Western Digital 2TB SSD

Western Digital 2TB SSD

Western Digital
70 Overall Score
vs
Kingston 4TB SSD PCIe NVMe M.2

Kingston 4TB SSD PCIe NVMe M.2

Kingston
97 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Western Digital
69
Kingston
97
Gaming
Western Digital
56
Kingston
97
Console
Western Digital
28
Kingston
97
Laptop
Western Digital
66
Kingston
83
Budget
Western Digital
82
Kingston
82
Portable
Western Digital
18
Kingston
26

Specifications

Western Digital 2TB SSDKingston 4TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
2,000
4,000
Form Factor2.5"M.2
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—4★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
560
7,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)
520
7,000
Random Read (IOPS)
87,000
1,000,000
Random Write (IOPS)
83,000
1,000,000
Hardware
NANDMLC★TLC
DRAM Cache—✓★
Controller—Phison E18
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
2,500
4,000
MTBF (hours)No data
1,800,000
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink—✓★
Hardware Encryption—✗

Pros & Cons

Western Digital 2TB SSD

  • Strong endurance (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong social proof (87th percentile)87th %ile
  • Strong capacity (79th percentile)
  • Strong feature (72nd percentile)
  • Below average affordability (29th percentile)

Kingston 4TB SSD PCIe NVMe M.2

  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong random (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong endurance (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Below average affordability (8th percentile)8th %ile

Pricing

Western Digital 2TB SSD

No current pricing available

Kingston 4TB SSD PCIe NVMe M.2

Verdict

★ Winner: Kingston 4TB SSD

Scores 97 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 18 specs.

Kingston 4TB SSD Better at:

GamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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