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Kingston NV3 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2230
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor M.2 2230
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 6,000 MB/s
Endurance 160 TBW
53 Overall Score
Price ¥26,970
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong speed (77th percentile) 77th
- Strong endurance (73rd percentile) 73rd
Cons
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
- Below average social proof (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (27th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| 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) | 5000 |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 160 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston NV3 | Samsung 990 PRO | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Lexar NM1090 PRO | SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X 850X | fanxiang S910 Pro-2TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 2TB | 8TB | 4TB | 1TB | 2TB |
| 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 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 6,000 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,200 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | SLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | 160 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 2800 TBW | 600 TBW | 1400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston NV3 | 76.7 | 61.3 | 14.1 | 26.5 | 72.8 | 14.7 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97 | 99 | 78.3 | 85.4 | 95.5 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 88.3 | 95.9 | 93.9 | 98.1 | 87.3 | 0 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO Compare | 97.9 | 98.1 | 90.7 | 92.6 | 74.4 | 27.8 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X 850X Compare | 88.3 | 95.9 | 78.5 | 54.9 | 99.1 | 34.9 |
| fanxiang S910 Pro-2TB Compare | 96.8 | 80.6 | 97.5 | 78.3 | 88.8 | 40.5 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From ¥26,970
Amazon 1 offer From ¥26,970
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