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Kingston NV1 500GB PCIe NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe
Read Speed 2,100 MB/s
41 Overall Score
Price CA$205
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (95th percentile) 95th
Cons
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (26th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 2100 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1700 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston NV1 | Western Digital Black SN850X | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO | Team Group MP44 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 4TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 2,100 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1400 TBW | 2000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston NV1 | 49 | 61.3 | 14.3 | 26.4 | 14.5 | 95.2 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.4 | 95.2 | 88.9 | 92.5 | 87.9 | 95.2 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97 | 98.9 | 78.3 | 85.8 | 95.2 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 78.3 | 82.7 | 95.2 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO Compare | 97.9 | 98.2 | 97.3 | 78.3 | 90.9 | 52.4 |
| Team Group MP44 Compare | 93.2 | 88.3 | 53.3 | 92.5 | 76.7 | 86.8 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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