Kingston NV1 500GB PCIe NVMe M.2 2280

Kingston NV1 500GB PCIe NVMe M.2 2280

Kingston
41 Overall Score
vs
Corsair 2TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Corsair 2TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Corsair
84 Overall Score

Scores

Console
Kingston
18
Corsair
82
Gaming
Kingston
36
Corsair
81
Workstation
Kingston
37
Corsair
80
Laptop
Kingston
48
Corsair
73
Budget
Kingston
72
Corsair
72
Portable
Kingston
11
Corsair
21

Specifications

Kingston NV1Corsair 2TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
500
2,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIePCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation35★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
2,100
10,000
Sequential Write (MB/s)
1,700
8,500
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,300,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,400,000
Hardware
NAND—TLC★
DRAM Cache—✗
Controller—PS5031-E31T
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
1,200
MTBF (hours)No data
1,600,000
Warranty (years)—5★
Features
Heatsink—✓★
Hardware Encryption—✓★

Pros & Cons

Kingston NV1 500GB PCIe NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Below average feature (15th percentile)15th %ile
  • Below average endurance (15th percentile)15th %ile
  • Below average capacity (26th percentile)

Corsair 2TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong speed (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (89th percentile)89th %ile
  • Strong endurance (87th percentile)87th %ile
  • Below average affordability (20th percentile)20th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Corsair 2TB SSD

Scores 84 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 12 of 18 specs.

Corsair 2TB SSD Better at:

GamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation