New On sale 16%
Kingston SSD
Capacity 240GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 500 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 100 TBW
40 Overall Score
Price $74
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (95th percentile) 95th
Cons
- Below average capacity (10th percentile)
- Below average speed (15th percentile)
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 240 |
| 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 | Marvell 88SS1074 |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 100 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1000000 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston SSD | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 | Corsair MP700 Elite | Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 | Lexar NM790 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 240GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| 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 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 500 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 7,100 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | false | false | false |
| Endurance | 100 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 1000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston SSD | 14.7 | 22.1 | 52.8 | 10.4 | 62.4 | 95.4 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97 | 99 | 54.9 | 85.6 | 99.5 |
| Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 Compare | 90.8 | 96.2 | 99 | 54.9 | 82.6 | 95.4 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.7 | 96.6 | 85.8 | 54.9 | 86.8 | 95.4 |
| Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 Compare | 86.4 | 95.1 | 78.5 | 54.9 | 87.5 | 95.4 |
| Lexar NM790 Compare | 89.1 | 92.7 | 52.8 | 54.9 | 93.6 | 95.4 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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