New Price drop 6%
Kingston 2TB SSD USB 3.2 Gen 1
Capacity 2TB
Form Factor External
Interface USB 3.2 Gen 1
Read Speed 1,050 MB/s
NAND TLC
40 Overall Score
Price £220
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong capacity (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
- Below average social proof (2nd percentile)
- Below average random (4th percentile)
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 2000 |
| Form Factor | External |
| Interface | USB 3.2 Gen 1 |
| External | Yes |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 1050 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston 2TB SSD | Crucial T710 | Western Digital WD_BLACK WDBBYV0040BNC-WRSN | Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 | Samsung 990 EVO Plus | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO LNM109P002T-RNNNU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB | 1TB | 2TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | External | M.2 2280 | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | USB 3.2 Gen 1 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 |
| Seq Read | 1,050 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | - | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | false | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston 2TB SSD | 43.4 | 3.5 | 52.4 | 78.4 | 14.5 | 2.4 | 38.8 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.1 | 99.1 | 85.3 | 92.5 | 85.9 | 77.6 | 10.7 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK WDBBYV0040BNC-WRSN Compare | 89 | 95.8 | 84.2 | 92.5 | 88 | 99.6 | 10.3 |
| Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.4 | 99.1 | 97.6 | 55.3 | 94.9 | 77.6 | 34.8 |
| Samsung 990 EVO Plus Compare | 85.3 | 96.3 | 77.8 | 78.4 | 85.9 | 95.3 | 24.5 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO LNM109P002T-RNNNU Compare | 98.2 | 98.6 | 97.6 | 78.4 | 90.9 | 52.5 | 27.2 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall40.3
- Budget63.1
- Gaming28
- Laptop20.9
- Console18.9
- Portable65.1
- Workstation37.6
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