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Kingston A400
Capacity 480GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 500 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 160 TBW
38 Overall Score
Price CA$137
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (96th percentile) 96th
Cons
- Below average speed (14th percentile)
- Below average random (21st percentile)
- Below average capacity (23rd percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (29th 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
72/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 20 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 480 |
| 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) | 160 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1000000 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston A400 | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T710 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Corsair MP700 Elite | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 480GB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 500 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 14,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | 160 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW | 1400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston A400 | 13.8 | 21.2 | 53.3 | 22.5 | 28.5 | 51.5 | 96.4 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.1 | 96.9 | 99.1 | 78.5 | 78.4 | 86.2 | 96.4 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.2 | 98.7 | 97.5 | 78.5 | 0 | 83.1 | 82.5 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 87.9 | 94.8 | 99.1 | 78.5 | 0 | 74.4 | 96.4 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.6 | 96.4 | 85.3 | 54.8 | 78.4 | 87.5 | 96.4 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO Compare | 98.1 | 98.1 | 97.5 | 78.5 | 0 | 89.7 | 40.8 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Price History
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Usage Scores
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