New Price drop 12%
Kingston Q500 240GB SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 240GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 500 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 80 TBW
41 Overall Score
Price CA$119
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (82nd percentile) 82nd
- Strong user sentiment (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong social proof (77th percentile) 77th
- Strong endurance (68th percentile) 68th
Cons
- Below average capacity (10th percentile)
- Below average speed (12th percentile)
- Below average random (22nd 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
88/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 8 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 240 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 350 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 80 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston Q500 | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T710 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 | Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 | XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 240GB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 500 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | false | true | true |
| Endurance | 80 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW | 1480 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Q500 | 11.7 | 22.3 | 53.6 | 10.4 | 78.8 | 68.4 | 77.4 | 82.3 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97.1 | 98.9 | 78.3 | 78.8 | 85.8 | 95.2 | 21.1 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.3 | 98.9 | 97.3 | 78.3 | 0 | 82.8 | 77.4 | 20 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 Compare | 91.4 | 95.9 | 53.6 | 78.3 | 78.8 | 88 | 99.6 | 37.4 |
| Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.3 | 98.9 | 97.3 | 54.9 | 0 | 85.8 | 77.4 | 26.7 |
| XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS Compare | 92.5 | 90.1 | 93.5 | 78.3 | 78.8 | 77.4 | 77.4 | 30.3 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From CA$119
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Usage Scores
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