Kioxia

Kioxia Exceria SATA SSD Spec and Price in the United States

SATA960GB2.5-inch555 MB/s read

Older laptops and budget desktop rebuilds are where the Exceria SATA SSD makes sense — Kioxia's slowest drive, capped by the SATA interface itself rather than any internal component. At 555/540 MB/s it trails the Plus G3's 5,000/3,900 MB/s NVMe figures by nearly an order of magnitude. Its 240TB TBW and three-year warranty are the lowest endurance numbers among Kioxia's three drives, sized at 960GB for straightforward capacity replacement.

95th of 106 models in the SSD catalog on Sequential read. Tied 87th of 106 models in the SSD catalog on Sequential write — 2 models share this figure.

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Specifications

Capacity: 960GB
Interface: SATA
Sequential read: 555 MB/s
Sequential write: 540 MB/s
Random read: 81000 IOPS
Random write: 88000 IOPS
Form factor: 2.5-inch
NAND type: TLC
DRAM cache
Endurance (TBW): 240 TB
Warranty: 3 years

Capacities

Configuration	Part number	Endurance (TBW)	Sequential write	Sequential read
240GB	LTC10Z240GG8	60 TB	540 MB/s	555 MB/s
480GB	LTC10Z480GG8	120 TB	540 MB/s	555 MB/s
960GB	LTC10Z960GG8	240 TB	540 MB/s	555 MB/s

Guides for this category

How to choose an SSDFour questions decide almost every SSD purchase — what fits, how big, how fast, and how much it should cost.NVMe or SATAWhich interface your machine takes, how to tell without opening it, and what the speed difference actually buys you.How much SSD capacity you actually needHow to size a drive from what you already use, why leaving headroom matters, and when one bigger drive beats two small ones.M.2 sizes and SSD form factorsWhat 2280, 2242, and 2.5-inch mean, which one your machine takes, and how to check the keying before you buy.What SSD speed numbers actually tell youSequential versus random performance, why the number on the box describes the rarer case, and how to read it without being misled.PCIe generations for SSDsWhat Gen 3, Gen 4, and Gen 5 change, why a newer drive always works in an older slot, and when the extra speed is worth paying for.TLC, QLC, and DRAM-less SSDsWhat the NAND type and the controller's cache change about how a drive behaves, and when either is worth caring about.SSD endurance and warrantiesWhat TBW and DWPD actually promise, how much a normal machine writes, and when endurance is worth paying extra for.How to install an SSDFitting an M.2 or 2.5-inch drive, choosing between cloning and a clean install, and what to check on the first boot.When an SSD price is actually goodWhy price per terabyte beats any discount percentage, and why a good price on one capacity says nothing about the others.

Sources

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