Kingston KC2500 250Gb NVMe detailed specs
Kingston's KC2500 NVMe SSD works on PCIe M.2 3.0 x 4 expansion standard. Read below about this SSD here.
Kingston's 250Gb KC2500 works on Silicon Motion SM2262EN. The SSD write a data location map on Dynamic-Random Access Memory DDR3L to open a files without delays. The KC2500 comes equipped with 3D TLC memory. This drive besides, available in three capacities, including 1 Tb, 2 Tb and 500 Gb.
Performance and benchmarks
Drive works on PCIe M.2 3.0 x 4 expansion standard with write speeds 2900 Mbps, and read speeds 3500 Mbps. This model has input/output performance 375000 on reading and 300000 on writing operations.
Endurance and warranty
Manufacturer give 5 years warranty that limited by 150 TBW. As well it has 2 million hours mean time between failure.
Specs
| Category | Value |
| Capacity | 250 Gb |
| 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) | 150 |
| MTBF (million hours) | 2 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Conclusion
KC2500 (250Gb) produced by Kingston use previous bus standard that is twice slower than PCIe Gen4. The write speed is 2900 Mb/s, that is pretty good for this expansion standard. The Internal SSD has endurance 150 TBW, that is poor compared to rivals. On balance, Kingston KC2500 250Gb has more cons and our site strongly do not recommend to buy it.
+ Pros
- Good writing speed
- Cons
- PCIe 3.0
- Capacity
- Writing speed
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