Kingston SA1000M8-960G User Manual
A1000 SSD
Exceptional responsiveness and
ultra-low latency.
Kingston’s A1000 solid-state drive is an entry-level PCIe NVMe™ solution with a
single-sided M.2 22x80mm design. This form factor is ideal for thinner notebooks
and systems with limited space. Using a PCIe NVMe™ Gen 3.0 x2 interface, 4-channel
Phison E8 controller, and 3D NAND Flash, this drive oers read and write speeds up
to 1,500MB/s and 1,000MB/s¹. It is 2X faster than a SATA-based SSD and 20X faster
than a traditional hard drive oering exceptional responsiveness, ultra-low latency,
and throughput.
More reliable and durable than a hard drive, A1000 is built with NAND Flash
semiconductor memory. There are no moving parts, making it far less likely to fail
than a mechanical hard drive. It is also cooler and quieter, and its shock and vibration
resistance makes it ideal for notebooks and other mobile computing devices.
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A1000 is available in multiple capacities from 240GB–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 with enough
storage capacity for all your les.
> 20X faster than a 7200RPM hard drive¹
> M.2 2280 Form Factor
> Single-sided design
> Multiple capacities up to 960GB²
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A1000 SSD
FEATURES/ BENEFITS
> 20X faster than a hard drive¹ — With incredible read/write speeds
the A1000 will not only increase performance but can also be used to
breathe new life into older systems.
> M.2 2280 Form Factor — Multi-purpose SFF connector replaces
small mSATA and mini-PCIe slots.
> Single-sided design — Integrates easily into designs with M.2
connectors; ideal for thin and light notebooks and in systems with
limited space.
> Multiple capacities — Available in a range of capacities up to 960GB²
to meet your data storage requirements.
SPECIFICATIONS
> Form Factor: M.2 2280
> Interface: PCIe NVMe™ Gen 3.0 x 2 Lanes
> Capacities
> Controller: Phison E8
> NAND: 3D TLC
> Sequential Read/Write
> Random 4K Read/Write: 240GB — up to 100,000/80,000 IOPS
> Power Consumption: 0.011748W Idle / 0.075623W Avg / 0.458W
(MAX) Read / 0.908W (MAX) Write
> Dimensions: 80mm x 22mm x 3.5mm
> Operating Temperature: 0°C to 70°C
> Storage Temperature: -40°C to 85°C
> Weight: 240GB — 6.4g
> Vibration Operating: 2.17G Peak (7–800Hz)
> Vibration Non-operating: 20G Peak (10–2000Hz)
> Life Expectancy: 1 million hours MTBF
> Warranty/support
support
> Total Bytes Written (TBW)
2
: 240GB, 480GB, 960GB
1
: 240GB — up to 1,500/800MB/s
480GB — up to 1,500/900MB/s
960GB — up to 1,500/1,000MB/s
480GB — up to 100,000/90,000 IOPS
960GB — up to 120,000/100,000 IOPS
480GB — 7g
960GB — 7.6g
3
: Limited 5-year warranty with free technical
4
: 240GB — 150TB
480GB — 300TB
960GB — 600TB
PART NUMBERS
SA1000M8/240G
SA1000M8/480G
SA1000M8/960G
PACKAGE CONTENTS
M.2 SSD
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This SSD is design ed for use in desktop a nd notebook compute r workloads and is not in tended for server
environments.
1 Based on “out- of-box perfor mance” using a SATA Rev 3.0 / PCIe 3.0 mothe rboard. Speed may v ary due to host
hardware, so ftware, and usag e. IOMETER Rando m 4K Read/Write is bas ed on 8GB partiti on.
2 Some of the li sted capacity o n a Flash storage device is us ed for formattin g and other functio ns and thus is not
available fo r data storage. As suc h, the actual availab le capacity for d ata storage is less than w hat is listed on the
products. For more information, go to Kingston’s Flash Guide at kingston.com/ashguide.
3 Limited war ranty based on 5 year s or “SSD Life Remaining ” which can be found usin g the Kingston SSD
Manager (K ingston.com/SSDMan ager). A new, unused produc t will show a wear indicato r value of one hundred
(100), whereas a produc t that has reached it s endurance limit of pro gram erase cycles w ill show a wear
indicator value of one (1). See Kingston.com/wa for details.
4 Total Bytes Wri tten (TBW) is de rived from the JEDEC Cl ient Workload (JESD219A).
5 Operatin g system soft ware support: W indows® 10, 8.1, 8.
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