Kingston’s next SSD KC2500 uses latest Gen 3.0 x 4 controller and 96-layer 3D TLC NAND, translating to powerful performance. The small and thin SSD has Dimensions 80mm x 22mm x 3.5mm and M.2 design. The SSD can be used with most of the modern laptop and desktop PCs.
Features
The KC2500 comes with read/write speeds up to 3,500/2,900MB/s1. It claims to deliver outstanding endurance and improves the workflow in desktop, workstations, and high-performance computing (HPC) systems.
The SSD is available in capacities from 250GB–2TB to meet users’ needs. The drive is a self-encrypting supporting end-to-end data protection using XTS-AES 256 bit Hardware-based encryption and allows the usage of independent software vendors with TCG Opal 2.0 security management solutions such as Symantec, McAfee, WinMagic and others. KC2500 also has built-in Microsoft eDrive support, a security storage specification for use with BitLocker.
Performance
In our random test in which we transferred the assorted 5GB data (Video, PDF, Word and other files) from our HDD drive to the Kingston SSD drive, it took only 1 min 04 sec. While transferring the same data from Kingston drive to PC drive it took about 1 min 11 sec. On the other hand, when I transferred 1GB movie to the drive, it took only 14 sec which is similar to the last drive.
To test its real-life performance, I installed Windows 10 on this drive and added all the essential software including Adobe Photoshop, MS-Office, etc. The boot time of the machine was boosted from 22 secs to 8 sec. While working on the PC, we experienced faster processing and app loading as well. The SSD is built for high-end computing, and it really did well in terms of overall PC performance.