Kingston 4TB SSD PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2 2280
Kingston
96 Overall Score
vs
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Samsung
81 Overall Score
Scores
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Specifications
| Kingston 4TB SSD | Samsung 970 EVO Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Drive | ||
| Capacity | ||
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 5★ | 3 |
| External | ✗ | ✗ |
| Performance | ||
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | ||
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | ||
| Random Read (IOPS) | ||
| Random Write (IOPS) | ||
| Hardware | ||
| NAND | TLC | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | ✓ | ✓ |
| Controller | SM2508 | Samsung Phoenix Controller |
| Reliability | ||
| Endurance (TBW) | ||
| MTBF (hours) | No data | |
| Warranty (years) | 5 | 5 |
| Features | ||
| Heatsink | ✗ | ✗ |
| Hardware Encryption | — | ✓★ |
Pros & Cons
Kingston 4TB SSD PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2 2280
- Strong speed (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong random (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong endurance (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
- Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
- Below average affordability (7th percentile)7th %ile
- Below average user sentiment (29th percentile)
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
- Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong random (88th percentile)88th %ile
- Strong endurance (86th percentile)86th %ile
- Below average affordability (29th percentile)
Pricing
Kingston 4TB SSD PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2 2280
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
No current pricing available
Verdict
Winner: Kingston 4TB SSD
Scores 96 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 7 of 18 specs.
