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Kingston SSD
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 (14th 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 SSD | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M | Corsair MP700 Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 2TB | 2TB | 4TB | 1TB | 2TB |
| 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 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 2,100 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | - | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston SSD | 48.9 | 61.3 | 14.1 | 26.4 | 14.3 | 95.4 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97 | 99 | 78.3 | 85.6 | 95.4 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.7 | 96.4 | 99 | 78.3 | 82.6 | 95.4 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 88.3 | 95.1 | 89.2 | 92.5 | 87.5 | 99.5 |
| SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare | 97.6 | 99.1 | 90.7 | 54.9 | 98.9 | 95.4 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.7 | 96.6 | 99.8 | 78.3 | 86.8 | 38.5 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From CA$205
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