Kingston HyperX Predator 480GB m.2 PCIe SSD Review
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Sadly, 4KB random performance is only marginally better than the previous-generation controller. The Predator does surpass 10,000 random read IOPS at a queue depth of one, which is a number we often use to separate excellent client performance from good performance. Kingston also manages to extract good numbers from the 88SS9293 processor as queue depth grows.
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Chris Ramseyer was a senior contributing editor for Tom's Hardware. He tested and reviewed consumer storage.