New On sale 5%
Kingston SSD
Capacity 960GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 500 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 300 TBW
49 Overall Score
Price $218
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong user sentiment (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong endurance (68th percentile) 68th
Cons
- Below average speed (15th percentile)
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 960 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 450 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
| Controller | 2CH |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 300 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston SSD | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M | Corsair MP700 Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 960GB | 2TB | 2TB | 4TB | 1TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 500 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | 300 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston SSD | 14.7 | 22.1 | 52.8 | 41.4 | 79.4 | 67.8 | 95.4 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97 | 99 | 78.3 | 79.4 | 85.6 | 95.4 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.7 | 96.4 | 99 | 78.3 | 79.4 | 82.6 | 95.4 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 88.3 | 95.1 | 89.2 | 92.5 | 0 | 87.5 | 99.5 |
| SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare | 97.6 | 99.1 | 90.7 | 54.9 | 0 | 98.9 | 95.4 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.7 | 96.6 | 99.8 | 78.3 | 79.4 | 86.8 | 38.5 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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