Comparison: Kingston KC3000 2TB vs. Samsung 990 PRO 2TB

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	Kingston KC3000 2TB	VS.	Samsung 990 PRO 2TB
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Technical manufacturer specifications
Manufacturer	Kingston		Samsung
Model number	SKC3000D/2048G		MZ-V9P2T0BW
Capacity	2,048 GB	=	2,048 GB
Capacity (according to IEC)	1,908 GiB		1,863 GiB
pSLC cache	>300 GB		230 GB
Read speed	7,000 MB/s		7,450 MB/s
Write speed	7,000 MB/s		6,900 MB/s
Form factor	M.2 2280	=	M.2 2280
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	=	PCIe 4.0 x4
Controller	Phison PS5018-E18		Samsung Pascal (S4LV008)
DRAM	✓ Yes	=	✓ Yes
Memory module (NAND)	TLC	=	TLC
TBW (Total Bytes Written)	1600  terabyte		1200  terabyte
Warranty	5  Years	=	5  Years
AS SSD performance data
Sequential read	6,002 MB/s	1% ∆	5,967 MB/s
Sequential write	6,123 MB/s	5% ∆	5,827 MB/s
4K Read	75 MB/s	6% ∆	80 MB/s
4K Write	212 MB/s	19% ∆	178 MB/s
4K-64Thrd Read	2,438 MB/s	19% ∆	2,913 MB/s
4K-64Thrd Write	2,922 MB/s	10% ∆	3,221 MB/s
Access time read	0.018 ms	11% ∆	0.020 ms
Access time write	0.089 ms	22% ∆	0.109 ms
Score	8460	11% ∆	9398
CrystalDiskMark performance data
SEQ1M Q8T1 Read	7,369 MB/s	1% ∆	7,459 MB/s
SEQ1M Q8T Write	7,070 MB/s	1% ∆	6,967 MB/s
SEQ1M Q1T1 Read	4,431 MB/s	30 % ∆	3,410 MB/s
SEQ1M Q1T1 Write	5,806 MB/s	2% ∆	5,688 MB/s
RND4K Q32T16 Read	3,798 MB/s	4% ∆	3,635 MB/s
RND4K Q32T16 Write	3,376 MB/s	4% ∆	3,242 MB/s
RND4K Q1T1 Read	81 MB/s	5% ∆	85 MB/s
RND4K Q1T1 Write	233 MB/s	20% ∆	194 MB/s
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Current price	n/a	0% ∆	469 $
Price per gigabyte	n/a	0% ∆	0.23 $
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Kingston KC3000 2TB	Samsung 990 PRO 2TB

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