CONCLUSION

   Having reviewed almost every single SSD released by Kingston to date I can say with certainty that the KC3000 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD lived up to my expectations. Yes, in most tests it’s not quite as fast as the Rocket 4 Plus model by Sabrent (I was expecting the exact opposite to be honest) but the performance gap should not be a game breaker for most people (especially since the KC3000 delivered the top number in the mixed SNIA test). On the other hand, endurance numbers are slightly higher in favour of the KC3000, although again this gap shouldn’t matter much to most of you out there. The bottom line however is that both models are exchanging blows so both are almost equally as good in my book (Sabrent with their upcoming Rocket 4 Plus 8TB however takes the lead in terms of available capacities).

   Kingston officially announced their KC3000 line of PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSDs 16 days ago the 2TB variant of which currently retails for USD452.99 inside the USA (Newegg.com) and for 399.97Euros inside the EU (Amazon.de) a price tag which is currently very balanced for a 2TB PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD. Granted, PCIe 4.0 SSDs are not for everyone, if not for their beefed up prices compared to PCIe 3.0 models then certainly because right now they can only be used with compatible X570 and Z590/690 motherboards. Still the KC3000 2TB model delivers just what Kingston advertises it for and for that it gets the Golden Award.

PROS

- Excellent Performance (Up To 7000MB/s Read & 7000MB/s Write)
- Endurance (1600TBW / 1.8 Million Hours MTBF)
- 5 Year Limited Warranty
- Acronis True Image Software

CONS

- Thermal Throttling (During SNIA Tests)