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 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital
94 Overall Score

Scores

Console
Kingston
18
Western Digital
95
Gaming
Kingston
34
Western Digital
95
Workstation
Kingston
38
Western Digital
94
Budget
Kingston
51
Western Digital
81
Laptop
Kingston
37
Western Digital
81
Portable
Kingston
12
Western Digital
25

Specifications

Kingston DC600M EnterpriseWestern Digital WD_BLACK SN850X
Drive
Capacity
7,680
4,000
Form Factor2.5"M.2 2280
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 4.0 x4
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—4★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)No data
7,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)No data
6,600
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,100,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache—✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
2,400
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
Warranty (years)—3★
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 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Below average affordability (9th percentile)9th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X

Scores 94 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 17 specs.

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation