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Western Digital SN850

★★★★★ 4.8 (12,930)
Capacity 2TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 7,000 MB/s
Western Digital SN850 ssd
65 Overall Score

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Snapshot

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong social proof (96th percentile) 96th
  • Strong random (93rd percentile) 93rd
  • Strong capacity (78th percentile) 78th
  • Strong speed (78th percentile) 78th

Cons

  • Below average endurance (14th percentile)
  • Below average feature (14th percentile)

What owners think

How owner sentiment changed over time

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Owner sentiment has cooled since launch
82/100Our AI sentiment readmedium confidence · 10 sources · Nov 2026
1★2★3★4★5★Q2 '21: 5.0★ · 1 reviewQ3 '21: 5.0★ · 1 reviewQ4 '21: 5.0★ · 1 reviewQ1 '22: 5.0★ · 2 reviewsQ2 '22: 4.5★ · 2 reviewsQ3 '22: 5.0★ · 1 reviewQ1 '26: 5.0★ · 1 reviewQ2 '26: 5.0★ · 1 review11122111Q2 '21Q3 '21Q4 '21Q1 '22Q2 '22Q3 '22Q1 '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 78.3
Random 93.4
Feature 14.3
Capacity 78.4
User Sentiment 57.2
Endurance 14.3
Social Proof 95.6

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) 7000
Sequential Write (MB/s) 5300
Random Read (IOPS) 1000000
Random Write (IOPS) 1000000

vs Competition

Spec Western Digital SN850 Samsung 9100 PRO Crucial T710 Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Seagate FireCuda 530R SanDisk Western Digital WDS400T1X0M
Capacity 2TB 8TB 4TB 2TB 4TB 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 4.0 x4 PCIe 5.0 x4
Seq Read 7,000 MB/s 14,800 MB/s 14,500 MB/s 7,300 MB/s 7,400 MB/s 14,900 MB/s
Nand Type - TLC TLC TLC TLC TLC
Dram Cache - true false true false true
Endurance - 4800 TBW 2400 TBW 2000 TBW 5050 TBW 2400 TBW
Compare Compare Compare Compare Compare
Product SpeedRandomFeatureCapacityUser SentimentEnduranceSocial Proof
Western Digital SN850 78.393.414.378.457.214.395.6
Samsung 9100 PRO Compare 9999.799.898.208695.6
Crucial T710 Compare 98.798.785.692.808679.7
Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare 92.793.493.878.466.59495.6
Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare 92.296.253.392.864.695.688.5
SanDisk Western Digital WDS400T1X0M Compare 97.49997.492.80810

Price

Value & Pricing

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Usage Scores

Overall (65.1)Budget (74.2)Gaming (69.2)Laptop (75.6)Console (67.2)Portable (19.4)Workstation (59.7)

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