Kingston · 2025
Kingston NV3 500GB
The Kingston NV3 500GB is a PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 solid-state drive released in 2025.
The Kingston NV3 500GB is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, using the PCIe 4.0 x4 interface and NVMe protocol. It features QLC NAND flash memory and a Silicon Motion SM2268XT2 controller, without a DRAM cache. The drive offers sequential read speeds up to 5000 MB/s and sequential write speeds up to 3000 MB/s, with random read and write performance of 471159 IOPS and 728636 IOPS respectively. It has a total bytes written endurance of 160 TB and comes with a 3-year warranty. The drive was released on February 7, 2025, with a launch MSRP of 113 USD.
Specifications
| Form factor unverified | M.2 2280 |
|---|---|
| Interface unverified | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol unverified | NVMe |
| Capacity unverified | 500 GB |
| NAND type unverified | QLC |
| Controller unverified | Silicon Motion SM2268XT2 |
| DRAM cache unverified | No |
| Sequential read unverified | 5000 MB/s |
| Sequential write unverified | 3000 MB/s |
| Random read unverified | 471159 IOPS |
| Random write unverified | 728636 IOPS |
| Total bytes written unverified | 160 TB |
| Warranty unverified | 3 years |
| Release date unverified | 2025-02-07 |
| Release year unverified | 2025 |
| Launch MSRP unverified | 113 USD |