New On sale 5%
Kingston Q500
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 (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong user sentiment (78th percentile) 78th
- Strong endurance (67th percentile) 67th
Cons
- Below average speed (14th percentile)
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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88/100Our AI sentiment read
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 Q500 | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T710 | Western Digital BLACK SN850X | Corsair MP700 Elite | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 960GB | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 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 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 500 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 14,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | false | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 300 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Q500 | 14.1 | 21.5 | 53.4 | 41.2 | 78.2 | 67.1 | 96.3 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.2 | 96.9 | 99 | 78.6 | 78.2 | 86 | 96.3 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 98.7 | 98.8 | 85.4 | 92.9 | 0 | 86 | 82.3 |
| Western Digital BLACK SN850X Compare | 87.9 | 94.8 | 88.8 | 92.9 | 0 | 87.9 | 99.7 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.6 | 96.4 | 99.8 | 78.6 | 78.2 | 87.3 | 46.7 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO Compare | 98.2 | 98.1 | 97.4 | 78.6 | 0 | 89.5 | 40.2 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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