Kingston DC600M Enterprise 7.68TB SATA III 2.5"

Kingston DC600M Enterprise 7.68TB SATA III 2.5"

Kingston
42 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 8TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 8TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital
98 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Kingston
39
Western Digital
97
Gaming
Kingston
34
Western Digital
94
Console
Kingston
18
Western Digital
94
Laptop
Kingston
37
Western Digital
73
Budget
Kingston
51
Western Digital
71
Portable
Kingston
12
Western Digital
26

Specifications

Kingston DC600M EnterpriseWestern Digital WD_BLACK SN850X
Drive
Capacity
7,680
8,000
Form Factor2.5"M.2 2280
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 4.0 x4
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—4★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)No data
7,200
Sequential Write (MB/s)No data
6,600
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,200,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache—✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
4,800
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
Warranty (years)—5★
Features
Heatsink—✓★
Hardware Encryption✓★—

Pros & Cons

Kingston DC600M Enterprise 7.68TB SATA III 2.5"

  • Strong capacity (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong feature (79th percentile)
  • Below average speed (7th percentile)7th %ile
  • Below average endurance (15th percentile)15th %ile
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)
  • Below average affordability (27th percentile)

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 8TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong capacity (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong random (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Below average affordability (4th percentile)4th %ile

Pricing

Kingston DC600M Enterprise 7.68TB SATA III 2.5"

No current pricing available

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 8TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Verdict

★ Winner: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X

Scores 98 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 17 specs.

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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