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Kingston A400 960GB SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 960GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 500 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 300 TBW
46 Overall Score
Price $149
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong user sentiment (78th percentile) 78th
- Strong social proof (77th percentile) 77th
Cons
- Below average speed (15th 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
88/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 10 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 960 |
| 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) | 300 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1000000 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
| Hardware Encryption | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston A400 | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO | Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 | Western Digital BLACK SN850X |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 960GB | 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 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 500 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | 300 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1400 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston A400 | 15.1 | 22.3 | 53.7 | 41.3 | 78.4 | 51.9 | 77.3 | 60.4 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97.1 | 98.8 | 78.3 | 78.4 | 74.2 | 99.5 | 20.9 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.8 | 78.3 | 78.4 | 82.9 | 95 | 19.9 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO Compare | 97.9 | 98.2 | 97.3 | 78.3 | 0 | 90.9 | 52.5 | 24.5 |
| Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.3 | 98.9 | 97.3 | 54.9 | 0 | 85.9 | 77.3 | 26.6 |
| Western Digital BLACK SN850X Compare | 88.5 | 95.2 | 53.7 | 78.3 | 94.4 | 82.9 | 99.5 | 23.3 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
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