New
Kingston DC2000B
Capacity 960GB
Form Factor M.2
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
NAND TLC
Endurance 700 TBW
63 Overall Score
Price $747
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (90th percentile) 90th
- Strong feature (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong speed (65th percentile) 65th
Cons
- Below average social proof (7th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 960 |
| Form Factor | M.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 700 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | Yes |
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston DC2000B | Samsung 9100 PRO | Crucial T500 | Western Digital Black SN850X | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN850X | Corsair MP700 Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 960GB | 8TB | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | - | 14,800 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 700 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston DC2000B | 65.4 | 60.3 | 86.7 | 40.9 | 90.1 | 6.9 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 98.8 | 99.7 | 99.7 | 98.2 | 86 | 96.6 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.5 | 96.2 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 83 | 99.7 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 87.8 | 94.6 | 88.6 | 92.9 | 88 | 96.6 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 87.8 | 94.6 | 93.6 | 92.9 | 95.2 | 96.6 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.6 | 96.3 | 99.7 | 78.5 | 87.4 | 48.9 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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