KINGSTON A400 240GB SATA SSD Owner’s Manual

: June 3, 2024
: Kingston

Table of Contents

KINGSTON A400 240GB SATA SSD
Incredible speeds plus rock-solid reliability
FEATURES/BENEFITS
SPECIFICATIONS
- KINGSTON PART NUMBERS
References
Read User Manual Online (PDF format)
Download This Manual (PDF format)

KINGSTON A400 240GB SATA SSD

Incredible speeds plus rock-solid reliability

Kingston’s A400 solid-state drive dramatically improves the responsiveness of your existing system with incredible boot, loading and transfer times compared to mechanical hard drives. Powered by a latest gen controller for read and write speeds up to 500MB/s and 450MB/s1, this SSD is 10x faster than a traditional hard drive1 for higher performance, ultra-responsive multi-tasking and an overall faster system.
Also more reliable and durable than a hard drive, A400 is built with Flash memory. There are no moving parts, making it less likely to fail than a mechanical hard drive. It is also cooler and quieter, and its shock and vibration resistance which makes it ideal for notebooks and other mobile computing devices.
A400 is available in multiple drive form factors and capacities from 120GB–960GB2 to give you all the space you need for applications, videos, photos and other important documents. You can also replace your hard drive or a smaller SSD with a drive big enough to hold all your files.
This SSD is designed for use in desktop and notebook computer workloads and is not intended for Server environments.

Fast start-up, loading and file transfers
More reliable and durable than a hard drive
Multiple capacities with space for applications or a hard drive replacement

FEATURES/BENEFITS

10x faster than a hard drive1 — With incredible read/write speeds the A400 SSD will not only increase performance but can also be used to breathe new life into older systems.
Rugged — A400 is shock- and vibration-resistant for rugged reliability when used in notebooks and other mobile
computing devices.
Multiple capacities — A400 is available in capacities up to 960GB2 to suit anyone’s needs.
Ideal for desktops and notebooks — A400 comes in 2.5” 7mm and M.2 form factors to fit in a wide array of systems. It is ideal for thin and light notebooks with limited space.

SPECIFICATIONS

Form factor 2.5” & M.2 2280
Interface SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) – with backwards compatibility to SATA Rev. 2.0 (3Gb/s)
Capacities2 120GB, 240GB, 480GB, 960GB
Baseline performance1
Data transfer (ATTO)
120GB — up to 500MB/s read and 320MB/s write
240GB — up to 500MB/s read and 350MB/s write
480GB — up to 500MB/s read and 450MB/s write
960GB — up to 500MB/s read and 450MB/s write
Power consumption 0.195W idle / 0.279W avg / 0.642W (MAX) read / 1.535W (MAX) write
Storage temperature -40°C~85°C
Operating temperature 0°C~70°C
Dimensions 100.0mm x 69.9mm x 7.0mm (2.5”)
80mm x 22mm x 1.35mm (M.2)
Weight 39g (120GB – 2.5”)
41g (240-480GB – 2.5”)
41.9g (960GB – 2.5”)
6.7g (256GB – M.2)
5.5g (480GB – M.2)
Vibration operating 2.17G peak (7-800Hz)
Vibration non-operating 20G peak (10-2,000Hz)
Life expectancy 1 million hours MTBF
Warranty/support3 Limited 3-year warranty with free technical support
Total Bytes Written (TBW)4
120GB — 40TB
240GB — 80TB
480GB — 160TB
960GB — 300TB

KINGSTON PART NUMBERS

2.5” (Standalone) M.2 2280
SA400S37/120G SA400M8/240G
SA400S37/240G SA400M8/480G
SA400S37/480G
SA400S37/960G

Based on “out-of-box performance” using a SATA Rev. 3.0 motherboard. Speed may vary due to host hardware, software and usage.
Some of the listed capacity on a Flash storage device is used for formatting and other functions and is thus not available for data storage. As such, the actual available capacity for data storage is less than what is listed on the products. For more information, go to Kingston’s Flash Memory Guide at kingston.com/flashguide.
Limited warranty based on 3 years or “Percentage Used”, which can be found using the Kingston SSD Manager (Kingston.com/SSDManager). For NVMe SSDs, a new unused product will show a Percentage Used value of 0, whereas a product that reaches its warranty limit will show a Percentage Used value of greater than or equal to one hundred (100). See Kingston.com/wa for details.
Total Bytes Written (TBW) is derived from the JEDEC Client Workload (JESD219A).