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Review: KingBank KP260 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD - 1TB (Super Low-Cost)

Issuing time:2023-03-16 16:39
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Forward


I’ve been keeping my eyes on how SSD would evolve back when I was a journalist years ago. For all the reviews I’ve written on brands of SSDs, I can be pretty sure that now is the best time to get the cheapest PCIe4.0 SSD. And today I’m showing you KingBank KP260 PCIe4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD of 1TB, a proper upgrade for my system storage.



KingBank KP260 SSD adopts PCIe4.0 protocol which is downward compatible with PCIe3.0, perfect matching for a wide range of devices while upgrading the performance.


Unboxing


KingBank KP260 SSD is packed in a simply designed box, easy to remove. Take out the SSD and we can see a dynamically designed letter K beside the brand name over the information label.




Beside the KP260 SSD, there are also a bag of screws, a thermal pad and a metal heatsink. The thermal pad is independently provided, so we can have a plain look at the controller and chips on the SSD. Succinctly, it is an easy and neat design generally.



To have a closer look and we can see that the main controller on the KingBank KP260 SSD is the 3rd-Gen PCIe4.0 SSD controller MAP1620A by Maxio, a Chinese tech company, featuring lower power consumption. With TLC 3D NAND flash memory, KingBank KP260 SSD serve a longer lifespan with more stability than SSDs with QLC flash memory. We can see that there are four flash memory modules on the SSD numbered NH14TAA1442256G 231122HJ.



Additionally, KingBank KP260 SSD is available in three capacity options of 512GB, 1TB and 2TB with a TBW of 300, 600, and 1200 respectively.



Testing


First I check the specification of KingBank KP260 SSD-1TB on CrystalDiskinfo, and it is of PCIe Gen4X4 NVMe1.4 standard and supports S.M.A.R.T./TRIM/VolatileWriteCache.



Though KingBank KP260 SSD is DRAM-less, it still carries a writing cache (sharing SRAM with the FTL in the controller or the caching with HMB), so the VilatileWriteCache here does not refer to the independent DRAM of the SSD.


Below is the benchmarking under the default mode.



And this picture down here is the benchmarking under the zero filling mode.



Under the default mode, KingBank KP260 SSD measured sequential read/write speeds of 5097/4422MB per second. Under zero filling, it reached 6036/4474MB per second, proving an excellent performance on data compressing.


And in AS SSD Benchmark, KingBank KP260 1TB SSD measured sequential read/write speeds of 4105/3758MB per second, and 78/315MB per second in 4K read and write, scoring totally at 7004, which actually outperforms many other PCIe4.0 NVMe SSDs.



Through HD Tune Pro we can see the SLC Cache of the KingBank KP260 1TB SSD. Set it in random access of 100GB and KP260 featured rather stable reading and writing. The NAND flash memory and the controller of the SSD are of really stable performance.



Conclusion


KingBank KP260 PCIe4.0 NVMe SSD-1TB, positioning as a medium-high end product featuring highly cost-effective, stable high-speed reading and writing and caching, is really worth trying for upgrading and if any building your PC.




The article was originally posted on WeChat Official Account of KingBank in Chinese; the English version was excerpted.

Original article link: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/nubPhey8V85Ovwvck0F03A


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