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Western Digital 500GB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0
Read Speed 5,000 MB/s
49 Overall Score
Price CA$152
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong speed (71st percentile) 71st
Cons
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
- Below average capacity (26th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 5000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 4100 |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital 500GB SSD | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS200T1X0M | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| 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 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 5,000 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1400 TBW | 3000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital 500GB SSD | 71.3 | 61.3 | 14.3 | 26.4 | 41.7 | 59.5 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97 | 98.9 | 78.3 | 85.8 | 95.2 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 78.3 | 82.7 | 95.2 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS200T1X0M Compare | 99.6 | 99.4 | 97.3 | 78.3 | 80.6 | 50.1 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO Compare | 97.9 | 98.2 | 97.3 | 78.3 | 90.9 | 52.4 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 93.8 | 80.7 | 93.5 | 54.9 | 98.7 | 95.2 |
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