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Kingston NV3 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 5,000 MB/s
Endurance 160 TBW
53 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong speed (69th percentile) 69th
- Strong endurance (69th percentile) 69th
Cons
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
- Below average capacity (27th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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78/100Our AI sentiment read
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 5000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 3000 |
Hardware
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 160 |
| MTBF (hours) | 2000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston NV3 | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Crucial T500 | Seagate FireCuda 530R | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 8TB | 4TB | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 5,000 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | false | - |
| Endurance | 160 TBW | 4800 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 5050 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston NV3 | 69.2 | 61.3 | 14.1 | 26.5 | 45 | 69.2 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.1 | 99.8 | 99.8 | 98.1 | 0 | 85.4 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 88.3 | 95.1 | 93.9 | 92.6 | 94.6 | 80.4 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.4 | 99 | 78.3 | 79 | 82.4 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.5 | 96.3 | 52.9 | 92.6 | 65.1 | 95.4 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.7 | 99.1 | 71.4 | 92.6 | 79 | 94.2 |
Usage Scores
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