
DQ Write 12.5
DQ Mixed 8.6
741% 9.13 MB/s
211GB free, PID 0578
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 126 104 73 79 80 MB/s
59.7% Above average
Read 129
Write 65.7
Mixed 47.2
SusWrite 96.3
106% 84.6 MB/s
4K Read 8
4K Write 5.9
4K Mixed 5.4
414% 6.43 MB/s
376GB free, PID 0578
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 MB/s
3.56% Terrible
Read 1
Write 1
Mixed 1
SusWrite 0.6
1% 0.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.9
68% 0.93 MB/s
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