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Kingston SSD PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 4TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 5.0
Read Speed 14,800 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 4000 TBW
96 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong speed (99th percentile) 99th
- Strong random (99th percentile) 99th
- Strong endurance (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong capacity (93rd percentile) 93rd
Cons
- Below average affordability (6th percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (29th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 4000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 5 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 14800 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 14000 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 2200000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 2200000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | SM2508 |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 4000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston SSD | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital Black SN850X | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE | Crucial T710 | Seagate FireCuda 530R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 8TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 14,800 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,200 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | false | false |
| Endurance | 4000 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW | 2400 TBW | 5050 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston SSD | 99.4 | 98.9 | 91 | 92.6 | 28.5 | 93.6 | 87.1 | 6.4 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.2 | 99.9 | 99.7 | 92.6 | 0 | 86.1 | 99.6 | 5.2 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 89 | 95.7 | 89.5 | 92.6 | 94.7 | 88.2 | 95.4 | 10.5 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE Compare | 87.7 | 96.4 | 94 | 98.2 | 0 | 88.2 | 95.4 | 3.9 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.1 | 99.1 | 86.1 | 92.6 | 0 | 86.1 | 77.4 | 12.4 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.9 | 96.8 | 53.8 | 92.6 | 64.9 | 95.7 | 77.4 | 6.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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