Kingston DC2000B 960GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Kingston DC2000B 960GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Kingston
69 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
97 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Kingston
61
Western Digital
97
Console
Kingston
58
Western Digital
94
Gaming
Kingston
60
Western Digital
94
Budget
Kingston
67
Western Digital
87
Laptop
Kingston
59
Western Digital
73
Portable
Kingston
16
Western Digital
26

Specifications

Kingston DC2000BWestern Digital WD_BLACK SN850X
Drive
Capacity
960
8,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 4.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation44
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)
700
4,800
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink✓✓
Hardware Encryption✓★—

Pros & Cons

Kingston DC2000B 960GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong endurance (90th percentile)90th %ile
  • Strong feature (87th percentile)87th %ile
  • Strong speed (67th 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

Pricing

Kingston DC2000B 960GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280 is ¥93,148 cheaper (1.6x less).

Kingston DC2000B 960GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

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

Verdict

★ Winner: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X

Scores 97 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 8 of 17 specs.

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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