Kingston KC600 512GB SATA III 2.5"

Kingston KC600 512GB SATA III 2.5"

Kingston
56 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital
90 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
Kingston
52
Western Digital
93
Workstation
Kingston
55
Western Digital
91
Gaming
Kingston
38
Western Digital
89
Console
Kingston
18
Western Digital
85
Budget
Kingston
83
Western Digital
79
Portable
Kingston
14
Western Digital
23

Specifications

Kingston KC600Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100
Drive
Capacity
512
2,000
Form Factor2.5"M.2 2280
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—5★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
550
14,900
Sequential Write (MB/s)
520
14,000
Random Read (IOPS)
90,000
2,300,000
Random Write (IOPS)
80,000
2,400,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓✓
ControllerSM2259—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
1,200
MTBF (hours)
1,000,000
1,750,000
Warranty (years)5★3
Features
Heatsink—✗
Hardware Encryption✓✓

Pros & Cons

Kingston KC600 512GB SATA III 2.5"

  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong social proof (77th percentile)
  • Below average speed (34th percentile)
  • Below average capacity (35th percentile)

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong speed (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong random (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong feature (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong endurance (81st percentile)81st %ile
  • Below average affordability (21st percentile)

Pricing

Kingston KC600 512GB SATA III 2.5"

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

No current pricing available

Verdict

★ Winner: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100

Scores 90 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 8 of 18 specs.

Kingston KC600 Better at:

Budget

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Better at:

GamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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