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Kingston NV3 1TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2230
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor M.2 2230
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 6,000 MB/s
NAND TLC
63 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong speed (77th percentile) 77th
Cons
- Below average user sentiment (7th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Owner sentiment has held steady over time
45/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 8 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| 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) | 4000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 2000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston NV3 | Western Digital Black SN850X | Samsung 990 PRO | Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 | Crucial T700 | Lexar NM1090 PRO LNM109P004T-RNNNU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 4TB | 2TB | 4TB | 2TB | 4TB |
| 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 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 |
| Seq Read | 6,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 12,400 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | false | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston NV3 | 76.8 | 61.7 | 53.7 | 55.4 | 6.5 | 51.3 | 87.1 | 42.8 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 89 | 95.6 | 89.5 | 92.6 | 94.7 | 88.1 | 95.3 | 10.2 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.7 | 97.4 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 79 | 86 | 95.3 | 23.4 |
| Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.1 | 99.2 | 89.5 | 92.6 | 0 | 86 | 77.4 | 11.2 |
| Crucial T700 Compare | 96.6 | 97.6 | 97.5 | 78.5 | 79 | 83 | 77.4 | 23.8 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO LNM109P004T-RNNNU Compare | 98.1 | 98.5 | 97.5 | 92.6 | 0 | 75.1 | 56.7 | 9.2 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall63.3
- Budget83.8
- Gaming66.8
- Laptop74.3
- Console67.4
- Portable18
- Workstation59.5
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