Introduction

Hardware-based self-encrypting drive with 3D TLC NAND
Kingston's KC600 is a full-capacity SSD designed to provide remarkable performance and optimised to provide functional system responsiveness with incredible boot, loading and transfer times. It comes in both 2.5" and mSATA form factors using SATA Rev 3.0 interface with backwards compatibility. The
KC600 utilises the latest 3D TLC NAND technology while supporting a full security suite that includes AES 256-bit hardware encryption, TCG Opal and eDrive. It features read/write speeds of up to 550/520MB/s1 to efficiently store your data up to 2TB2. It's available in a bundle kit that provides everything you need for a smooth and easy desktop and notebook installation and upgrade.

Features

Security algorithms

256-bit AES-XTS

SSD form factor

mSATA

SSD capacity

1024 GB

Interface

Serial ATA III

Memory type

3D TLC

NVMe

N

Component for

PC/notebook

Hardware encryption

Y

Data transfer rate

6 Gbit/s

Read speed

550 MB/s

Write speed

520 MB/s

Random read (4KB)

90000 IOPS

Random write (4KB)

80000 IOPS

Controller type

SMI SM2259

Mean time between failures (MTBF)

1000000 h

TBW rating

600

Power

Power consumption (read)

1.2 W

Power consumption (write)

2.4 W

Power consumption (average)

0.1 W

Power consumption (idle)

0.08 W

Operational conditions

Operating temperature (T-T)

0 - 70 °C

Storage temperature (T-T)

-40 - 85 °C

Operating vibration

2.17 G

Non-operating vibration

20 G

Weight & dimensions

Width

50.8 mm

Depth

9.8 mm

Height

4.85 mm

Weight

7 g