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Kingston 512GB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2230
Capacity 512GB
Form Factor M.2 2230
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 4,700 MB/s
NAND TLC
46 Overall Score
Price $230
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong speed (69th percentile) 69th
Cons
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (34th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 512 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 4700 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 3400 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston 512GB SSD | Western Digital Black SN850X | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS400T2XHE | Lexar NM1090 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 512GB | 4TB | 2TB | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 4,700 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston 512GB SSD | 69.3 | 61.4 | 53.6 | 34.2 | 14.7 | 45.4 | 45.3 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.5 | 95.2 | 89 | 92.6 | 88 | 95.2 | 11.3 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97.1 | 98.9 | 78.3 | 85.9 | 95.2 | 21.1 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 78.3 | 82.8 | 95.2 | 20.1 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS400T2XHE Compare | 88.5 | 95.2 | 93.5 | 92.6 | 80.8 | 95.2 | 8.9 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO Compare | 97.9 | 98.1 | 97.3 | 92.6 | 74.9 | 57.2 | 10.4 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From $230
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