SanDisk SSD PLUS 2TB SATA III 2.5"

SanDisk SSD PLUS 2TB SATA III 2.5"

SanDisk
50 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital
93 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
SanDisk
46
Western Digital
95
Gaming
SanDisk
44
Western Digital
93
Console
SanDisk
23
Western Digital
92
Laptop
SanDisk
54
Western Digital
79
Budget
SanDisk
70
Western Digital
73
Portable
SanDisk
15
Western Digital
25

Specifications

SanDisk SSD PLUSWestern Digital WD_BLACK SN8100
Drive
Capacity
2,000
4,000
Form Factor2.5"M.2 2280
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—5★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
545
14,900
Sequential Write (MB/s)
450
14,000
Random Read (IOPS)No data
2,300,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
2,400,000
Hardware
NANDMLC★TLC
DRAM Cache✓✓
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
2,400
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
Warranty (years)—3★
Features
Heatsink—✓★
Hardware Encryption—✓★

Pros & Cons

SanDisk SSD PLUS 2TB SATA III 2.5"

  • Strong feature (91st percentile)91st %ile
  • Strong social proof (87th percentile)87th %ile
  • Strong capacity (78th percentile)
  • Below average endurance (15th percentile)15th %ile
  • Below average speed (21st percentile)
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)
  • Below average affordability (27th percentile)

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong feature (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong speed (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong random (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Below average affordability (8th percentile)8th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100

Scores 93 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 17 specs.

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation