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Kingston SSD
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor M.2
Interface PCIe 4.0
Read Speed 7,000 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 800 TBW
80 Overall Score
Price $290
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong random (93rd percentile) 93rd
- Strong endurance (90th percentile) 90th
- Strong speed (80th percentile) 80th
Cons
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 7000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 6000 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 900000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 1000000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | Phison E18 |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 800 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1800000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston SSD | Western Digital WD Black SN850X | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | SanDisk Western Digital WDS400T1X0M | Corsair MP700 Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 4TB | 2TB | 2TB | 4TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 7,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | 800 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston SSD | 80.4 | 92.7 | 93.9 | 54.9 | 89.7 |
| Western Digital WD Black SN850X Compare | 88.3 | 95.1 | 93.9 | 92.5 | 80.6 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97 | 99 | 78.3 | 85.6 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.7 | 96.4 | 99 | 78.3 | 82.6 |
| SanDisk Western Digital WDS400T1X0M Compare | 97.6 | 99.1 | 97.5 | 92.5 | 80.6 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.7 | 96.6 | 99.8 | 78.3 | 86.8 |
Price
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