New Price drop 4%
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 CA$137
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 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO LNM109P002T-RNNNU | Western Digital BLACK SN850X | XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 480GB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 500 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | 160 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1480 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 990 PRO Compare | 93.7 | 97.4 | 98.8 | 78.6 | 85.9 | 95.3 | 23.5 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.9 | 96.9 | 98.8 | 78.6 | 83 | 95.3 | 19.3 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO LNM109P002T-RNNNU Compare | 98.1 | 98.5 | 97.5 | 78.6 | 91 | 52.1 | 24.8 |
| Western Digital BLACK SN850X Compare | 88.9 | 95.6 | 53.7 | 78.6 | 83 | 99.6 | 22.8 |
| XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS Compare | 92.8 | 90.5 | 93.9 | 78.6 | 77.6 | 77.4 | 29.5 |
Price
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Price History
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Usage Scores
- Overall42.1
- Budget86.2
- Gaming26.4
- Laptop40.6
- Console13.3
- Portable10.1
- Workstation35.1
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