Kingston 240GB SSD SATA III
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (81st percentile) 81st
- Strong feature (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average capacity (11th percentile)
- Below average speed (23rd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 240 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 520 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 500 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 79000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 25000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
| Controller | Marvell 88SS1074 |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 1000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston 240GB SSD | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital Black SN850X | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T1X0M | Crucial T710 | Lexar NM1090 PRO LNM109P004T-RNNNU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 240GB | 4TB | 4TB | 8TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 |
| Seq Read | 520 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston 240GB SSD | 22.5 | 38 | 78.5 | 10.7 | 62.5 | 42.9 | 81.4 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.2 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.5 | 85.9 | 99.6 | 5.3 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.9 | 95.7 | 89.3 | 92.5 | 88.1 | 95.3 | 9.7 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T1X0M Compare | 99.1 | 99.3 | 97.5 | 98.1 | 80.7 | 45 | 3.1 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.1 | 99.1 | 85.6 | 92.5 | 85.9 | 77.5 | 10.7 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO LNM109P004T-RNNNU Compare | 98.1 | 98.5 | 97.5 | 92.5 | 74.9 | 57 | 8.5 |
Usage Scores
- Overall39
- Budget71.7
- Gaming23.7
- Laptop32.8
- Console11.1
- Portable7.8
- Workstation36.5
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