Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 8TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 8TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital
97 Overall Score
vs
Solidigm 3.84TB SSD SATA III 2.5"

Solidigm 3.84TB SSD SATA III 2.5"

Solidigm
56 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Western Digital
97
Solidigm
56
Console
Western Digital
94
Solidigm
21
Gaming
Western Digital
94
Solidigm
43
Budget
Western Digital
87
Solidigm
69
Laptop
Western Digital
73
Solidigm
52
Portable
Western Digital
26
Solidigm
15

Specifications

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850XSolidigm 3.84TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
8,000
3,840
Form FactorM.2 22802.5"
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4SATA III
ProtocolNVMeSATA
PCIe Generation4★—
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
7,200
550
Sequential Write (MB/s)
6,600
510
Random Read (IOPS)
1,200,000
No data
Random Write (IOPS)
1,200,000
No data
Hardware
NANDTLC★—
DRAM Cache✓★—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
4,800
35,100
MTBF (hours)
1,750,000
No data
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink✓★—

Pros & Cons

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 8TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong capacity (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong random (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile

Solidigm 3.84TB SSD SATA III 2.5"

  • Strong endurance (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong capacity (88th percentile)88th %ile
  • Below average feature (14th percentile)14th %ile
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)
  • Below average speed (32nd percentile)

Pricing

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 8TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Solidigm 3.84TB SSD SATA III 2.5"

No current pricing available

Verdict

★ Winner: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X

Scores 97 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 16 specs.

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation