Samsung 990 EVO Plus

Samsung 990 EVO Plus

Samsung
84 Overall Score
vs
Kingston Fury Renegade

Kingston Fury Renegade

Kingston
84 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
Samsung
90
Kingston
76
Budget
Samsung
87
Kingston
82
Workstation
Samsung
77
Kingston
85
Gaming
Samsung
82
Kingston
85
Console
Samsung
79
Kingston
83
Portable
Samsung
22
Kingston
21

Specifications

Samsung 990 EVO PlusKingston Fury Renegade
Drive
Capacity
1,000
1,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 4.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation44
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
7,150
7,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)
6,300
6,000
Random Read (IOPS)
850,000
1,000,000
Random Write (IOPS)
1,350,000
1,000,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✓★
ControllerSamsung in-house Controller—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
600
1,000
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
1,800,000
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink✗✓★
Hardware Encryption✓★—

Pros & Cons

Samsung 990 EVO Plus

  • Strong social proof (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong random (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong endurance (86th percentile)86th %ile
  • Strong speed (83rd percentile)83rd %ile

Kingston Fury Renegade

  • Strong social proof (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong endurance (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong random (93rd percentile)93rd %ile

Pricing

Both products are similarly priced.

Verdict

★ Winner: Kingston Fury Renegade

Scores 84 overall, wins 3 of 6 usage categories and 6 of 18 specs.

Samsung 990 EVO Plus Better at:

BudgetLaptop

Kingston Fury Renegade Better at:

GamingConsoleWorkstation

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