Kingston KC3000 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD - High-performance storage for desktop and laptop PCs -SKC3000S/1024G

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While the KC3000's ISO copy speed test was about average, it delivered the lowest scores of the group in both the AS-SSD program and game copy speed tests.drives offer considerably higher durability ratings than the KC3000—the Corsair Force Series MP600 and Silicon Power US70 are rated at 1,800TBW for 1TB and 3,600TBW for 2TB. We copy 31,227 files of various types, such as pictures, PDFs, and videos to a new folder and then follow-up with a reading test of a newly-written 6. We use the DiskBench storage benchmarking tool to test file transfer performance with a custom, 50GB dataset. When tested without airflow, the controller region of the heat spreader measured 78 degrees Celsius at its hottest once we wrote roughly 1TB of data to the SSD sequentially. We use a Rocket Lake platform with most background applications such as indexing, windows updates, and anti-virus disabled in the OS to reduce run-to-run variability.

The KC3000 is one of the few internal SSDs we've tested, and the only TLC-based model, to offer capacities as high as 4TB. For example, thespecification for Secure Digital (SD) cards requires reserved areas to supportspecial copy protection and security features.There's plenty of room inside for good airflow around components therefore I haven't felt the need to add to the two included case fans as the case design allows for good passive airflow. In terms of its game load performance, the Kingston KC3000 proved the most responsive in this Final Fantasy XIV benchmark. The Crucial P5 Plus has slightly lower ratings of 600TBW for the 1TB model and 1,200TBW for the 2TB drive, while the 1TB Samsung SSD 980 Pro is also rated at 600TBW. data states it will throttle at 84 degrees Celsius, but the flash temperature can cause it to thermal throttle sooner.