Kingston NV3
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong speed (76th percentile) 76th
- Strong endurance (73rd percentile) 73rd
Cons
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
- Below average capacity (26th percentile)
- Below average social proof (27th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 6000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 5000 |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 160 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston NV3 | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital Black SN850X | SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X 850X | Lexar NM790 LNM790X004T-RNNNU | Crucial T705 CT1000T705SSD5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 8TB | 2TB | 1TB | 4TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 |
| Seq Read | 6,000 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 6,500 MB/s | 13,600 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | false | false | false |
| Endurance | 160 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW | 3000 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston NV3 | 75.6 | 60.3 | 14.1 | 25.8 | 73.1 | 27 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 98.8 | 99.7 | 99.7 | 98.2 | 86 | 96.6 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 87.8 | 94.6 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 74.4 | 52.2 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X 850X Compare | 84.2 | 91.9 | 78.5 | 54.6 | 88 | 48.6 |
| Lexar NM790 LNM790X004T-RNNNU Compare | 78.7 | 91.1 | 53.1 | 92.9 | 91.6 | 6.9 |
| Crucial T705 CT1000T705SSD5 Compare | 96.4 | 97.3 | 88.6 | 54.6 | 78.1 | 6.9 |
Price
Value & Pricing
Amazon 1 offer From ₹12,499
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