New Price drop 4%
Kingston Q500 240GB SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 240GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 500 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 80 TBW
41 Overall Score
Price $70
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (82nd percentile) 82nd
- Strong user sentiment (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong social proof (77th percentile) 77th
- Strong endurance (68th percentile) 68th
Cons
- Below average capacity (10th percentile)
- Below average speed (12th percentile)
- Below average random (22nd 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 held steady over time
88/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 8 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
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) | 350 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 80 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston Q500 | Crucial T500 | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO | Samsung 990 EVO | Western Digital Black SN850X | Corsair MP700 Elite CSSD-F1000GBMP700ENH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 240GB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 500 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | false | true | false |
| Endurance | 80 TBW | 600 TBW | 3000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Q500 | 11.7 | 22.3 | 53.6 | 10.4 | 78.8 | 68.4 | 77.4 | 82.3 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 90.9 | 96.3 | 98.9 | 54.9 | 94.5 | 82.8 | 95.2 | 57.4 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 93.8 | 80.8 | 93.5 | 54.9 | 78.8 | 98.7 | 95.2 | 44.3 |
| Samsung 990 EVO Compare | 71.9 | 90.1 | 78.8 | 78.3 | 78.8 | 82.8 | 95.2 | 56.8 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 85.3 | 92.9 | 89 | 54.9 | 0 | 88 | 95.2 | 50.1 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite CSSD-F1000GBMP700ENH Compare | 94.9 | 96.6 | 85.7 | 54.9 | 0 | 87.2 | 95.2 | 44.5 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From $70
Amazon 1 offer From $70
We started tracking prices for this product on Nov 8, 2026. The chart appears once we have more data.
Usage Scores
A full written review is coming soon. The specs, scores, prices and charts above are always up to date.
