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SanDisk 500GB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280
The 500GB WD Blue SN5100 delivers PCIe 4.0 speeds up to 6,600 MB/s read and 5,600 MB/s write, with QLC NAND and a DRAM-less design that keeps costs down. It carries a 5-year warranty and 300 TBW endurance, plus Acronis True Image software for easy migration. This drive suits budget-conscious desktop builders upgrading from SATA SSDs who want fast Gen 4 performance without paying a premium.
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0
Read Speed 6,600 MB/s
NAND QLC
Endurance 300 TBW
58 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (92nd percentile) 92nd
- Strong endurance (88th percentile) 88th
- Strong speed (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong affordability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average social proof (8th percentile)
- Below average feature (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (26th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 6600 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 5600 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 660000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 1100000 |
Hardware
| NAND | QLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 300 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1750000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | SanDisk 500GB SSD | Western Digital Black SN850X | Samsung 9100 PRO | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Crucial T500 | Seagate FireCuda 530R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 4TB | 8TB | 4TB | 2TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 6,600 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | QLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | 300 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW | 4000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 5050 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SanDisk 500GB SSD | 78.9 | 91.8 | 14.5 | 26.4 | 88 | 8.4 | 69.6 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.5 | 95.2 | 89 | 92.6 | 88 | 95.2 | 11.3 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.1 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 98.2 | 85.9 | 95.2 | 1.8 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.7 | 90.5 | 92.6 | 93.5 | 86.9 | 6.5 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 78.3 | 82.8 | 95.2 | 20.1 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.5 | 96.4 | 53.6 | 92.6 | 95.7 | 77.4 | 6.9 |
Usage Scores
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