Product comparison · 2 internal solid state drives

Kingston Technology A400 120 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III TLC vs Kingston Technology DCP1000 1.6 TB Half-Height/Half-Length (HH/HL) PCI Express 3.0 NVMe

17specifications compared
13differ
4identical
24known for one product only

Key differences

SSD capacity
- A400 120 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III TLC:120 GB
- DCP1000 1.6 TB Half-Height/Half-Length (HH/HL) PCI Express 3.0 NVMe:1.6 TB
Interface
- A400 120 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III TLC:Serial ATA III
- DCP1000 1.6 TB Half-Height/Half-Length (HH/HL) PCI Express 3.0 NVMe:PCI Express 3.0
NVMe
- A400 120 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III TLC:No
- DCP1000 1.6 TB Half-Height/Half-Length (HH/HL) PCI Express 3.0 NVMe:Yes
Component for
- A400 120 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III TLC:PC/Laptop
- DCP1000 1.6 TB Half-Height/Half-Length (HH/HL) PCI Express 3.0 NVMe:Server/workstation
Data transfer rate
- A400 120 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III TLC:6 Gbit/s
- DCP1000 1.6 TB Half-Height/Half-Length (HH/HL) PCI Express 3.0 NVMe:7 Gbit/s
Read speed
- A400 120 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III TLC:500 MB/s
- DCP1000 1.6 TB Half-Height/Half-Length (HH/HL) PCI Express 3.0 NVMe:6800 MB/s
Write speed
- A400 120 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III TLC:320 MB/s
- DCP1000 1.6 TB Half-Height/Half-Length (HH/HL) PCI Express 3.0 NVMe:6000 MB/s
Mean time between failures (MTBF)
- A400 120 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III TLC:1000000 h
- DCP1000 1.6 TB Half-Height/Half-Length (HH/HL) PCI Express 3.0 NVMe:2000000 h

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Comparison of A400, DCP1000
41 specifications	A Kingston Technology A400 120 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III TLC Model A400 View product	B Kingston Technology DCP1000 1.6 TB Half-Height/Half-Length (HH/HL) PCI Express 3.0 NVMe Model DCP1000 View product
Features9 differ
SSD capacityDiffers	120 GB	1.6 TB
SSD form factorDiffers	2.5"	Half-Height/Half-Length (HH/HL)
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA III	PCI Express 3.0
NVMeDiffers	No	Yes
Component forDiffers	PC/Laptop	Server/workstation
Data transfer rateDiffers	6 Gbit/s	7 Gbit/s
Read speedDiffers	500 MB/s	6800 MB/s
Write speedDiffers	320 MB/s	6000 MB/s
Random read (4KB)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1100000 IOPS
Random write (4KB)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	200000 IOPS
Read latencyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	100 µs
Write latencyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	30 µs
RAID supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Power loss protectionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
End-to-End Data ProtectionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
SSD temperature monitoringKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Differs	1000000 h	2000000 h
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows 10 Education, Windows 10 Education x64, Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Enterprise x64, Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Home x64, Windows 10 IOT Core, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Pro x64, Windows 7, Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64,
Server operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2
TBW ratingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	375
SSD usage tagKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Data center
Memory typeKnown for one	TLC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Protection featuresKnown for one	Shock resistant, Vibration proof	Unknown — not stated by the source
CertificationKnown for one	CE, FCC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Poweridentical
Power consumption (read)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	35 W
Power consumption (write)Known for one	1.535 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (max)Known for one	0.642 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (average)Known for one	0.279 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (idle)Known for one	0.195 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	100 mm	168 mm
DepthDiffers	69.9 mm	69 mm
HeightDiffers	7 mm	18 mm
WeightDiffers	39 g	209 g
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)	0 - 70 °C	0 - 70 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 85 °C	-40 - 85 °C
Operating vibration	2.17 G	2.17 G
Non-operating vibration	20 G	20 G
Other featuresidentical
Product colourKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Black
Cooling typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Heatsink
Packaging dataidentical
Package typeKnown for one	Blister	Unknown — not stated by the source
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for one	84717070	Unknown — not stated by the source

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