New
Kingston Industrial
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor M.2 2230
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 4,540 MB/s
NAND TLC
50 Overall Score
Price $249
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong speed (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average endurance (14th percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (29th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has cooled since launch
72/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 10 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 4540 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 4230 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston Industrial | Western Digital WD Black SN850X | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M | Corsair MP700 Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 4TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB | 2TB |
| 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 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 4,540 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 |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Industrial | 70 | 61.2 | 52.7 | 54.9 | 28.5 | 14.3 | 56.8 |
| Western Digital WD Black SN850X Compare | 88.3 | 95.1 | 93.9 | 92.5 | 94.9 | 80.5 | 95.5 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97 | 99 | 78.3 | 78.9 | 85.6 | 95.5 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.7 | 96.4 | 99 | 78.3 | 78.9 | 82.6 | 95.5 |
| SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare | 97.5 | 99.1 | 90.7 | 54.9 | 0 | 98.9 | 95.5 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.7 | 96.6 | 99.8 | 78.3 | 78.9 | 86.8 | 38.5 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From $249
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Usage Scores
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