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Kingston Q500

Name: Kingston Q500
Brand: Kingston
SKU: SQ500S37/240G

Capacity 240GB

Form Factor 2.5"

Interface SATA III

Read Speed 500 MB/s

NAND TLC

Endurance 80 TBW

33 Overall Score

No current retailer price

Also available in:

Snapshot

Pros & Cons

Pros

Strong user sentiment (78th percentile) 78th
Strong endurance (67th percentile) 67th

Cons

Below average social proof (6th percentile)
Below average capacity (10th percentile)
Below average speed (14th percentile)
Below average random (22nd percentile)

What owners think

How owner sentiment changed over time

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Based on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.

Owner sentiment has held steady over time

88/100Our AI sentiment readmedium confidence · 13 sources · Nov 2026

Avg ratingHappy (4-5★)Unhappy (1-2★)Bar height = number of reviews

Based on 8 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.

The proof

Performance

Performance Percentiles

Speed 14.1

Random 21.5

Feature 53.4

Capacity 10.4

User Sentiment 78.2

Endurance 67.4

Social Proof 6.4

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

Reliability

Endurance (TBW)	80
MTBF (hours)	1000000
Warranty (years)	3

vs Competition

SpecsOur scores

Spec	Kingston Q500	Crucial T700	Corsair MP700 Elite	Samsung 990 EVO	Western Digital Black SN850X	SK Hynix Platinum P41
Capacity	240GB	1TB	1TB	2TB	1TB	2TB
Form Factor	2.5"	M.2 2280	M.2 2280	M.2 2280	M.2	M.2 2280
Interface	SATA III	PCIe 5.0 x4	PCIe 5.0 x4	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 4.0 x4
Seq Read	500 MB/s	11,700 MB/s	10,000 MB/s	5,000 MB/s	7,300 MB/s	7,000 MB/s
Nand Type	TLC	TLC	TLC	TLC	TLC	TLC
Dram Cache	-	true	false	false	true	true
Endurance	80 TBW	600 TBW	600 TBW	1200 TBW	600 TBW	1200 TBW
		Compare	Compare	Compare	Compare	Compare

Product	Speed	Random	Feature	Capacity	User Sentiment	Endurance	Social Proof
Kingston Q500	14.1	21.5	53.4	10.4	78.2	67.4	6.4
Crucial T700 Compare	95.6	96.6	97.4	54.8	0	94.8	82.3
Corsair MP700 Elite Compare	94.6	96.4	85.4	54.8	78.2	87.3	96.3
Samsung 990 EVO Compare	70.4	89.5	78.5	78.6	78.2	83	99.7
Western Digital Black SN850X Compare	84.6	92.2	93.7	54.8	0	87.9	96.3
SK Hynix Platinum P41 Compare	82.5	96.4	93.7	78.6	0	86	56.6

Price

Value & Pricing

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Usage Scores

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Other Configurations1

Q500ブラック$210

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