Kingston KC2500 1 TB M.2 NVMe SSD

W1zzard · Dec 30, 2020

The Kingston KC2500 promises to offer higher transfer rates than the Kingston KC2000, which it is based on. Due to a new firmware, Kingston was able to unlock additional performance. We measured almost 3 GB/s in writes and well above that in reads.

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Jism · Dec 30, 2020

I think a controller is designed to run up to 80 degrees on heavy load, and chips for storage themself should be at an avg of 50 degrees. Am i right?

bug · Dec 30, 2020

Better than its predecessor in synthetics, but the same irl. Almost like the firmware updates were geared towards benchmarks.

Caring1 · Dec 30, 2020

If it's only a Firmware update, then the previous model should be capable of the same speeds.

bug · Dec 31, 2020

Caring1 said:
If it's only a Firmware update, then the previous model should be capable of the same speeds.

It wouldn't. Firmware is the differentiator on virtually every SSD ever made. It makes trade-offs in latency vs throughput, power saving vs responsiveness and such.

heky · Dec 31, 2020

bug said:
It wouldn't. Firmware is the differentiator on virtually every SSD ever made. It makes trade-offs in latency vs throughput, power saving vs responsiveness and such.

You do know firmware can be updated, right?

fb020997 · Jan 2, 2021

I’d love to see some nearly full drive benches, like 70% full drives. Because my SX8200 Pro 1TB slows down to a crawl when I move around small files (it hangs for 3-30 seconds either at the middle or at the end of the transfer), and I have ~350gb free.
When I had ~600gb free it wasn’t that slow doing the same move around.

Anymal · Jan 2, 2021

In kc2000 review w1zz tested it with new firmware which brings high recommendation.

Kingston KC2000 1 TB M.2 NVMe SSD Review - Firmware Update Tested, now Fastest SSD

Last year, we found a bug in Kingston's SSD firmware, which inflicted a significant performance penalty. Now, a software fix is publicly available, and it makes a big difference. The Kingston KC2000 is now the fastest SSD we have ever tested; it even manages to beat the Samsung 970 Pro.

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Kingston KC2000 1 TB M.2 NVMe SSD Review - Firmware Update Tested, now Fastest SSD

W1zzard · Jan 2, 2021

fb020997 said:
I’d love to see some nearly full drive benches, like 70% full drives.

All real-life tests are done with 80% full

Betty (Kung Pow) · Jan 2, 2021

So... Possible to flash the KC2000 with that firmware...?

W1zzard · Jan 2, 2021

Betty (Kung Pow) said:
So... Possible to flash the KC2000 with that firmware...?

probably, but is there anything in public that lets you save the firmware to file? and what software do you use to flash?

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