Kingston's KC3000 line of NVMe solid-state drives offer high-speed storage in a small package. These M.2 NVMe drives are built for PCI-Express 4 with very fast read and write performance. They are virtually identical to the Fury Renegade series, also from Kingston, but with firmware tuned to slightly less aggressive speeds. This 1TB model is rated for sequential read speeds up to 7GB/s and write speeds up to 6GB/s when used in a Gen4 slot. If used in a Gen3 slot instead, those transfer rates drop roughly in half. Either way, real-world speeds will be lower and depend heavily on the application in use.
Note: Good all around PCIe Gen 4 NVME M.2 drive. Running on the Phison E18 controller with 3D TLC NAND.
Model: Kingston SKC3000S/1024G
Specifications
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Capacity | 1000 GB |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Endurance (TBW) | 800 TBW |
| Peak Power Draw | 6.3 Watts |
| Chip Layout | Single Sided |
| Net Weight | 0.011 kg (0.0 lbs) |
Performance | |
| Sequential Read (Peak) | 7000 MB/s |
| Sequential Write (Peak) | 6000 MB/s |
| Sequential Read (Real World) | 4500 |
| Sequential Write (Real World) | 6200 |
| Random 4KB Read | 900000 IOPS |
| Random 4KB Write | 1000000 IOPS |
Throughput is limited to 3000-3300 MB/s when used in a Gen3 M.2 slot
