Kingston 2TB SSD PCIe NVMe M.2
Kingston
97 Overall Score
vs
Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Samsung
100 Overall Score
Scores
Gaming
Console
Workstation
Budget
Laptop
Portable
Specifications
| Kingston 2TB SSD | Samsung 9100 PRO | |
|---|---|---|
| Drive | ||
| Capacity | ||
| Form Factor | M.2 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 | 5★ |
| External | ✗ | ✗ |
| Performance | ||
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | ||
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | ||
| Random Read (IOPS) | ||
| Random Write (IOPS) | ||
| Hardware | ||
| NAND | TLC | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | ✓ | ✓ |
| Controller | Phison E18 | In-House Controller |
| Reliability | ||
| Endurance (TBW) | ||
| MTBF (hours) | ||
| Warranty (years) | 5 | 5 |
| Features | ||
| Heatsink | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hardware Encryption | — | ✓★ |
Pros & Cons
Kingston 2TB SSD PCIe NVMe M.2
- Strong user sentiment (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong random (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong endurance (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
- Below average affordability (25th percentile)
Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
- Strong random (100th percentile)100th %ile
- Strong feature (100th percentile)100th %ile
- Strong social proof (100th percentile)100th %ile
- Strong speed (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Below average affordability (5th percentile)5th %ile
Pricing
Kingston 2TB SSD PCIe NVMe M.20.154score per dollar
vs
Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 22800.064score per dollar
Kingston 2TB SSD PCIe NVMe M.2 offers 2.4x better value for money
Kingston 2TB SSD PCIe NVMe M.2
Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Verdict
Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO
Scores 100 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 8 of 18 specs.
