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Kingston 480GB SSD
Capacity 480GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 500 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 160 TBW
42 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong affordability (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
- Below average speed (15th percentile)
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
- Below average capacity (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 held steady over time
Based on 34 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 480 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 450 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
| Controller | Marvell 88SS1074 |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 160 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1000000 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston 480GB SSD | Western Digital Black SN850X | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T700 | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS400T1X0M | Lexar NM1090 PRO LNM109P004T-RNNNU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 480GB | 4TB | 2TB | 2TB | 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 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 5.0 |
| Seq Read | 500 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 12,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 160 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston 480GB SSD | 15.2 | 22.4 | 53.7 | 23.3 | 52 | 95.3 | 78.1 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 89 | 95.6 | 89.5 | 92.6 | 88.1 | 95.3 | 10.2 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.7 | 97.4 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 86 | 95.3 | 23.4 |
| Crucial T700 Compare | 96.6 | 97.6 | 97.5 | 78.5 | 83 | 77.4 | 23.8 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS400T1X0M Compare | 99.6 | 99.6 | 99.7 | 92.6 | 81 | 44.9 | 8.1 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO LNM109P004T-RNNNU Compare | 98.1 | 98.5 | 97.5 | 92.6 | 75.1 | 56.7 | 9.2 |
Price
Value & Pricing
We started tracking prices for this product on Nov 11, 2026. The chart appears once we have more data.
Usage Scores
- Overall42
- Budget85.6
- Gaming26.4
- Laptop40.6
- Console13.3
- Portable10.1
- Workstation35
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