ADATA LEGEND 700 256GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

ADATA LEGEND 700 256GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

ADATA
50 Overall Score
vs
Kingston 2TB SSD NVMe M.2 2230

Kingston 2TB SSD NVMe M.2 2230

Kingston
76 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
ADATA
41
Kingston
83
Budget
ADATA
66
Kingston
80
Gaming
ADATA
38
Kingston
75
Console
ADATA
18
Kingston
74
Workstation
ADATA
49
Kingston
74
Portable
ADATA
10
Kingston
21

Specifications

ADATA LEGEND 700Kingston 2TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
256
2,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2230
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x4PCIe 4.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation34★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
1,900
6,000
Sequential Write (MB/s)
1,000
5,000
Random Read (IOPS)
180,000
No data
Random Write (IOPS)
280,000
No data
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
80
640
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
2,000,000
Warranty (years)33
Features
Heatsink✓★✗
Hardware Encryption✓★—

Pros & Cons

ADATA LEGEND 700 256GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong feature (87th percentile)87th %ile
  • Strong random (79th percentile)
  • Strong affordability (74th percentile)
  • Strong endurance (69th percentile)
  • Below average social proof (1st percentile)1st %ile
  • Below average capacity (17th percentile)17th %ile

Kingston 2TB SSD NVMe M.2 2230

  • Strong social proof (87th percentile)87th %ile
  • Strong capacity (78th percentile)
  • Strong speed (77th percentile)
  • Strong endurance (70th percentile)
  • Below average affordability (23rd percentile)

Verdict

★ Winner: Kingston 2TB SSD

Scores 76 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 6 of 17 specs.

Kingston 2TB SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation