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Kingston KC3000
Capacity 512GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 7,000 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 400 TBW
77 Overall Score
Price $185
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (93rd percentile) 93rd
- Strong social proof (90th percentile) 90th
- Strong random (88th percentile) 88th
- Strong feature (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
- Below average capacity (34th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Owner sentiment has held steady over time
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The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 512 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 7000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 3900 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 450000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 900000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
| Controller | Phison E18 |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 400 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1800000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston KC3000 | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T710 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Corsair MP700 Elite | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 512GB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | 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 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 7,000 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 14,900 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 | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston KC3000 | 76.3 | 88 | 78.4 | 34 | 92.6 | 90.3 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.1 | 96.9 | 99.1 | 78.5 | 86.2 | 96.4 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.2 | 98.7 | 97.5 | 78.5 | 83.1 | 82.5 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 87.9 | 94.8 | 99.1 | 78.5 | 74.4 | 96.4 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.6 | 96.4 | 99.8 | 78.5 | 87.5 | 47.2 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO Compare | 98.1 | 98.1 | 97.5 | 78.5 | 89.7 | 40.8 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
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