Kingston DC2000B 960GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Kingston DC2000B 960GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Kingston
67 Overall Score
vs
Lexar NM790 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Lexar NM790 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Lexar
81 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
Kingston
57
Lexar
80
Gaming
Kingston
60
Lexar
77
Workstation
Kingston
59
Lexar
76
Console
Kingston
57
Lexar
74
Budget
Kingston
56
Lexar
64
Portable
Kingston
16
Lexar
20

Specifications

Kingston DC2000BLexar NM790
Drive
Capacity
960
4,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 4.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation44
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)No data
7,400
Sequential Write (MB/s)No data
6,500
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,000,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
900,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✗
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
700
3,000
MTBF (hours)No data
1,500,000
Warranty (years)35★
Features
Heatsink✓★✗
Hardware Encryption✓★—

Pros & Cons

Kingston DC2000B 960GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong feature (88th percentile)88th %ile
  • Strong endurance (82nd percentile)82nd %ile
  • Strong speed (68th percentile)
  • Below average affordability (11th percentile)11th %ile

Lexar NM790 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong endurance (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
  • Strong speed (90th percentile)90th %ile
  • Below average social proof (9th percentile)9th %ile
  • Below average affordability (13th percentile)13th %ile

Pricing

Kingston DC2000B 960GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

No current pricing available

Lexar NM790 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Verdict

★ Winner: Lexar NM790

Scores 81 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 8 of 17 specs.

Lexar NM790 Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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