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Kingston A400 240GB SATA III M.2 2280
Capacity 240GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 500 MB/s
NAND TLC
29 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (88th percentile) 88th
Cons
- Below average capacity (11th percentile)
- Below average speed (15th percentile)
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
- Below average endurance (29th percentile)
What owners think
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78/100Our AI sentiment read
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 240 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 350 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 1000000 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston A400 | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Crucial T500 | Seagate FireCuda 530R | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 240GB | 8TB | 4TB | 2TB | 4TB | 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 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 500 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | false | - |
| Endurance | - | 4800 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 5050 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston A400 | 14.9 | 22.1 | 52.9 | 10.5 | 29.1 | 88 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.1 | 99.8 | 99.8 | 98.1 | 85.4 | 95.5 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 88.3 | 95.1 | 93.9 | 92.6 | 80.4 | 95.5 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.4 | 99 | 78.3 | 82.4 | 95.5 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.5 | 96.3 | 52.9 | 92.6 | 95.4 | 88 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.7 | 99.1 | 71.4 | 92.6 | 94.2 | 95.5 |
Usage Scores
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