Kingston KC1000 240Gb NVMe specifications
Kingston's KC1000 NVMe works on PCIe M.2 or PCIe 3.0 x 4 interface. Detailed characteristics of this NVMe SSD on our page.
Kingston's 240Gb KC1000 NVMe SSD works on Phison PS5007-E7. This NVMe SSD has DRAM Kingston 2 X 512MB for mapping data, located on the SSD. The KC1000 comes equipped with Toshiba MLC flash memory. Internal SSD also available in 960 Gb and 480 Gb capacities.
Performance and benchmarks
SSD use PCIe M.2 or PCIe 3.0 x 4 expansion standard with write speeds equals to 1600 MB/s, and read speeds 2700 MB/s. This model has IOPS 290000 on reading and 190000 on writing operations per second.
Endurance and warranty
Kingston provide 5 years warranty for this product limited by 300 Total Bytes Written. The KC1000 has 2 million hours mean time between failure.
Specs
| Category | Value |
| Capacity | 240 Gb |
| Interface | M.2 or PCIe 3.0 x 4 |
| Controller | Phison PS5007-E7 |
| Memory type | Toshiba MLC |
| DRAM | Kingston 2 X 512MB |
| Read speed (Mb/s) | 2700 |
| Write speed (Mb/s) | 1600 |
| Read IOPS | 290000 |
| Write IOPS | 190000 |
| Endurance (TBW) | 300 |
| MTBF (million hours) | 2 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Conclusion
Kingston KC1000 240Gb may work on PCIe 3 that is undoubtedly slower than PCIe Gen4. The sequential write speed is 1600 Mbps, that is slower than has most of rivals. The drive can write 300 TBW, that is pretty good in comparison with nearest rivals. Overall, Kingston KC1000 240Gb has more cons and our editor strongly do not advise to have it.
+ Pros
- Endurance
- Cons
- Slow writing speed
- PCIe 3.0
- Capacity
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NVMe PCIe and M.2 SSD for Desktop Workstation – KC1000 – Kingston Technology
