New
Kingston A400
Capacity 240GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 500 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 100 TBW
40 Overall Score
Price CA$105
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (96th percentile) 96th
Cons
- Below average capacity (10th percentile)
- Below average speed (14th percentile)
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has held steady over time
82/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 18 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 240 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 450 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
| Controller | Marvell 88SS1074 |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 100 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1000000 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston A400 | Samsung 9100 PRO MZ-VAP1T0B/AM | Crucial T710 CT1000T710SSD8 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 | Corsair MP700 Elite | SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X 850X |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 240GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 500 MB/s | 14,700 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | false | false |
| Endurance | 100 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston A400 | 14.1 | 21.5 | 53.4 | 10.4 | 56.9 | 61.5 | 96.3 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO MZ-VAP1T0B/AM Compare | 98.5 | 98.6 | 97.4 | 54.8 | 0 | 86 | 96.3 |
| Crucial T710 CT1000T710SSD8 Compare | 99.2 | 98.8 | 90.4 | 54.8 | 44.2 | 94.8 | 82.3 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.6 | 99.1 | 90.4 | 54.8 | 99.6 | 98.3 | 6.4 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.6 | 96.4 | 85.4 | 54.8 | 78.2 | 87.3 | 96.3 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X 850X Compare | 84.6 | 92.2 | 78.5 | 54.8 | 94.7 | 87.9 | 46.4 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From CA$105
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Price History
New Open Box / Refurbished
Usage Scores
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