Kingston SA400S37/960G Product Data Sheet

A400 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 of up to 500MB/s and 450MB/s
hard drive
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’s also cooler and quieter, and its shock and vibration resistance makes it
ideal for notebooks and other mobile computing devices.

A400 is available in multiple capacities from 120GB–960GB
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 les.

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for higher performance, ultra-responsive multi-tasking and an overall

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, this SSD is 10x faster than a traditional

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to give you all the

kingston.com/en/ssd

> 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

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A400 SSD

FEATURES/BENEFITS

> 10x faster than a HDD — 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 — Available in 120GB, 240GB, 480GB and 960GB

capacities, A400 is designed to suit anyone’s needs.

> Ideal for desktops and notebooks — A400 has a 7mm form factor to t

in a wider array of systems. It’s ideal for slimmer notebooks and in systems
with limited available space.

SPECIFICATIONS

> Form factor 2.5”

> Interface

SATA Rev. 2.0 (3Gb/s)

> Capacities

> Controller
> NAND TLC

> Baseline performance

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

> Operating temperature

> Dimensions

> Weight

> Vibration operating

> Vibration non-operating

> Life expectancy

> Warranty/support

technical support

> Total Bytes Written (TBW)

SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) – with backwards compatibility to

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120GB, 240GB, 480GB, 960GB

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2Ch

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-40°C~85°C
0°C~70°C

100.0mm x 69.9mm x 7.0mm

41g

2.17G peak (7-800Hz)
20G peak (10–2000Hz)

1 million hours MTBF

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limited 3-year warranty with free

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120GB — 40TB

240GB — 80TB
480GB — 160TB
960GB — 300TB

KINGSTON PART NUMBERS

SA400S37/120G Stand-alone drive

SA400S37/240G Stand-alone drive

SA400S37/480G Stand-alone drive

SA400S37/960G Stand-alone drive

MKD -355.2

T he SSD is designed for use in d esktop and notebo ok computer worklo ads, and is not intende d for

server environments.

1 Based on “out-of-bo x performance” us ing a SATA Re v. 3.0 motherboard. Sp eed may vary due to ho st

hardware, so ftware and usag e. IOMETER rando m 4k random read/wr ite is based on 8GB par tition.

2 S ome of the listed cap acity on a Flash stor age device is used for fo rmatting and othe r functions and

is thus not avail able for data storag e. As such, the actua l available capacit y for data storage i s less than
what is listed o n the products. F or more information, g o to Kingston’s Flash Memo ry Guide at

kingston.com/ashguide.
3 C ontroller model may v ary.
4 L imited warrant y based on 3 years or “SSD Li fe Remaining” which c an be found using the Ki ngston

SSD Manager (k ingston.com/SSDM anager). A new, unused produ ct will show a wear indic ator value of

one hundre d (100), whereas a prod uct that has reached i ts endurance limit of p rogram erase cyc les will

show a wear indi cator value of one (1). See kingsto n.com/wa for detai ls.

5 Total B ytes Written ( TBW) is derived f rom the JEDEC Client Work load (JESD219A).