Kingston Digital KC1000 NVMe PCIe 240GB SSD

Name: Kingston Digital KC1000 NVMe PCIe 240GB
Brand: Kingston
SKU: SKC1000/240G
Rating: 5.0 (2 reviews)

Kingston Digital KC1000 NVMe PCIe 240GB SSD (M.2 2280) SKC1000/240G

★★★★★

(2 reviews)

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Options (2)

	480GB Drive Only
	960GB Drive Only

Superior client SSD performance - Outperforms traditional hard drive and SATA-based SSDs
Uses NVMe protocol - Designed for SSD unlike legacy SATA which was developed for hard-disk drives
Multiple form factors - Available in either M.2 2280 or Half-Height, Half-Length Add-in Card (HHHL AIC)
Multiple capacities - Available in a range of capacities from 240GB to 960GB to meet your data storage requirements

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Specifications Overview

Model	SKC1000/240G
Release Date	June 2017 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Series	KC1000
Capacity	240 GB
Interface	PCIe Gen3 x4
NVME	Yes
Form Factor	M.2-2280
SSD Controller	Phison E7
Max Sequential Read	Up to 2700 MB/s
Max Sequential Write	Up to 900 MB/s

Kingston Digital KC1000 NVMe PCIe 240GB Performance comparison with similar Solid State Drives

(Higher is better)

Pangoly Performance

Sequential read/write speed, Random 4K read/write speed

CORSAIR FORCE Series MP510 240GB (150th)		118%
Corsair MP500 480GB M.2 CSSD-F480GBMP500 (151st)		116%
Intel 660p 512GB (152nd)		113%
XPG SX8200 240GB 3D NAND (153rd)		112%
Sabrent 256GB Rocket NVMe (154th)		111%
Corsair MP500 240GB M.2 CSSD-F240GBMP500 (155th)		110%
ADATA XPG SX8000 PCIe 512GB (155th)		110%
MyDigitalSSD BPX 240GB M.2 (157th)		108%
Kingston HyperX Predator 480GB (158th)		104%
Plextor M8Pe 128GB M.2 PX-128M8PeG (158th)		104%
Kingston Digital KC1000 NVMe PCIe 240GB (160th)		100%
Intel SSD 760p Series 128GB M.2 (161st)		97%
ADATA SX7000 PCIe 512GB (161st)		97%
Kingston Digital A1000 480GB (161st)		97%
Kingston HyperX Predator 240GB (164th)		96%
Western Digital 512GB M.2 WDS512G1X0C (165th)		94%
Kingston Digital A1000 960GB (166th)		94%
Intel SSD 600p 512GB (167th)		93%
Corsair MP500 120GB CSSD-F120GBMP500 (167th)		93%
ADATA XPG SX6000 PCIe 1TB 3D NAND (167th)		93%
MyDigitalSSD SBX 512GB M.2 (170th)		92%

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Expert reviews

Its excellent 5-year warranty and strong endurance ratings contrasts starkly with its patchy...

TopNewReview

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The Kingston KC1000 240 GB SSD is currently available online for $130. Compact form factor PCIe adapter included Uses MLC flash, no write hole 3-year warranty Acronis True Image included A bit more expensive than competing drives Thermal throttling with...

techPowerUp!

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We really loved trying out the new KC1000 from Kingston since it was really fast and excellent; the product impresses users for both its read and write speed and its M.2-2280 is a common format that should fit every machine that features the M.2 slot....

TheStreamingBlog

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