Kingston A400 120GB SATA III 2.5"
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (89th percentile) 89th
- Strong social proof (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong user sentiment (80th percentile) 80th
Cons
- Below average capacity (4th percentile)
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average feature (15th percentile)
- Below average speed (15th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 120 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 450 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston A400 | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital Black SN850X | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T1X0M | Crucial T710 | Lexar NM1090 PRO LNM109P004T-RNNNU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 120GB | 4TB | 4TB | 8TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | 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 | 14,900 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston A400 | 15.4 | 22.8 | 14.8 | 4.2 | 79.7 | 14.7 | 87.1 | 89.2 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.2 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.5 | 0 | 85.9 | 99.6 | 5.3 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.9 | 95.7 | 89.3 | 92.5 | 94.9 | 88.1 | 95.3 | 9.7 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T1X0M Compare | 99.1 | 99.3 | 97.5 | 98.1 | 94.9 | 80.7 | 45 | 3.1 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.1 | 99.1 | 85.6 | 92.5 | 0 | 85.9 | 77.5 | 10.7 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO LNM109P004T-RNNNU Compare | 98.1 | 98.5 | 97.5 | 92.5 | 0 | 74.9 | 57 | 8.5 |
Usage Scores
- Overall24.4
- Budget57.9
- Gaming13.9
- Laptop15.8
- Console6.7
- Portable5.3
- Workstation16.6
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