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Western Digital Gaming

★★★★★ 4.5 (166)
Capacity 512GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 5,000 MB/s
Western Digital Gaming ssd
50 Overall Score

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Snapshot

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong random (87th percentile) 87th
  • Strong social proof (71st percentile) 71st
  • Strong speed (70th percentile) 70th

Cons

  • Below average feature (14th percentile)
  • Below average user sentiment (28th percentile)
  • Below average endurance (33rd percentile)
  • Below average capacity (34th percentile)

What owners think

How owner sentiment changed over time

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Owner sentiment has held steady over time
72/100Our AI sentiment readmedium confidence · 10 sources · Nov 2026
1★2★3★4★5★Q1 '24: 1.0★ · 1 reviewQ1 '25: 5.0★ · 1 reviewQ2 '25: 5.0★ · 2 reviewsQ4 '25: 3.0★ · 2 reviewsQ1 '26: 4.7★ · 3 reviewsQ2 '26: 1.0★ · 1 review112231Q1 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26Q2 '26
Avg ratingHappy (4-5★)Unhappy (1-2★)Bar height = number of reviews

Based on 10 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.

The proof

Performance

Performance Percentiles

Speed 69.8
Random 87.2
Feature 14.3
Capacity 33.9
User Sentiment 28
Endurance 32.7
Social Proof 70.8

Specifications

Full Specifications

Drive

Capacity 512
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Protocol NVMe
PCIe Generation 4
External No

Performance

Sequential Read (MB/s) 5000
Sequential Write (MB/s) 4000
Random Read (IOPS) 460000
Random Write (IOPS) 800000

Reliability

Warranty (years) 1

vs Competition

Spec Western Digital Gaming Samsung 990 PRO Crucial T710 Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Corsair MP700 Elite
Capacity 512GB 2TB 4TB 2TB 1TB 2TB
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 4.0 x4 PCIe 5.0 x4 PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 5.0 x4 PCIe 5.0 x4
Seq Read 5,000 MB/s 7,450 MB/s 14,500 MB/s 7,300 MB/s 14,900 MB/s 10,000 MB/s
Nand Type - TLC TLC TLC TLC TLC
Dram Cache - true false true true true
Endurance - 1200 TBW 2400 TBW 2000 TBW 4800 TBW 1200 TBW
Compare Compare Compare Compare Compare
Product SpeedRandomFeatureCapacityUser SentimentEnduranceSocial Proof
Western Digital Gaming 69.887.214.333.92832.770.8
Samsung 990 PRO Compare 93.296.99978.478.68695.6
Crucial T710 Compare 98.798.785.692.808679.7
Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare 92.793.493.878.466.59495.6
SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare 97.49990.654.609995.6
Corsair MP700 Elite Compare 94.696.499.878.478.687.339.1

Price

Value & Pricing

We started tracking prices for this product on Nov 8, 2026. The chart appears once we have more data.

Usage Scores

Overall (49.5)Budget (50.8)Gaming (44.5)Laptop (57.3)Console (33.3)Portable (13.8)Workstation (49.3)

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