Kingstons KC1000 solid-state drive is a high-performance PCIe NVMe solution that is over 2x faster than SATA-based SSDs & 40x faster than a 7200RPM hard-disk drive*. Using a PCIe Gen 3.0 x 4 interface & an 8-channel Phison PS5007-E7 controller, this drive features 4 cores & 2x the DRAM to help power users blaze through even the toughest projects with high-speed data transfers of up to 2700MB/s*. KC1000 uses native OS drivers & is NVMe 1.2 compliant which allows users to take full advantage of the high throughput, IOPS & low latency that is available to systems that support NVMe. This protocol was designed specifically to support Flash-based storage versus SATA, which was developed for traditional spinning disks. It removes performance bottlenecks & provides the system with instant access to the device once the SSD is installed. KC1000 is easily installed in either a standard M.2 or PCI Express socket using the M.2 2280 or the half-height, half-length add-in card for greater design-in flexibility when used by system builders. There is a range of capacities available from 240GB to 960GB**, & the KC1000 is backed by a limited five-year warranty*** & legendary Kingston support. High-performance, next-generation PCIe NVMe SSD NVMe Designed for SSDs, not legacy storage products Form factor choices to fit a wide range of systems * Based on out-of-box performance using a SATA Rev. 3.0/ PCIe 3.0 motherboard. Speed may vary due to host hardware, software & usage. IOMETER random 4K random read/write is based on an 8GB partition. ** Some of the listed capacity on a Flash storage device is used for formatting & other functions & is thus not available for data storage. As such, the actual available capacity for data storage is less than what is listed on the products. For more information, go to Kingstons Flash Memory Guide at Kingston.com/flashguide. *** Limited warranty based on 5 years or SSD Life Remaining which can