Kingston A400
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (90th percentile) 90th
- Strong user sentiment (78th percentile) 78th
- Strong capacity (69th percentile) 69th
Cons
- Below average speed (14th percentile)
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
- Below average endurance (29th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1920 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 450 |
Hardware
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 1000000 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston A400 | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Crucial T710 | Seagate FireCuda 530R | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1.92TB | 8TB | 4TB | 4TB | 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 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 500 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | false | false | - |
| Endurance | - | 4800 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 5050 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston A400 | 14.1 | 21.5 | 14.4 | 68.6 | 78.2 | 29.1 | 90.1 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 98.9 | 99.8 | 99.8 | 98.2 | 0 | 86 | 96.3 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 87.9 | 94.8 | 93.7 | 92.9 | 94.7 | 80.9 | 96.3 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 98.7 | 98.8 | 85.4 | 92.9 | 0 | 86 | 82.3 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.2 | 96.2 | 53.4 | 92.9 | 64.1 | 95.7 | 90.1 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.6 | 99.1 | 71.8 | 92.9 | 78.2 | 94.8 | 96.3 |
Price
Value & Pricing
Amazon 1 offer From $499
We started tracking prices for this product on Nov 8, 2026. The chart appears once we have more data.
Usage Scores
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