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Il Kingston KC3000 It is one of the SSD Nvme PCI Express 4.0 fastest in circulation and has a very interesting quality / price ratio.
Will it be eligible as the best Nvme M.2 PCI E. 4.0 SSD on the market?
In this Review we will find out all the details of one of the SSD Nvme most discussed of recent times, and the worthy successor of the Kingston KC2500, which instead is a drive with much lower performance and an unattractive price compared to the competition.
As we will see, this KC3000 it will do much better than its predecessor, so let's not get lost in further chatter!
Kingston KC3000 • Technical Specifications
Il Kingston KC3000 it's a SSD Nvme M.2 PCI Express 4.0 2280, therefore of the latest generation, and therefore requires a configuration for PC that can support it.
Il controller mounted on this device is a Phison PS5018-E18, already seen among other things in the reviews of the Crucial P5 and Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus.
The processor used is a 12nm manufactured by TSMC with 1Ghz operating frequency: a ARM Cortex R5 to triple CPU; while the memories are Micron modules: 176L TLC NAND.
The device also comes with a memory cache DRAM DDR4 located in a proprietary chip Kingston.
Kingston declares that this SSD it should be able to reach even 7400MB / s in reading and 7000MB / S in writing. Clearly speeds can be slower in models with a smaller memory size. In particular the model from 512 GB provides a sequential write speed of only slightly less than 4000MB / S; well away from 6000MB / s of the model from 1TB and by 7000MB / s provided in the larger cuts.
Il drive has a dissipative nameplate basic, like almost all models which is amply sufficient for standard use; and also allows installation on Playstation 5 ed Xbox Series X/S.
At present, the 512 GB model costs around 110 euros, the one from 1TB about 176 euros, the one from 2TB over 350 euros and finally the one from 4 TB almost touches i One thousand Euro.
The warranty for all memory cuts is 5 years.
Kingston KC3000 • Test & Benchmark
Let's find out now how the Kingston KC3000 in ours test e benchmark run on different applications including: CrystalDiskMark, ACT Disk Benchmark, Anvil’s storage Utilities.
In these tests we will be able to compare the KC3000 with competitive devices tested in first person by the team of ForAppsLovers.com.
Kingston KC3000 • CrystalDiskMark
The first tool that we use for test and benchare le performance dell’SSD it is the best known and most renowned CrystalDiskMark: a legendary program that has been a point of reference for years now.
The setting of CrystalDiskMark according to which we conducted the tests is an overall transfer of the dimensions of 1GB, repeated 5 times to plot an average.
The first two slots indicate the sequential speed, while the last two the random one, with clearly different settings.
Our device raggiunge almost the speeds declared by the manufacturer, without too many problems.
If we compare the Kingston KC3000 with others SSD of the competitors we note first of all how it manages to be more performing than the Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus, being approximately in the same price range.
Il KC3000 is so far theNVME M.2 fastest we tested, thanks to technology PCI Express 4.0 and high-profile components.
As we can see it is very different from its predecessor (Kingston KC2500), which, however, it is legitimate to underline, is a PCI Express 3.0, and therefore with a lower bandwidth.
The comparison with other very hot names of recent times: the 980 Pro by Samsung or l 'SN850 WesternDigital, not present in the charts, suggests that the alternatives have solid performance, lower but at a lower price and therefore remain valid.
But in the current state of affairs the Kingston, as well as the Sabrento they manage to stay ahead in terms of performance.
Kingston KC3000 • ATTO Disk Benchmark
The second application we will use to more appropriately check performance is ACT Disk Benchmark, which will allow us to have a broader spectrum of indications.
This program will in fact allow us to verify that speed operates the Nvme PCI Express 4.0 SSD when transferring files of different sizes.
As we can easily see from the image the KC3000 it has a very stable behavior (which should not be underestimated), on files of about 32KB size upwards.
The stability of speed during data transfer is a very important factor: it is not new in fact that the SSD may have significant speed changes depending on the size of the files processed.
After all, this program allows us to have a broader view of what happened on the previous paragraph, taking into consideration many more possible file sizes.
The fact that the peak speed is lower is clearly due to a lower data transfer: in this case of just 256MB. By allowing a transfer for a hypothetically larger overall size to continue, the speed would rise until it stabilizes at a certain limit threshold.
We can therefore confirm what has been said before with respect to the competition: the KC3000 is the most powerful of all, it costs more than the 980 Pro and a SN850 WD, not present in the graph, and in this case the economic gap is evident.
The minimum price difference with the Sabrento instead suggests us to focus onKingston SSD we are testing.
Kingston KC3000 • Anvil’s storage Utilities
Anvil’s storage Utilities it allows us to graphically identify all the information that remains implicit with previous programs.
In fact, this program allows us to become aware of operational latencies, IOPS and the classic speed in MB / s. Through these and other data it is possible to create a score, a result, which allows us to compare the various ones SSD between them.
This KC3000 records the highest score so far seen in our area, as you can see in the next graph.
In addition to an excellent response in terms of speed, it is also important that the memory latency is low if we claim to have fast accelerations, and sustained peak speeds.
Well, basically as I think I made you understand, this KC3000 it is truly flawless and performance-speaking is among the best SSD ever seen so far!
Kingston KC3000 • Conclusions
The sensational thing about this Kingston KC3000 is that not only does it have top performance, and that very few competitors manage to touch, it also has a rapporto qualità / prezzo incredible!
We are in fact quite convinced that the KC3000 both 'Nvme M.2 PCI Express 4.0 fastest SSD on the market (until the time of its launch, and therefore at the time of the review)!
You will certainly need to make sure that you purchase a processor and motherboard compatible with the technology PCI Express 4.0, but that won't be a problem, as this is a SSD for those who want the best from their PC, and we believe that no one can think of mounting a Nvme like this on an old PC.
I believe the KC3000, at the moment, is the definitive solution in the high-end PC storage.
Bet on 980 Pro by Samsung exclusively if you don't need the same performance and want to save a few tens of euros.
As always, the Crucial P5 and the Crucial P2 remain the most attractive solutions in the entry-level range, but this KC3000 and the king of the high end!
