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Western Digital SN850 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 2TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0
Read Speed 7,000 MB/s
65 Overall Score
Price CA$683
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong random (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong speed (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong capacity (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Owner sentiment has cooled since launch
82/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 10 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 2000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 |
| 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 | 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 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 7,000 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 |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | - | 4800 TBW | 4000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 5050 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital SN850 | 79 | 94 | 14.3 | 78.3 | 56.5 | 14.5 | 95.2 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.1 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 98.1 | 0 | 85.8 | 95.2 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.7 | 90.4 | 92.5 | 28.2 | 93.4 | 86.8 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 78.3 | 78.4 | 82.7 | 95.2 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 98.9 | 99.1 | 97.3 | 98.1 | 94.5 | 80.6 | 45.2 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.5 | 96.4 | 53.3 | 92.5 | 64.6 | 95.6 | 77.4 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
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