New Price drop 6%
Kingston 480GB SSD SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 480GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 500 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 160 TBW
42 Overall Score
Price £88
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong affordability (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average speed (15th percentile)
- Below average random (23rd percentile)
- Below average capacity (23rd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 480 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 450 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
| Controller | Marvell 88SS1074 |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 160 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1000000 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston 480GB SSD | Crucial T500 | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO | Corsair MP700 Elite | Samsung 990 EVO | Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 480GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 500 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 7,100 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | false | false | false |
| Endurance | 160 TBW | 600 TBW | 3000 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston 480GB SSD | 15.3 | 22.6 | 53.7 | 23.3 | 52.1 | 78.7 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 91.3 | 96.7 | 98.8 | 55.5 | 83 | 56.1 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 93.9 | 81.1 | 93.9 | 55.5 | 98.7 | 43.4 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 95.1 | 97 | 85.8 | 55.5 | 87.3 | 43.4 |
| Samsung 990 EVO Compare | 72.6 | 90.5 | 78.8 | 78.6 | 83 | 55 |
| Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 Compare | 87 | 95.6 | 78.8 | 55.5 | 88.1 | 54.3 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From £88
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Usage Scores
- Overall42.1
- Budget86.2
- Gaming26.4
- Laptop40.6
- Console13.3
- Portable10.1
- Workstation35.1
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