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Kingston 500GB Portable SSD USB 3.2 Gen 2x2
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor External
Interface USB 3.2 Gen 2x2
Read Speed 2,000 MB/s
NAND TLC
31 Overall Score
Price $161
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
Cons
- Below average random (4th percentile)
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (27th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | External |
| Interface | USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 |
| External | Yes |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 2000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 2000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston 500GB Portable SSD | Crucial T700 | Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 | Samsung 990 EVO Plus | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO LNM109P002T-RNNNU | Team Group MP44 TM8FPW004T0C101 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 2TB | 1TB | 2TB | 2TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | External | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 2,000 MB/s | 12,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | false | true | false |
| Endurance | - | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1400 TBW | 2000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston 500GB Portable SSD | 51 | 3.6 | 52.7 | 26.9 | 14.6 | 58.4 |
| Crucial T700 Compare | 96.7 | 97.6 | 97.5 | 78.4 | 82.8 | 26.5 |
| Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.4 | 99.1 | 97.5 | 55.3 | 94.8 | 34.2 |
| Samsung 990 EVO Plus Compare | 85.3 | 96.3 | 77.9 | 78.4 | 85.8 | 24.6 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO LNM109P002T-RNNNU Compare | 98.2 | 98.6 | 97.5 | 78.4 | 90.8 | 26.8 |
| Team Group MP44 TM8FPW004T0C101 Compare | 93.5 | 88.6 | 77.9 | 92.5 | 76.9 | 16.5 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall30.9
- Budget60.1
- Gaming17.6
- Laptop13.8
- Console12
- Portable51.6
- Workstation28.4
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