Kingston NV1 500GB PCIe NVMe M.2 2280

Kingston NV1 500GB PCIe NVMe M.2 2280

Kingston
41 Overall Score
vs
Corsair 1TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Corsair 1TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Corsair
84 Overall Score

Scores

Budget
Kingston
72
Corsair
88
Laptop
Kingston
48
Corsair
87
Gaming
Kingston
36
Corsair
82
Console
Kingston
18
Corsair
79
Workstation
Kingston
37
Corsair
78
Portable
Kingston
11
Corsair
22

Specifications

Kingston NV1Corsair 1TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
500
1,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIePCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation35★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
2,100
10,000
Sequential Write (MB/s)
1,700
8,500
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,300,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,400,000
Hardware
NAND—TLC★
DRAM Cache—✗
Controller—PS5031-E31T
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
600
MTBF (hours)No data
1,600,000
Warranty (years)—5★
Features
Heatsink—✗
Hardware Encryption—✓★

Pros & Cons

Kingston NV1 500GB PCIe NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Below average feature (15th percentile)15th %ile
  • Below average endurance (15th percentile)15th %ile
  • Below average capacity (26th percentile)

Corsair 1TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong speed (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong endurance (87th percentile)87th %ile

Pricing

Kingston NV1 500GB PCIe NVMe M.2 2280 is $70 cheaper (1.5x less).

Kingston NV1 500GB PCIe NVMe M.2 22800.317score per dollar
vs
Corsair 1TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 22800.421score per dollar

Corsair 1TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280 offers 1.3x better value for money

Kingston NV1 500GB PCIe NVMe M.2 2280

Corsair 1TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Verdict

★ Winner: Corsair 1TB SSD

Scores 84 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 18 specs.

Corsair 1TB SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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