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Kingston SSD
Capacity 512GB
Form Factor M.2
Interface PCIe 4.0
Read Speed 7,000 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 400 TBW
77 Overall Score
Price $185
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (92nd percentile) 92nd
- Strong random (89th percentile) 89th
- Strong social proof (88th percentile) 88th
- Strong feature (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average capacity (34th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 512 |
| 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) | 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 SSD | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 | SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M | Corsair MP700 Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 512GB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB | 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 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 7,000 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | 400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston SSD | 77.2 | 88.9 | 78.5 | 34.3 | 92.4 | 88 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97 | 99 | 78.3 | 85.6 | 95.4 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.7 | 96.4 | 99 | 78.3 | 82.6 | 95.4 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.7 | 99.5 | 97.5 | 78.3 | 80.6 | 52.7 |
| SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare | 97.6 | 99.1 | 90.7 | 54.9 | 98.9 | 95.4 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.7 | 96.6 | 99.8 | 78.3 | 86.8 | 38.5 |
Price
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