New On sale 31%
Kingston 960GB SSD SATA III
Capacity 960GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 500 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 300 TBW
49 Overall Score
Price $149
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong user sentiment (79th percentile) 79th
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 | Marvell 88SS1074 |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 300 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1000000 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
| Hardware Encryption | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston 960GB SSD | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 960GB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| 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 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 500 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 300 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1400 TBW | 3000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston 960GB SSD | 15.1 | 22.4 | 53.7 | 41.9 | 78.5 | 51.7 | 95.3 | 59.6 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.7 | 97.4 | 99 | 78.5 | 78.5 | 86.1 | 95.3 | 20.4 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 94 | 96.9 | 99 | 78.5 | 78.5 | 83.1 | 95.3 | 19.6 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.6 | 99.5 | 97.6 | 78.5 | 0 | 81 | 49.5 | 21.1 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO Compare | 98.1 | 98.5 | 97.6 | 78.5 | 0 | 91.1 | 51.8 | 24.1 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 94 | 81.1 | 93.9 | 55.3 | 78.5 | 98.7 | 95.3 | 43.6 |
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