New On sale 12%
Kingston 1TB SSD NVMe M.2 2230
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor M.2 2230
Interface PCIe 4.0
Read Speed 6,000 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 320 TBW
71 Overall Score
Price CA$216
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong speed (77th percentile) 77th
- Strong endurance (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 6000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 4000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 320 |
| MTBF (hours) | 2000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston 1TB SSD | Samsung 990 PRO | Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 | Crucial T500 | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO | Team Group MP44 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 2TB | 4TB | 2TB | 2TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 6,000 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | false | true | true | false |
| Endurance | 320 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1400 TBW | 2000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston 1TB SSD | 76.8 | 61.7 | 53.7 | 55.4 | 69.8 | 87.1 | 60 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.7 | 97.4 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 86 | 95.3 | 23.4 |
| Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 Compare | 99 | 99.2 | 89.4 | 92.5 | 86 | 77.4 | 11 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.9 | 96.9 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 83 | 95.3 | 19.3 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO Compare | 98.2 | 98.5 | 97.5 | 78.5 | 91.1 | 52 | 23.9 |
| Team Group MP44 Compare | 93.5 | 88.7 | 53.7 | 92.5 | 77.2 | 87.1 | 15.5 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Price History
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Usage Scores
- Overall71.1
- Budget93.9
- Gaming68.2
- Laptop75.9
- Console68
- Portable18.2
- Workstation63.1
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