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Kingshark gamer 256GB SSD SATA III mSATA
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor mSATA
Interface SATA III
21 Overall Score
Price CA$84
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (88th percentile) 88th
Cons
- Below average speed (8th percentile)
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average feature (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (18th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | mSATA |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingshark gamer 256GB SSD | Crucial T500 | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO | Corsair MP700 Elite | Samsung 990 EVO | Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | mSATA | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | - | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 7,100 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | false | false | false |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 3000 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingshark gamer 256GB SSD | 7.5 | 22.9 | 14.7 | 17.8 | 14.6 | 88.2 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 91.4 | 96.7 | 98.9 | 55.3 | 82.7 | 53.9 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 94 | 81 | 94 | 55.3 | 98.6 | 44.2 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 95.1 | 97 | 85.5 | 55.3 | 87.1 | 44.3 |
| Samsung 990 EVO Compare | 72.5 | 90.5 | 78.4 | 78.4 | 82.7 | 56 |
| Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 Compare | 87.1 | 95.7 | 78.4 | 55.3 | 87.9 | 55.3 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From CA$84
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Usage Scores
- Overall20.9
- Budget70
- Gaming12
- Laptop23.3
- Console5.7
- Portable4.6
- Workstation15.5
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