Kingston DC2000B 960GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Kingston DC2000B 960GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Kingston
69 Overall Score
vs
Corsair 2TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Corsair 2TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Corsair
84 Overall Score

Scores

Console
Kingston
58
Corsair
82
Gaming
Kingston
60
Corsair
81
Workstation
Kingston
61
Corsair
80
Laptop
Kingston
59
Corsair
73
Budget
Kingston
56
Corsair
72
Portable
Kingston
16
Corsair
21

Specifications

Kingston DC2000BCorsair 2TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
960
2,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation45★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)No data
10,000
Sequential Write (MB/s)No data
8,500
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,300,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,400,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✗
Controller—PS5031-E31T
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
700
1,200
MTBF (hours)No data
1,600,000
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink✓✓
Hardware Encryption✓✓

Pros & Cons

Kingston DC2000B 960GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong endurance (90th percentile)90th %ile
  • Strong feature (87th percentile)87th %ile
  • Strong speed (67th percentile)
  • Below average affordability (11th percentile)11th %ile

Corsair 2TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong speed (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (89th percentile)89th %ile
  • Strong endurance (87th percentile)87th %ile
  • Below average affordability (20th percentile)20th %ile

Pricing

Kingston DC2000B 960GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Corsair 2TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

No current pricing available

Verdict

★ Winner: Corsair 2TB SSD

Scores 84 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 8 of 18 specs.

Corsair 2TB SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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