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Western Digital WD Blue SN5000 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 2TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 5,150 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 900 TBW
74 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (89th percentile) 89th
- Strong endurance (81st percentile) 81st
- Strong capacity (78th percentile) 78th
- Strong speed (75th percentile) 75th
Cons
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 2000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 5150 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 4850 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 650000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 770000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 900 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1750000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital WD Blue SN5000 | Samsung 9100 PRO | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Crucial T500 | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 | Seagate FireCuda 530R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 2TB | 8TB | 4TB | 2TB | 8TB | 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 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 5,150 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | 900 TBW | 4800 TBW | 4000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 5050 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital WD Blue SN5000 | 75.1 | 89.4 | 53.3 | 78.3 | 81 | 52.9 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.1 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 98.1 | 85.8 | 95.2 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.7 | 90.4 | 92.5 | 93.4 | 86.8 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 78.3 | 82.7 | 95.2 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 98.9 | 99.1 | 97.3 | 98.1 | 80.6 | 45.2 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.5 | 96.4 | 53.3 | 92.5 | 95.6 | 77.4 |
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