Team Group CX2 256GB SATA III 2.5"

Team Group CX2 256GB SATA III 2.5"

Team Group
41 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital
89 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
Team Group
39
Western Digital
93
Budget
Team Group
84
Western Digital
90
Workstation
Team Group
36
Western Digital
89
Gaming
Team Group
25
Western Digital
88
Console
Team Group
12
Western Digital
84
Portable
Team Group
10
Western Digital
23

Specifications

Team Group CX2Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100
Drive
Capacity
256
1,000
Form Factor2.5"M.2 2280
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—5★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
520
14,900
Sequential Write (MB/s)
430
11,000
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,600,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
2,400,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
80
600
MTBF (hours)
1,000,000
1,750,000
Warranty (years)33
Features
Heatsink✗✗
Hardware Encryption—✓★

Pros & Cons

Team Group CX2 256GB SATA III 2.5"

  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong affordability (87th percentile)87th %ile
  • Strong endurance (68th percentile)
  • Below average speed (16th percentile)16th %ile
  • Below average capacity (17th percentile)17th %ile
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong speed (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong feature (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile

Pricing

Team Group CX2 256GB SATA III 2.5" is CA$339 cheaper (4.1x less).

Team Group CX2 256GB SATA III 2.5"0.371score per dollar
vs
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 22800.198score per dollar

Team Group CX2 256GB SATA III 2.5" offers 1.9x better value for money

Team Group CX2 256GB SATA III 2.5"

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Verdict

★ Winner: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100

Scores 89 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 17 specs.

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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