Western Digital Elements SE vs Team Group 4TB SSD

Western Digital Elements SE 4TB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 1

Western Digital Elements SE 4TB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 1

Western Digital
27 Overall Score
vs
Team Group 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Team Group 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Team Group
90 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
Western Digital
14
Team Group
92
Gaming
Western Digital
18
Team Group
88
Console
Western Digital
12
Team Group
87
Budget
Western Digital
36
Team Group
82
Workstation
Western Digital
23
Team Group
81
Portable
Western Digital
47
Team Group
24

Specifications

Western Digital Elements SETeam Group 4TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
4,000
4,000
Form FactorExternalM.2 2280
InterfaceUSB 3.2 Gen 1PCIe 4.0 x4
Protocol—NVMe
PCIe Generation—4★
External✓✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)No data
7,400
Sequential Write (MB/s)No data
6,900
Random Read (IOPS)No data
650,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
660,000
Hardware
NAND—SLC★
DRAM Cache—✗
Controller—Maxio
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
2,000
MTBF (hours)No data
1,600,000
Warranty (years)—3★
Features
Heatsink—✗

Pros & Cons

Western Digital Elements SE 4TB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 1

  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Below average affordability (0th percentile)0th %ile
  • Below average speed (2nd percentile)2nd %ile
  • Below average random (4th percentile)4th %ile
  • Below average endurance (15th percentile)15th %ile

Team Group 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong speed (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong random (89th percentile)89th %ile
  • Strong social proof (87th percentile)87th %ile
  • Below average affordability (16th percentile)16th %ile

Pricing

Western Digital Elements SE 4TB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 1

No current pricing available

Team Group 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Verdict

★ Winner: Team Group 4TB SSD

Scores 90 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 9 of 17 specs.

Western Digital Elements SE Better at:

Portable

Team Group 4TB SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsoleWorkstation

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