Micron 3.84TB SSD vs Kingston 4TB SSD

Micron 3.84TB SSD SATA III

Micron 3.84TB SSD SATA III

Micron
51 Overall Score
vs
Kingston 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

Kingston 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

Kingston
97 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Micron
50
Kingston
97
Gaming
Micron
42
Kingston
96
Console
Micron
21
Kingston
96
Budget
Micron
48
Kingston
84
Laptop
Micron
47
Kingston
83
Portable
Micron
13
Kingston
25

Specifications

Micron 3.84TB SSDKingston 4TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
3,840
4,000
Form Factor2.5"M.2 2280
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 4.0
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—4★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
540
7,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)
520
7,000
Random Read (IOPS)
95,000
1,000,000
Random Write (IOPS)
30,000
1,000,000
Hardware
NAND—TLC★
DRAM Cache—✓★
Controller—Phison E18
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
4,000
MTBF (hours)No data
1,800,000
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink—✓★
Hardware Encryption✓★✗

Pros & Cons

Micron 3.84TB SSD SATA III

  • Strong capacity (88th percentile)88th %ile
  • Below average affordability (0th percentile)0th %ile
  • Below average speed (31st percentile)
  • Below average feature (33rd percentile)

Kingston 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong random (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong endurance (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Below average affordability (11th percentile)11th %ile

Pricing

Micron 3.84TB SSD SATA III

No current pricing available

Kingston 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

Verdict

★ Winner: Kingston 4TB SSD

Scores 97 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 18 specs.

Kingston 4TB SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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