Kingston KC2500 1Tb NVMe detailed specifications
What memory type installed in KC2500 (1Tb) produced by Kingston and further specifications read below in our article.
Kingston's 1Tb KC2500 internal SSD works on Silicon Motion SM2262EN. This drive has Dynamic-Random Access Memory DDR3L for mapping data, located on the internal SSD. The KC2500 comes equipped with 3D TLC flash memory. This drive is offered also in 3 capacities: 2 Tb, 250 Gb and 500 Gb.
Performance and benchmarks
This NVMe works on PCIe M.2 3.0 x 4 computer expansion bus standard with sequential write speeds equals to 2900 MB/s, and read speeds 3500 MB/s. This model has input/output performance 300000 on writing and 375000 on reading operations.
Endurance and warranty
Manufacturer give 5 years warranty that limited by endurance 81 Total Bytes Written. As well it has 2 million hours mean time between failure.
Specs
| Category | Value |
| Capacity | 1 Tb |
| Interface | M.2 3.0 x 4 |
| Controller | Silicon Motion SM2262EN |
| Memory type | 3D TLC |
| DRAM | DDR3L |
| Read speed (Mb/s) | 3500 |
| Write speed (Mb/s) | 2900 |
| Read IOPS | 375000 |
| Write IOPS | 300000 |
| Endurance (TBW) | 81 |
| MTBF (million hours) | 2 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Conclusion
Kingston KC2500 1Tb support PCIe 3.0 that is significantly slower than PCIe Gen4. The sequential write speed is 2900 Mb/s, that is pretty good for this computer expansion bus standard. The NVMe can write 81 TBW, that is not much against competitors. On balance, Kingston KC2500 1Tb is a well-rounded NVMe SSD.
+ Pros
- Good writing speed
- Capacity
- Cons
- PCIe 3.0
- Writing speed
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