Kingston 960GB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

Kingston 960GB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

Kingston
67 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital
94 Overall Score

Scores

Console
Kingston
57
Western Digital
95
Gaming
Kingston
60
Western Digital
95
Workstation
Kingston
59
Western Digital
94
Budget
Kingston
56
Western Digital
81
Laptop
Kingston
57
Western Digital
81
Portable
Kingston
16
Western Digital
25

Specifications

Kingston 960GB SSDWestern Digital WD_BLACK SN850X
Drive
Capacity
960
4,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0PCIe 4.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation44
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)No data
7,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)No data
6,600
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,100,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
700
2,400
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
Warranty (years)33
Features
Heatsink✓✓
Hardware Encryption✓★—

Pros & Cons

Kingston 960GB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong feature (88th percentile)88th %ile
  • Strong endurance (82nd percentile)82nd %ile
  • Strong speed (68th percentile)
  • Below average affordability (11th percentile)11th %ile

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Below average affordability (9th percentile)9th %ile

Pricing

Kingston 960GB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

No current pricing available

Verdict

★ Winner: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X

Scores 94 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 8 of 17 specs.

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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