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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 (11th 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 WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE | Crucial T710 | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDBBYV0040BNC-WRSN | Seagate FireCuda 530R ZP4000GM3A073 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 120GB | 4TB | 8TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 500 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,200 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | - | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | false | true | false |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 5050 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston A400 | 11.4 | 22.8 | 52.9 | 4.1 | 29.3 | 22.3 | 99 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.2 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.5 | 85.7 | 99.6 | 5.5 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE Compare | 87.6 | 96.4 | 94 | 98 | 87.9 | 95.3 | 4 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.1 | 99.1 | 85.4 | 92.5 | 85.7 | 77.5 | 11.2 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDBBYV0040BNC-WRSN Compare | 89 | 95.8 | 84.3 | 92.5 | 87.9 | 99.6 | 9.4 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R ZP4000GM3A073 Compare | 92.7 | 96.8 | 78.1 | 92.5 | 95.5 | 77.5 | 7.3 |
Usage Scores
- Overall16
- Budget48.4
- Gaming9.6
- Laptop10.4
- Console4
- Portable2.7
- Workstation17.4
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