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Kingston
Silicon Motion SM2268XT2 controller.

Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
| Merchant | Price | $/GB | Availability | Total |
|---|
Newegg | $189.99 | $0.190 | In Stock | $189.99 | Buy |
About This Product
The Kingston NV3 is a 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD utilizing a PCIe Gen 4 x4 interface. It offers faster performance than SATA SSDs, making it suitable for general computing and light gaming. While it provides a significant upgrade over older storage, its performance may not match higher-end PCIe Gen 4 drives in sustained heavy workloads.
Verdict
“Good value NVMe for general use and light gaming, offering a solid upgrade from SATA.”
Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
Sequential, random, and sustained speeds.
Sequential Read
4,859 MB/s
Sequential Write
5,047 MB/s
4K Random Read
542 IOPS
4K Random Write
568 IOPS
How long the drive lasts under sustained writes.
TBW (lifetime writes)
320 TB
Drive Writes/Day
0.29 DWPD
calculated from TBW
MTBF
2.0M hours
Warranty
3 years
Controller, NAND, and cache — what most retailers don't show you.
Controller
Silicon Motion SM2268XT2
NAND Type
QLC(162-layer)
DRAM Cache
No (HMB)
Critical for Gen5 drives and laptops.
Max Temp
70°C
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