Kingston 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong random (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong endurance (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong feature (94th percentile) 94th
Cons
- Below average affordability (9th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 4000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 7300 |
| 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) | 4000 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1800000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | Yes |
| Hardware Encryption | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston 4TB SSD | Samsung 990 PRO | Western Digital WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE | Crucial T700 CT2000T700SSD5 | Lexar NM1090 PRO LNM109P004T-RNNNU | Team Group MP44 TM8FPW004T0C101 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 4TB | 2TB | 8TB | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 7,300 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 12,400 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC | SLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | 4000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2800 TBW | 2000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston 4TB SSD | 93.2 | 94.3 | 93.9 | 92.5 | 94.2 | 95.3 | 9.3 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.7 | 97.4 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 86 | 95.3 | 23.1 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE Compare | 88.9 | 96.4 | 93.9 | 98.1 | 88.2 | 95.3 | 4 |
| Crucial T700 CT2000T700SSD5 Compare | 96.6 | 97.6 | 97.4 | 78.5 | 82.9 | 77.4 | 21.9 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO LNM109P004T-RNNNU Compare | 98.1 | 98.5 | 97.4 | 92.5 | 75 | 56.9 | 8.7 |
| Team Group MP44 TM8FPW004T0C101 Compare | 93.5 | 88.6 | 78.5 | 92.5 | 77 | 87.1 | 15.9 |
Price
Value & Pricing
Amazon 1 offer From MX$20,033
We started tracking prices for this product on Nov 10, 2026. The chart appears once we have more data.
Usage Scores
- Overall97.4
- Budget83.2
- Gaming96.5
- Laptop82.7
- Console96.3
- Portable24.9
- Workstation96.8
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