New On sale 40%
Kingston 480GB SSD SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 480GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 500 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 160 TBW
42 Overall Score
Price R$529
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong affordability (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average speed (15th percentile)
- Below average random (23rd percentile)
- Below average capacity (23rd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 480 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 450 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
| Controller | Marvell 88SS1074 |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 160 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1000000 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston 480GB SSD | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE | Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 | Crucial T500 | Seagate FireCuda 530R ZP4000GM3A073 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 480GB | 4TB | 8TB | 4TB | 2TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 500 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | false | true | false |
| Endurance | 160 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 5050 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston 480GB SSD | 15.3 | 22.6 | 53.7 | 23.3 | 52.1 | 95.3 | 78.7 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.1 | 99.8 | 99.6 | 92.6 | 85.9 | 99.6 | 5.3 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE Compare | 88.9 | 96.3 | 93.9 | 98.1 | 88.1 | 95.3 | 3.7 |
| Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 Compare | 99 | 99.1 | 89.4 | 92.6 | 85.9 | 77.4 | 10.9 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.9 | 96.9 | 98.8 | 78.6 | 83 | 95.3 | 19.3 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R ZP4000GM3A073 Compare | 92.8 | 96.8 | 78.8 | 92.6 | 95.7 | 77.4 | 6.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From R$529
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Usage Scores
- Overall42.1
- Budget86.2
- Gaming26.4
- Laptop40.6
- Console13.3
- Portable10.1
- Workstation35.1
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