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Kingston SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2
Capacity 2TB
Form Factor M.2
Interface PCIe 4.0
Read Speed 7,000 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 1600 TBW
92 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong feature (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong endurance (93rd percentile) 93rd
- Strong speed (88th percentile) 88th
Cons
- Below average affordability (25th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 2000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 7000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 7000 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 1000000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 1000000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | Phison E18 |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 1600 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1800000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston SSD | Samsung 990 PRO | Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 | SanDisk Black SN850X WDBB9G0040BNC-WRSN | Lexar NM1090 PRO LNM109P004T-RNNNU | Team Group MP44 TM8FPW004T0C101 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 2TB | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 7,000 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC | SLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | false | true | true | false |
| Endurance | 1600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2800 TBW | 2000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston SSD | 88.3 | 94.4 | 94 | 78.6 | 93 | 87.2 | 25.1 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.7 | 97.5 | 98.9 | 78.6 | 86 | 95.4 | 23.7 |
| Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.1 | 99.2 | 89.5 | 92.5 | 86 | 77.4 | 11.3 |
| SanDisk Black SN850X WDBB9G0040BNC-WRSN Compare | 89 | 95.7 | 89.5 | 92.5 | 88.1 | 95.4 | 9.6 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO LNM109P004T-RNNNU Compare | 98.2 | 98.5 | 97.5 | 92.5 | 75.2 | 56.8 | 9.1 |
| Team Group MP44 TM8FPW004T0C101 Compare | 93.6 | 88.8 | 78.8 | 92.5 | 77.3 | 87.2 | 16.8 |
Price
Value & Pricing
We started tracking prices for this product on Nov 9, 2026. The chart appears once we have more data.
Usage Scores
- Overall91.7
- Budget89.4
- Gaming91.1
- Laptop81.4
- Console90.4
- Portable23.1
- Workstation92.4
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