Kingston 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Kingston 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Kingston
80 Overall Score
vs
SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk
92 Overall Score

Scores

Budget
Kingston
89
SanDisk
94
Console
Kingston
77
SanDisk
93
Gaming
Kingston
77
SanDisk
93
Workstation
Kingston
72
SanDisk
92
Laptop
Kingston
84
SanDisk
80
Portable
Kingston
22
SanDisk
25

Specifications

Kingston 4TB SSDSanDisk 4TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
4,000
4,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 4.0
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation44
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
6,000
7,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)
5,000
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)
1,280
2,400
MTBF (hours)
2,000,000
1,750,000
Warranty (years)5★3
Features
Heatsink—✓★

Pros & Cons

Kingston 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong social proof (83rd percentile)83rd %ile
  • Strong speed (77th percentile)
  • Strong endurance (76th percentile)

SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: SanDisk 4TB SSD

Scores 92 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 7 of 16 specs.

Kingston 4TB SSD Better at:

Laptop

SanDisk 4TB SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingConsolePortableWorkstation