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

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

Kingston
67 Overall Score
vs
Crucial T705 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Crucial T705 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Crucial
84 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Kingston
59
Crucial
86
Gaming
Kingston
60
Crucial
83
Console
Kingston
58
Crucial
81
Budget
Kingston
56
Crucial
80
Laptop
Kingston
57
Crucial
72
Portable
Kingston
16
Crucial
21

Specifications

Kingston DC2000BCrucial T705
Drive
Capacity
960
1,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation45★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)No data
13,600
Sequential Write (MB/s)No data
10,200
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,400,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,750,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
700
600
Warranty (years)35★
Features
Heatsink✓✓
Hardware Encryption✓✓

Pros & Cons

Kingston DC2000B 960GB PCIe 4.0 x4 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

Crucial T705 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong feature (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong random (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong speed (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong endurance (83rd percentile)83rd %ile

Pricing

Crucial T705 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280 is €443 cheaper (2.4x less).

Kingston DC2000B 960GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 22800.088score per dollar
vs
Crucial T705 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 22800.266score per dollar

Crucial T705 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280 offers 3.0x better value for money

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

Crucial T705 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Verdict

★ Winner: Crucial T705

Scores 84 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 8 of 16 specs.

Crucial T705 Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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