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Kingston KC3000
Capacity 2TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 7,000 MB/s
NAND TLC
60 Overall Score
Price $428
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (90th percentile) 90th
- Strong speed (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong capacity (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 2000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 7000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 7000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston KC3000 | Samsung 9100 Pro MZ-VAP4T0CW | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Crucial T710 | Seagate FireCuda 530R | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | 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 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 7,000 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | false | false | - |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 5050 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston KC3000 | 87.1 | 60.3 | 53.3 | 78.5 | 14.5 | 90.3 |
| Samsung 9100 Pro MZ-VAP4T0CW Compare | 98.9 | 99.7 | 99.8 | 92.8 | 86.2 | 99.7 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 87.9 | 94.8 | 93.7 | 92.8 | 81.2 | 96.4 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 98.7 | 98.7 | 85.3 | 92.8 | 86.2 | 82.5 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.1 | 96.1 | 53.3 | 92.8 | 95.7 | 90.3 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.6 | 99 | 71.9 | 92.8 | 94.7 | 96.4 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
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