CONCLUSION

    The brand new NV3 Gen4 M.2 NVMe SSD by Kingston may not be the fastest Gen4 SSD out there currently but the fact that in some of my tests it managed to surpass its advertised performance numbers is a very good thing. SNIA test performance is also very good although there was some thermal throttling during the 12 hour test (as expected really). Unfortunately, even though performance is actually very good (especially for a DRAM-less drive) 3D QLC NAND flash as always lacks the endurance/durability offered by TLC/MLC NAND flash and well, this could be a game breaker for some consumers. That being said the truth of the matter is that vast majority will simply not care and that’s because this isn’t a drive aimed at heavy workloads (the exact opposite really). Finally this being a multi-BOM (bill of materials) SSD is both good and bad. Good because the NV3 might see an upgrade further down the line (better controller of flash) and bad because this review may not represent your version 100% (this means you may be getting something slightly faster or slightly slower). This of course has been happening for many years in the PC hardware market (many times without even being mentioned at all) so again, it's not something I expect to have a serious impact on sales.

    Currently retailing for USD129.99 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and for 123.89Euros inside the EU (Amazon.de) the latest NV3 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD (SNV3S/2000) by Kingston is priced just right. Again, the NV3 2TB is aimed towards consumers who either don’t care about having the best performance and durability or who are just looking for a secondary drive and well, since it does deliver as advertised it does deserve the Golden Award.

PROS

- Good Overall Performance
- Single Side SSD
- 2.000.000 Hours MTBF
- Available Capacities (500GB/1TB/2TB/4TB Soon)
- Price (For Some)

CONS

- Endurance (640TBW)