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Kingston DC600M 480GB SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 480GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
NAND TLC
27 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average speed (7th percentile)
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average affordability (21st percentile)
- Below average random (23rd percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has held steady over time
Based on 6 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 480 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston DC600M | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital Black SN850X | Crucial T500 | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 | Seagate FireCuda 530R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 480GB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 8TB | 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 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | - | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 5050 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston DC600M | 7.4 | 22.5 | 79 | 23.2 | 14.7 | 50.8 | 20.7 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.2 | 99.9 | 99.7 | 92.6 | 86.1 | 99.6 | 5.2 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 89 | 95.7 | 89.5 | 92.6 | 88.2 | 95.3 | 10.5 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 94 | 96.9 | 99 | 78.5 | 83.1 | 95.3 | 19.7 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.1 | 99.3 | 97.6 | 98.2 | 80.9 | 44.6 | 3.3 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.9 | 96.8 | 53.8 | 92.6 | 95.7 | 77.3 | 6.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
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