KingSpec SSD

KingSpec SSD

KingSpec
41 Overall Score
vs
Crucial SSD

Crucial SSD

Crucial
88 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
KingSpec
36
Crucial
88
Gaming
KingSpec
32
Crucial
87
Budget
KingSpec
41
Crucial
86
Console
KingSpec
16
Crucial
86
Laptop
KingSpec
43
Crucial
77
Portable
KingSpec
10
Crucial
23

Specifications

KingSpec SSDCrucial SSD
Drive
Capacity
256
1,000
Form FactorM.2 2242M.2 2280
InterfacePCIePCIe 4.0
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation34★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
1,100
7,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)
950
6,800
Random Read (IOPS)
96,720
1,150,000
Random Write (IOPS)
13,980
1,440,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✓★
Controller—Phison E25
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
600
MTBF (hours)
1,000,000
No data
Warranty (years)35★
Features
Heatsink✗✓★
Hardware Encryption—✓★

Pros & Cons

KingSpec SSD

  • Strong social proof (79th percentile)
  • Below average capacity (18th percentile)18th %ile

Crucial SSD

  • Strong feature (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong random (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong speed (91st percentile)91st %ile

Pricing

KingSpec SSD is CA$317 cheaper (6.0x less).

KingSpec SSD0.644score per dollar
vs
Crucial SSD0.231score per dollar

KingSpec SSD offers 2.8x better value for money

KingSpec SSD

Crucial SSD

Verdict

★ Winner: Crucial SSD

Scores 88 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 18 specs.

Crucial SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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