New
Kingston KC600
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 550 MB/s
NAND TLC
46 Overall Score
Price $90
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average capacity (17th percentile)
- Below average speed (33rd percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Owner sentiment has held steady over time
Based on 2 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 550 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 520 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 90000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 80000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
| Controller | SM2259 |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 1000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston KC600 | Samsung 9100 PRO MZ-VAP1T0B/AM | SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M | Crucial T710 CT1000T710SSD5 | Corsair MP700 Elite | Western Digital Black SN850X |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 550 MB/s | 14,700 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 4800 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston KC600 | 32.8 | 40.8 | 78.5 | 17.1 | 61.6 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO MZ-VAP1T0B/AM Compare | 98.5 | 98.6 | 97.4 | 54.6 | 86 |
| SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare | 97.4 | 99 | 90.6 | 54.6 | 99 |
| Crucial T710 CT1000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.2 | 98.7 | 99.8 | 54.6 | 86 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.6 | 96.4 | 85.6 | 54.6 | 87.3 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 84.7 | 92.2 | 93.8 | 54.6 | 87.9 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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