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SanDisk WD Blue SN5100
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 6,600 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 300 TBW
61 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (91st percentile) 91st
- Strong endurance (88th percentile) 88th
- Strong speed (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
- Below average social proof (7th percentile)
- Below average capacity (26th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 6600 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 5600 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 660000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 1100000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 300 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1750000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | SanDisk WD Blue SN5100 | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T710 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 | Corsair MP700 Elite | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 2TB | 2TB | 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 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 6,600 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 14,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | 300 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW | 1400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SanDisk WD Blue SN5100 | 77.6 | 91 | 53.3 | 26 | 88.1 | 6.5 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.1 | 96.9 | 99.1 | 78.5 | 86.2 | 96.4 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.2 | 98.7 | 97.5 | 78.5 | 83.1 | 82.5 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.6 | 99.4 | 97.5 | 78.5 | 81.2 | 59.6 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.6 | 96.4 | 85.3 | 54.8 | 87.5 | 96.4 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO Compare | 98.1 | 98.1 | 97.5 | 78.5 | 89.7 | 40.8 |
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