Question Kingston KC3000 underperforming?

[Apexpulse]

I just bought a Kingston KC3000 and its supposedly the fastest NVMe m.2 ssd there is but when I run crystaldisk it shows a read of 3500 and a write of 3500 which is just slightly better than my Samsung 970 EVO....

I have seen screenshots online of the KC3000 hitting 7000MB/s online, how come mine is not doing that?

i9-9900k
noctua nh-d15 chromax.black
Asrock z370 extreme4
32gb pny anarchy x 3200mhz
rtx 2080 ti gigaBYTE windforce oc
samsung 970 evo 1tb
kingston kc3000 512gb
seagate ironwolf nas 4tb
seasonic focus plus 750w

 

[Bob.B]

I just bought a Kingston KC3000 and its supposedly the fastest NVMe m.2 ssd there is but when I run crystaldisk it shows a read of 3500 and a write of 3500 which is just slightly better than my Samsung 970 EVO....

I have seen screenshots online of the KC3000 hitting 7000MB/s online, how come mine is not doing that?

i9-9900k
noctua nh-d15 chromax.black
Asrock z370 extreme4
32gb pny anarchy x 3200mhz
rtx 2080 ti gigaBYTE windforce oc
samsung 970 evo 1tb
kingston kc3000 512gb
seagate ironwolf nas 4tb
seasonic focus plus 750w

Looks like the mobo m.2 slots are gen 3.

 

[Apexpulse]

Ah damn. So I need Gen 4?

 

[Zerk2012]

Ah damn. So I need Gen 4?

No unless your just running benchmarks your average user will never see any difference just use it as is.

 

[USAFRet]

Ah damn. So I need Gen 4?

And you would never see the difference.

 

[Apexpulse]

but i paid $100 for 512gb... i could have gotten 1tb of something cheaper and had the same speed :|

 

[USAFRet]

but i paid $100 for 512gb... i could have gotten 1tb of something cheaper and had the same speed :|

This is true.

Also...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YoRKQy-UO4

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DKLA7w9eeA

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ9LyNXpsOo

 

[Apexpulse]

Weak

 

[USAFRet]

Weak

Not weak.
Marketing and diminishing returns.