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Western Digital Blue SA510 1TB SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 560 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 400 TBW
60 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (89th percentile) 89th
- Strong endurance (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
What owners think
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78/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 5 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 560 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 520 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 90000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 82000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 400 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1750000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital Blue SA510 | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Lexar NM1090 PRO | Team Group MP44 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 560 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | 400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2000 TBW | 2800 TBW | 2000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital Blue SA510 | 36.7 | 42.2 | 89.4 | 55.3 | 43.5 | 79.4 | 61.5 | 51.2 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.7 | 97.4 | 99 | 78.5 | 78.5 | 86.1 | 95.3 | 20.4 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 94 | 96.9 | 99 | 78.5 | 78.5 | 83.1 | 95.3 | 19.6 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 93.3 | 94.5 | 93.9 | 78.5 | 66.5 | 94 | 95.3 | 16 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO Compare | 98.1 | 98.4 | 97.6 | 92.6 | 0 | 75 | 56.6 | 9.6 |
| Team Group MP44 Compare | 93.5 | 88.6 | 53.7 | 92.6 | 78.5 | 77.1 | 87 | 15.5 |
Price
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