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Kingston A400 120GB SATA III M.2 2280
Capacity 120GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 500 MB/s
NAND TLC
16 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (99th percentile) 99th
Cons
- Below average capacity (4th percentile)
- Below average speed (12th percentile)
- Below average social proof (22nd percentile)
- Below average random (23rd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 120 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 320 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 1000000 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston A400 | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital Black SN850X | Crucial T700 | Seagate FireCuda 530R ZP4000GM3A073 | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T1X0M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 120GB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 4TB | 8TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 500 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 12,400 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 5050 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston A400 | 11.6 | 22.9 | 53.4 | 4.1 | 29.8 | 22.2 | 99 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.2 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.5 | 85.8 | 99.6 | 5.3 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 89 | 95.7 | 89.3 | 92.5 | 88 | 95.3 | 9.5 |
| Crucial T700 Compare | 96.6 | 97.6 | 97.5 | 78.4 | 82.8 | 77.4 | 22 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R ZP4000GM3A073 Compare | 92.8 | 96.8 | 78.4 | 92.5 | 95.6 | 77.4 | 6.9 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T1X0M Compare | 99.1 | 99.3 | 97.5 | 98 | 80.6 | 45.1 | 3.1 |
Usage Scores
- Overall16.3
- Budget48.6
- Gaming9.7
- Laptop10.5
- Console4.1
- Portable2.7
- Workstation17.5
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