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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 T710 | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T1X0M | Lexar NM1090 PRO LNM109P004T-RNNNU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 120GB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 8TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 |
| Seq Read | 500 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | false | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW | 2800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston A400 | 11.6 | 22.8 | 53.5 | 4.1 | 29.8 | 22.1 | 99.1 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.2 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.5 | 85.9 | 99.6 | 5.3 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 89 | 95.7 | 89.3 | 92.5 | 88 | 95.3 | 9.5 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.1 | 99.1 | 85.6 | 92.5 | 85.9 | 77.5 | 10.6 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T1X0M Compare | 99.1 | 99.3 | 97.5 | 98 | 80.7 | 45.1 | 3.1 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO LNM109P004T-RNNNU Compare | 98.1 | 98.5 | 97.5 | 92.5 | 74.9 | 57 | 8.3 |
Usage Scores
- Overall16.3
- Budget48.6
- Gaming9.7
- Laptop10.5
- Console4.1
- Portable2.7
- Workstation17.5
A full written review is coming soon. The specs, scores, prices and charts above are always up to date.
