Kingston A400 960GB
Score: 62/100
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB
Score: 91/100Rankings
The Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB is a top-tier PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD offering blazing sequential speeds, strong endurance, and robust security, ideal for high-performance desktops and laptops.
The Kingston A400 960 GB SSD provides entry-level SATA performance with 500 MB/s reads and 450 MB/s writes, making it a solid, budget-friendly upgrade for users moving from HDDs.
| Attribute | | |
|---|---|---|
960 GB | 2,000 GBbest | |
500 MB/s | 3,500 MB/sbest | |
450 MB/s | 3,300 MB/sbest | |
— | 600,000 IOPSbest | |
— | 550,000 IOPSbest | |
300 TBW | 1,200 TBWbest | |
3 years | 5 yearsbest | |
| ↓ lower better | 0.279 Wbest | 6 W |
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| Attribute | | |
|---|---|---|
Performance(4) | ||
Sequential Read Speed (MB/s) | 500 MB/s | 3500 MB/s |
Sequential Write Speed (MB/s) | 450 MB/s | 3300 MB/s |
Interface | SATA III | PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe |
DRAM Cache (Yes/No) | false | true |
Storage(6) | ||
Capacity (GB) | 960 GB | 2000 GB |
Form Factor | 2.5-inch | M.2 2280 |
NAND Type | 3D TLC | V-NAND 3-bit MLC |
Endurance (TBW) (TBW) | 300 TBW | 1200 TBW |
Warranty Period (years) | 3 years | 5 years |
MTBF (hours) | 1000000 hours | 1500000 hours |
Power & Energy(2) | ||
Idle Power Consumption (W) | 0.195 W | 0.03 W |
Active Power Consumption (W) | 0.279 W | 6.0 W |
Design & Build(2) | ||
Weight (g) | 40.82 g | 9.07 g |
Thickness (mm) | 7.11 mm | 2.38 mm |
Products in the top-left offer the best value (high score, low price).
Professional reviewers view the Kingston A400 as a solid, budget-friendly upgrade that revives older systems with noticeable speed gains. They commend its reliability, shock resistance, and value, while noting the trade-off of a missing DRAM cache and its positioning away from high-performance or enterprise use cases.
Everyday users overwhelmingly praise the SSD for its fast boot and load times, excellent price-to-performance ratio, and the confidence that comes with the Kingston brand. The most common complaints revolve around occasional customer service delays and the need to buy extra accessories such as SATA cables.
“Fast boot, fast games”
“Great value for the price”
“Customer Support Delays: 3-week RMA wait time with minimal communication”
Reviewers consider it the best overall PCIe 3.0 SSD, praising its speed boost over the 970 EVO and reliable thermal management despite lacking a heatsink.
Users consistently rate it 5-stars for speed and reliability, noting occasional warmth and the missing heatsink as minor drawbacks.
