New On sale 43%
Kingston 2TB SSD NVMe M.2 2230
Capacity 2TB
Form Factor M.2 2230
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 6,000 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 640 TBW
79 Overall Score
Price $428
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong user sentiment (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong capacity (78th percentile) 78th
- Strong speed (77th percentile) 77th
Cons
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 2000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 6000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 5000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 640 |
| MTBF (hours) | 2000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston 2TB SSD | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 6,000 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | false | true | true |
| Endurance | 640 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston 2TB SSD | 76.9 | 61.4 | 53.4 | 78.3 | 78.8 | 69.5 | 86.8 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97 | 98.9 | 78.3 | 78.8 | 85.8 | 95.2 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 78.3 | 78.8 | 82.8 | 95.2 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 Compare | 91.4 | 95.9 | 53.4 | 78.3 | 78.8 | 88 | 99.6 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO Compare | 97.9 | 98.2 | 97.3 | 78.3 | 0 | 90.9 | 52.4 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 93.8 | 80.7 | 93.5 | 54.8 | 78.8 | 98.7 | 95.2 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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