Nowadays, there are more and more lightweight external SSD styles on the market. In the face of fierce competition in the market, not only small size, easy portability, large storage capacity, but also high-speed transmission performance are required to attract users who work outside. (After all, time is money). The XS2000 external portable SSD launched by Kingston is not only lightweight, but also has a transfer speed of 2000 GB/s through the interface setting that supports USB 3.2 Gen 2x2. The ultra-fast specification allows users who work away from home to reduce the time spent on storing/transferring data.

●Kingston XS2000 External Portable SSD Unpacking and Appearance

First, let's take a look at the unpacking and appearance introduction of the Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD.

The front of the box of the Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD, this time Chen Ba borrowed the 2TB version.

The performance figures of the XS2000 are marked on the upper right corner of the front of the box, which is 2000 MB/s read and 2000 MB/s write performance, which can be said to be the highest level of USB external SSDs on the market.

On the side, the front image of the product shows the compact size of the XS2000. Official data indicates that the size of the XS2000 is 69.54 x 32.58 x 13.5mm, which is about half the size of a credit card.

The back of the box of the Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD is marked with the contents of the package and the supported operating system, and a transparent window is opened in the center, where you can directly see the label information printed on the product and provide consumers with confirmation when purchasing.

The package contents of the Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD, including the XS2000 body (center), rubber protective cover (right), and USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 transmission cable (left).

The Kingston XS2000 is an external portable SSD body. It uses a black plastic frame with metal shells on the upper and lower sides. The USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port is designed on the short side and has a transmission indicator design.

The front of the Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD.

The back of the Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD.

Side USB Type-C port and status indicator.

front thickness

side thickness

As usual, take a ten yuan coin to compare the size. The XS2000 is really quite miniature.

In order to protect the XS2000 external portable SSD when going out, Kingston also attached a silicone protective cover to the package, which can be directly put on to protect the XS2000 when it is used, which can provide a certain degree of protection when it is accidentally dropped.

Silicone cover accessory for XS2000.

The state of Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD with the silicone protective cover installed.

The silicone protective cover also has an opening on the back, which is convenient for users to read product information.

The silicone protective cover has openings near the port and indicator light for easy use during transmission.

After installing the silicone protective cover, the thickness of the XS2000 increases to about 16.75 mm, which is about 3 mm thicker than the original 13.5 mm.

Under the setting including the silicone protective cover and the transmission line, the weight of the Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD reaches 58g, which is a fairly lightweight setting.

●Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD performance test

Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD actual test.

Next, let’s look at the performance of the Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD. Since the Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD needs to be equipped with a USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 interface to achieve the highest performance, this time Chen Ba used the ASUS TUF GAMING Z690 PLUS with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 at hand. The WIFI D4 motherboard was used for matching test, but during the test, it was found that when the XS2000 external portable SSD was tested using the USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port (using the Realtek RTS 5463 controller chip) on this motherboard, although the reading part was It can reach 2000 MB/s officially claimed by Kingston, but only about 400 MB/s in writing performance.

The Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD is plugged into the USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port of the ASUS TUF GAMING Z690 PLUS WIFI D4 motherboard. According to the numbers measured by Crystal DiskMark, it can be seen that the sequential write is only 409.93 MB/s.

But when tested with a standalone PCIe USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 expansion card, the results were different.

Chen pulled another test using a Gigabyte GC-USB 3.2 GEN 2X2 expansion card with an ASM3242 controller.

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Since the ASUS TUF GAMING Z690 PLUS WIFI D4 motherboard was previously tested, the SILVERSTONE MS12 M.2 SSD external box with ASM2364 bridged to the AON7408 chip was no problem, so it is speculated that it may be the Kingston XS2000 controller and the RTS 5463 controller chip. conflicted. This happened when Chen pulled other USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 external SSDs before, so before purchasing such high-speed performance external devices, it is best to confirm whether your own devices are compatible.

Therefore, Chen Ba's next tests were all performed on the Gigabyte GC-USB 3.2 GEN2X2 expansion card. The following are the results of each test:

◆Kingston XS2000 External Portable SSD ATTO Disk BenchMark Test Results

In the test results, it can be seen that the Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD can achieve a maximum reading performance of 1.93 GB/s and a write performance of 1.74 GB/s in blocks above 512KB.

In the IO part of the number of reads and writes, the Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD can maintain a high number of writes in 8KB and 4KB blocks, and the read part has a maximum value in small blocks below 2 KB.

◆Kingston XS2000 External Portable SSD AS SSD BenchMark Test Results

In the AS SSD Benchmark part, the total score obtained by the Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD is 2022. Under the 1GB test file setting, the sequential read and write results are: read 1860.09 MB/s, write 1610.04 MB/s .

The results of the random access IO part are 58435 iops for reading and 286946 iops for writing in the 4K 64-Third part.

In the AS SSD BenchMark copy test item, the Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD obtained the following results: ISO copy item 973.04 MB/s, program copy item 103.00 MB/s, game copy item 379.13 MB/s.

◆Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD TxBench performance test results

In the TxBench test part, the Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD achieves a sequential read of 2069.668.526 MB/s and a write of 1871.147 MB/s, and a 4K random read and write QD1 with a read score of 24.672 mB/s and a write of 1871.147 MB/s. is 79.003 mB/s.

◆Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD PCMark 10 data disk storage performance test

In the part of the PCMark 10 storage performance test that simulates the real use of the computer, the Data Drive Benchmark project that simply stores data is used for testing. The test results are as follows:

The Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD achieved a score of 1211, achieved a bandwidth of 187.55 MB/s, and an average access time of 134 microseconds.

In the test details part, the performance test of writing, internal copying and reading with 339 JPEG files and a total of 2.37GB of material, the Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD can achieve a maximum internal copy performance of 187 MB/ s, in the part of external access, write about 106 MB/s and read about 128 MB/s.

◆Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD Apple Mac computer storage performance test

In addition, in the Mac computer part, Chen Ba used the 2018 Macbook Pro 15 for testing, and the test results obtained are as follows:

Kingston XS2000 External Portable SSD on a 2018 MacBook Pro 15 using Blackmagicdesign Disk Speed Test software.

Test results of Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD on 2018 MacBook Pro 15 using AJA System Test Lite software. Both can run about 900 MB/s read and write performance. After all, the Mac does not support USB 3.2 Gen 2x2, which is above the level in terms of USB 3.2 Gen 2.

As for the heat dissipation efficiency, Chen Ba also used the FLIR infrared thermometer to shoot the surface temperature of the Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD during the continuous linear writing test. The results are as follows:

In the linear write test, the surface temperature of the Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD is about below 40 ℃, which is about lukewarm in terms of body sensation.

●Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD test experience

As far as the test results are concerned, the Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 can provide 50% faster or even double the performance compared to the general USB 3.2 Gen 2 external SSD in an environment where it can be used normally. Coupled with a compact design and a capacity of up to 2TB, it is really a very useful peripheral equipment for users who have limited internal storage space in their notebook computers.

However, the main problem of Kingston XS2000 external portable SSD is also on the USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 interface. Except that there are still few mobile devices that provide USB 3.2 Gen 2x2, there will still be compatibility between the host controller and the bridge chip of the SSD. For example, the Realtek RTS 5463 control chip commonly used by ROG or ASUS, the writing speed will drop, which may be reduced after a new version of the firmware is corrected. .