Kingston KC2000 500Gb NVMe detailed review
Kingston's KC2000 SSD use PCIe M.2 or PCIe 3.0 x 4. Read below about this NVMe SSD on this site.
Kingston KC2000 500Gb use Silicon Motion SM2262EN. This NVMe SSD has DRAM DDR3L for mapping data, located on the storage. The KC2000 comes equipped with Toshiba 3D TLC flash memory. This drive is offered also in three capacities, including 250 Gb, 2 Tb and 1 Tb.
Performance and benchmarks
Storage use PCIe M.2 or PCIe 3.0 x 4 expansion standard with maximum read speeds 3200 MB/s, and write speeds equals to 2200 MB/s. KC2000 has input/output performance 275000 on writing and 350000 on reading operations.
Endurance and warranty
Kingston provide 5 years of warranty limited by 413 TBW. As well it has 2 million hours MTBF.
Specs
| Category | Value |
| Capacity | 500 Gb |
| Interface | M.2 or PCIe 3.0 x 4 |
| Controller | Silicon Motion SM2262EN |
| Memory type | Toshiba 3D TLC |
| DRAM | DDR3L |
| Read speed (Mb/s) | 3200 |
| Write speed (Mb/s) | 2200 |
| Read IOPS | 350000 |
| Write IOPS | 275000 |
| Endurance (TBW) | 413 |
| MTBF (million hours) | 2 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Conclusion
KC2000 (500Gb) produced by Kingston use PCIe 3 that is twice slower than PCIe 4.0. The write speed is 2200 Mbps, that is pretty good for this interface. The NVMe SSD has endurance 413 TBW, that is good compared to competitors. On balance, Kingston KC2000 500Gb is a well-balanced SSD.
+ Pros
- Good writing speed
- Endurance
- Cons
- PCIe 3.0
- Capacity
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Video Review
Kingston KC2000 M.2 SSD Review - TechteamGB
