Kingston FURY Renegade 2TB PCIe Gen 4.0

Written analysis

Kingston FURY Renegade 2TB PCIe Gen 4.0 at a glance

The Kingston FURY Renegade 2TB PCIe Gen 4.0 is a 2000 GB M.2 2280 SSD using PCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 1.4. The controller is Phison E18-41. Flash type is TLC 176-layer. Cache is listed as DDR4-2666.

Rated sequential throughput is 7300 MB/s read and 7000 MB/s write. Random throughput is 1000K read IOPS and 1000K write IOPS. The calculated specification score is 72.5.

Best fit: General storage workloads where compatibility and price matter more than peak transfer rates.

Endurance and thermals

Rated endurance is 2000 TBW, or approximately 1000 TBW per TB of capacity. The listed warranty is 5 years.

Current value

At $503, the drive costs $251.50 per TB. Performance / price is 21.6 and capacity value is 43.2. Compare these values with nearby drives below; interface generation and headline speed alone do not determine value.