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Kingston 240GB SSD SATA III
Capacity 240GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 520 MB/s
NAND TLC
39 Overall Score
Price ¥11,250
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (82nd percentile) 82nd
- Strong feature (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
- Below average capacity (11th percentile)
- Below average speed (23rd percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has improved over time
Based on 6 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 240 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 520 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 500 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 79000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 25000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
| Controller | Marvell 88SS1074 |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 1000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston 240GB SSD | Western Digital WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE | Crucial T700 | Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 | Lexar NM1090 PRO LNM109P004T-RNNNU | Team Group MP44 TM8FPW004T0C101 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 240GB | 8TB | 2TB | 1TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 520 MB/s | 7,200 MB/s | 12,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC | SLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | - | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2800 TBW | 2000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston 240GB SSD | 22.6 | 38.2 | 77.7 | 10.7 | 62.4 | 43.5 | 81.7 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE Compare | 87.7 | 96.5 | 94 | 97.9 | 88 | 95.3 | 4.4 |
| Crucial T700 Compare | 96.7 | 97.6 | 97.6 | 78.3 | 83 | 77.6 | 26.9 |
| Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.4 | 99.1 | 97.6 | 55.3 | 94.9 | 77.6 | 34.8 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO LNM109P004T-RNNNU Compare | 98.2 | 98.5 | 97.6 | 92.5 | 75 | 57.2 | 9.4 |
| Team Group MP44 TM8FPW004T0C101 Compare | 93.6 | 88.6 | 77.7 | 92.5 | 77 | 87.2 | 16.8 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Price History
Usage Scores
- Overall38.8
- Budget72.3
- Gaming23.6
- Laptop32.6
- Console11
- Portable7.8
- Workstation36.4
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