Conclusions
Wrapping Up
Well, let’s get the easy one out of the way. The WD Black, as good a drive as it is, definitely shows us that the HDD has had its day as a performance option. So far, so standard.
But what of the Kingston? On the face of the usual benchmark testing, it would seem to be at a small to medium disadvantage compared to the Samsung. Most of the tests put it at roughly similar performance levels or lagging behind. The Samsung is a great drive, no doubt, but I was genuinely surprised at the result of the reverse copy test. I ran some other tests to make sure it wasn't a fluke somehow and the same thing happened. This isn't to say that the drive outright beats the 850 Evo in all real world scenarios, of course this isn't the case, but given the large file transfer result, I must say I'm surprised that the Evo's performance dropped off that much.
So, the bottom line here. The Kingston is a decently performing M.2 (SATA based) SSD. Of course it doesn’t overcome the gripes I had earlier on in the article about a multi-drive super fast SSD based format, but that’s not what it’s meant to do. It’s a good drive and as I’ve come to expect from Kingston recently, a solid and consistent product.
Reviewed at $100.82 (Amazon US) and £79.91 (Amazon UK).
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