SanDisk Blue SA510 2TB SATA III M.2 2280

SanDisk Blue SA510 2TB SATA III M.2 2280

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

Kingston 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

Kingston
97 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
SanDisk
51
Kingston
97
Gaming
SanDisk
42
Kingston
97
Console
SanDisk
20
Kingston
96
Budget
SanDisk
69
Kingston
83
Laptop
SanDisk
57
Kingston
83
Portable
SanDisk
13
Kingston
25

Specifications

SanDisk Blue SA510Kingston 4TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
2,000
4,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 4.0
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—4★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
560
7,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)
520
7,000
Random Read (IOPS)
85,000
1,000,000
Random Write (IOPS)
83,000
1,000,000
Hardware
NAND—TLC★
DRAM Cache—✓★
Controller—Phison E18
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
500
4,000
MTBF (hours)
1,750,000
1,800,000
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink—✓★
Hardware Encryption—✗

Pros & Cons

SanDisk Blue SA510 2TB SATA III M.2 2280

  • Strong capacity (79th percentile)
  • Strong endurance (73rd percentile)
  • Below average feature (15th percentile)15th %ile

Kingston 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong random (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong endurance (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Below average affordability (9th percentile)9th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Kingston 4TB SSD

Scores 97 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 18 specs.

Kingston 4TB SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation