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Western Digital WD Green SN3000
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 5,000 MB/s
49 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong speed (71st percentile) 71st
Cons
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
- Below average capacity (26th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Owner sentiment has held steady over time
Based on 6 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
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) | 5000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 4100 |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital WD Green SN3000 | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 | Corsair MP700 Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB | 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 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 5,000 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,700 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | - | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 2000 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital WD Green SN3000 | 71.2 | 61.2 | 14 | 26.4 | 41.4 | 61.5 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97 | 99 | 78.3 | 85.6 | 95.5 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.7 | 96.4 | 99 | 78.3 | 82.6 | 95.5 |
| SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare | 97.5 | 99.1 | 90.7 | 54.9 | 98.9 | 95.5 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 Compare | 99.3 | 98.5 | 90.7 | 78.3 | 92 | 0 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.7 | 96.6 | 85.8 | 54.9 | 86.8 | 95.5 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
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