New
Kingston Q500
Capacity 960GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 500 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 300 TBW
49 Overall Score
Price CA$318
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong user sentiment (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong endurance (68th percentile) 68th
Cons
- Below average speed (15th percentile)
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
What owners think
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88/100Our AI sentiment read
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 960 |
| 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 | 2CH |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 300 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston Q500 | Samsung 9100 Pro MZ-VAP4T0CW | Western Digital WD Black SN850X | Crucial T500 | Seagate FireCuda 530R | SanDisk Western Digital WDS400T1X0M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 960GB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 500 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 | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | 300 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 5050 TBW | 2400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Q500 | 14.6 | 22 | 52.7 | 41.4 | 78.9 | 67.8 | 95.5 |
| Samsung 9100 Pro MZ-VAP4T0CW Compare | 99 | 99.8 | 99.8 | 92.5 | 0 | 85.6 | 99.5 |
| Western Digital WD Black SN850X Compare | 88.3 | 95.1 | 93.9 | 92.5 | 94.9 | 80.5 | 95.5 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.7 | 96.4 | 99 | 78.3 | 78.9 | 82.6 | 95.5 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.4 | 96.3 | 52.7 | 92.5 | 65 | 95.4 | 88 |
| SanDisk Western Digital WDS400T1X0M Compare | 97.5 | 99.1 | 97.5 | 92.5 | 0 | 80.5 | 0 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From CA$318
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Usage Scores
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