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Western Digital 4TB SSD SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 4TB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 560 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 400 TBW
68 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong capacity (93rd percentile) 93rd
- Strong feature (89th percentile) 89th
- Strong endurance (68th percentile) 68th
Cons
- Below average affordability (11th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 4000 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 560 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 520 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 90000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 82000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 400 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1750000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital 4TB SSD | Samsung 9100 PRO | Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 | Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 | Crucial T500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 8TB | 4TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 560 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | 400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4000 TBW | 4800 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital 4TB SSD | 36.7 | 42.2 | 89.4 | 92.6 | 67.9 | 55.9 | 11.4 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.2 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.6 | 85.9 | 99.6 | 5.2 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G Compare | 93.2 | 94.4 | 93.9 | 92.6 | 94 | 95.3 | 9 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99 | 99.3 | 97.5 | 98.1 | 80.9 | 44.6 | 3.3 |
| Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 Compare | 99 | 99.2 | 89.4 | 92.6 | 85.9 | 77.4 | 11 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.9 | 96.9 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 82.9 | 95.3 | 19.4 |
Usage Scores
- Overall67.8
- Budget67.2
- Gaming56
- Laptop62.5
- Console27.9
- Portable17.5
- Workstation66.9
A full written review is coming soon. The specs, scores, prices and charts above are always up to date.
