Kingston FURY Renegade 1TB PCIe Gen 4.0

Written analysis

Kingston FURY Renegade 1TB PCIe Gen 4.0 at a glance

The Kingston FURY Renegade 1TB PCIe Gen 4.0 is a 1000 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 6000 MB/s write. Random throughput is 900K read IOPS and 1000K write IOPS. The calculated specification score is 70.7.

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

Endurance and thermals

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

Current value

At $374, the drive costs $374.17 per TB. Performance / price is 28.3 and capacity value is 28.3. Compare these values with nearby drives below; interface generation and headline speed alone do not determine value.