Kingston KC2500 2Tb SSD review
Kingston's KC2500 internal SSD use PCIe M.2 3.0 x 4 bus. Read below about this SSD on our page.
Kingston's 2Tb KC2500 use Silicon Motion SM2262EN. This SSD has Dynamic-Random Access Memory DDR3L for mapping data, located on the NVMe. The KC2500 comes equipped with 3D TLC flash memory. Internal SSD besides, available in three capacities: 500 Gb, 250 Gb and 1 Tb.
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🚀 Performance and benchmarks
SSD use PCIe M.2 3.0 x 4 bus with read speeds 3500 MB/s, and sequential write speeds 2900 Mbps. KC2500 has IOPS 300000 on writing and 375000 on reading operations.
🖥️ Endurance and warranty
Manufacturer provide 5 years warranty period that limited by 47 Total Bytes Written. As well it has 2 million hours MTBF.
📊 Specs
Category | Value |
Capacity | 2 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) | 47 |
MTBF (million hours) | 2 |
Warranty (years) | 5 |
Conclusion
KC2500 (2Tb) produced by Kingston use PCIe Gen3 that is significantly slower than PCIe 4.0. The sequential write speed is 2900 Mbps, that is okay for this computer expansion bus standard. The drive provide possibility to write 47 TBW, that is not much against competitors. When everything is weighed in the balance, Kingston KC2500 2Tb is a well-balanced SSD.
+ Pros
- Good writing speed
- Capacity
- Cons
- PCIe 3.0
- Writing speed
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✨ Video Review
Kingston KC2500 M.2 SSD Review - Insane Speeds