Kingston KC2000 1 TB M.2 NVMe SSD

[Caring1]

"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. "

Am I the only one who things 1 year is too long?

Last year was 6 months ago

 

[bug]

Last year was 6 months ago

Yeah, no, this was released like last July
It may have been reviewed in December, but the bug is definitely almost a year old.

 

[Space Lynx]

Yeah, no, this was released like last July
It may have been reviewed in December, but the bug is definitely almost a year old.

if anyone is going to know about bugs, its a guy named bug on the forums... lmao

 

[bug]

if anyone is going to know about bugs, its a guy named bug on the forums... lmao

Hey, what's in a name, right?

 

[Caring1]

Yeah, no, this was released like last July
It may have been reviewed in December, but the bug is definitely almost a year old.

Ok, so if it's a confirmed bug, does it affect a certain controller or type of dram?
I have a Kingston a2000 500GB NVMe drive and it's speeds are as advertised.
Edit: downloaded and installed the Kingston drive manager, and no firmware updates are available, so i'm not sure if it has the same controller or if it shipped as new with the fix already.

 

[W1zzard]

I have a Kingston a2000 500GB NVMe drive and it's speeds are as advertised.

Run QD1 512K Seq Mixed

 

[bug]

Ok, so if it's a confirmed bug, does it affect a certain controller or type of dram?
I have a Kingston a2000 500GB NVMe drive and it's speeds are as advertised.

While I don't know specifics about this, SSD bugs are usually because of a combination of flash type + controller. Worst case scenario, it's a bug in the controller, affecting all flash types.

 

[Caring1]

Run QD1 512K Seq Mixed

 

[Space Lynx]

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here is what my WD BLack SN750 may 2020 manufature date scored: 1tb in win 8.1 (decided to open it and use it since wizz didnt seem interested in testing it):

 

[W1zzard]

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thats not mixed. somehow i suspect many ssd vendors test with just cdm or similar, which is why nobody noticed the problem in the first place

If I were you mail you my WD Black SN750 1Tb

Too complicated, I'm in Germany. I still have a few SSDs backlog, but then I'll reach out to WD see if they want to send a sample, or just buy it for testing

 

[Caring1]

thats not mixed. somehow i suspect many ssd vendors test with just cdm or similar, which is why nobody noticed the problem in the first place

Sorry, i'm not sure what you mean by mixed.

 

[W1zzard]

Sorry, i'm not sure what you mean by mixed.

Don't test just reading or writing, but reading and writing at the same time. I think Anvil Storage Utilities has a test for that

 

[Caring1]

Don't test just reading or writing, but reading and writing at the same time. I think Anvil Storage Utilities has a test for that

I found under the Profile tab the option to do default + mix.

 

[Space Lynx]

I found under the Profile tab the option to do default + mix.

there were two options default mix and peak mix... i picked default? should it be run at peak?
should look like this i just ran mine: