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Kingston 500GB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0
Read Speed 5,000 MB/s
Endurance 160 TBW
58 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong affordability (76th percentile) 76th
- Strong speed (70th percentile) 70th
- Strong endurance (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average feature (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (27th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 5000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 3000 |
Hardware
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 160 |
| MTBF (hours) | 2000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston 500GB SSD | Crucial T500 | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO | Corsair MP700 Elite | Samsung 990 EVO | Western Digital Black SN850X |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 5,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | false | false | true |
| Endurance | 160 TBW | 600 TBW | 3000 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston 500GB SSD | 70 | 61.7 | 14.7 | 26.7 | 42.9 | 69.7 | 87.1 | 75.9 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 91.4 | 96.7 | 98.9 | 55.3 | 94.7 | 83 | 95.3 | 56.3 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 94 | 81.1 | 93.9 | 55.3 | 78.8 | 98.7 | 95.3 | 43.5 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 95.1 | 97 | 85.9 | 55.3 | 78.8 | 87.4 | 95.3 | 43.5 |
| Samsung 990 EVO Compare | 72.6 | 90.5 | 78.9 | 78.5 | 78.8 | 83 | 95.3 | 55.6 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 85.8 | 93.2 | 89.4 | 55.3 | 0 | 88.2 | 95.3 | 45 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall58
- Budget90.6
- Gaming45.9
- Laptop62.1
- Console35.7
- Portable14.8
- Workstation51
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