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Kingston 240GB SSD 2.5"
Capacity 240GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 520 MB/s
NAND TLC
39 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (81st percentile) 81st
- Strong feature (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average capacity (11th percentile)
- Below average speed (22nd 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 | Samsung 990 PRO | Western Digital WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE | SanDisk Black SN850X WDBB9G0040BNC-WRSN | Lexar NM1090 PRO LNM109P004T-RNNNU | Team Group MP44 TM8FPW004T0C101 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 240GB | 2TB | 8TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 520 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 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 | - | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2800 TBW | 2000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston 240GB SSD | 22.4 | 37.9 | 78.8 | 10.7 | 62.6 | 43 | 81.4 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.7 | 97.4 | 98.8 | 78.6 | 86 | 95.4 | 23.7 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE Compare | 88.9 | 96.4 | 93.9 | 98.1 | 88.1 | 95.4 | 4 |
| SanDisk Black SN850X WDBB9G0040BNC-WRSN Compare | 88.9 | 95.7 | 89.4 | 92.6 | 88.1 | 95.4 | 9.5 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO LNM109P004T-RNNNU Compare | 98.2 | 98.5 | 97.5 | 92.6 | 75.1 | 56.9 | 9.1 |
| Team Group MP44 TM8FPW004T0C101 Compare | 93.5 | 88.7 | 78.8 | 92.6 | 77.1 | 87.1 | 16.9 |
Price
Value & Pricing
We started tracking prices for this product on Nov 10, 2026. The chart appears once we have more data.
Usage Scores
- Overall39.3
- Budget71.8
- Gaming23.8
- Laptop33.2
- Console11.2
- Portable7.9
- Workstation36.7
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