PC World - USA 2020-07)

64 PCWorld JULY 2020

REVIEWS KINGSTON KC2500 NVME SSD (1TB)

indicative of the intended market and legal

liability than the actual longevity of the drive.

Put another way, the KC2500 is not intended

for high-transaction servers, where writes pile

up quickly and lifespans are measured in

months, not years.

PERFORMANCE

The KC2500 is a good all-around performer.

Its CrystalDiskMark 6 read performance was

especially impressive.

The KC2500 was just a bit off the pace set

by the excellent Adata SX8200 and the

Samsung 970 Pro in the 48GB transfer tests.

However, we’re talking about a total of 192GB

transferred in less than six minutes, which is a

very impressive performance.

Testing is performed on Windows 10

64-bit running on a Core i7-5820K/Asus X99

Deluxe system with four 16GB Kingston

2666MHz DDR4 modules, a Zotac (Nvidia)

GT 710 1GB x2 PCIe graphics card, and an

Asmedia ASM2142 USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps)

card. Also on board are a Gigabyte

GC-Alpine Thunderbolt 3 card and

Kingston KC2500 NVMe SSD

(1TB)

PROS

• Excellent performance.


• Affordable for a top-performing NVMe SSD.
  CONS


• Not the fastest at any single task.
  BOTTOM LINE
  The Kingston KC2500 NVMe SSD matches the
  competition in performance and price, and throws in
  a license for Acronis True Image to boot. A winning
  combination.
  $221

Softperfect’s Ramdisk 3.4.6, which is used for

the 48GB read and write tests.

BOTTOM LINE

While it didn’t reach the top step of the

podium in any one test, the KC2500 was

always within easy hailing distance of the

leader. It’s available at about the same

price as the competition and should be at

the top of your short list when you’re

shopping for a high-performance NVMe

SSD.