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Kingston NV3
Capacity 4TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 6,000 MB/s
Endurance 1280 TBW
66 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong capacity (93rd percentile) 93rd
- Strong endurance (76th percentile) 76th
- Strong speed (76th percentile) 76th
Cons
- Below average social proof (7th percentile)
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has held steady over time
Based on 8 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 4000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 6000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 5000 |
Hardware
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 1280 |
| MTBF (hours) | 2000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston NV3 | Samsung 9100 PRO | Crucial T500 | Western Digital BLACK SN850X | SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 8100 | Corsair MP700 Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 4TB | 8TB | 2TB | 4TB | 8TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 | 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 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 6,000 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | 1280 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston NV3 | 75.6 | 60.3 | 14.1 | 92.9 | 76.4 | 6.9 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 98.8 | 99.7 | 99.7 | 98.2 | 86 | 96.6 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.5 | 96.2 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 83 | 99.7 |
| Western Digital BLACK SN850X Compare | 87.8 | 94.6 | 88.6 | 92.9 | 88 | 96.6 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 8100 Compare | 98.6 | 99 | 88.6 | 98.2 | 88 | 54 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.6 | 96.3 | 99.7 | 78.5 | 87.4 | 48.9 |
Usage Scores
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