SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk
92 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital
89 Overall Score

Scores

Console
SanDisk
93
Western Digital
84
Laptop
SanDisk
80
Western Digital
93
Gaming
SanDisk
92
Western Digital
88
Workstation
SanDisk
92
Western Digital
89
Budget
SanDisk
79
Western Digital
90
Portable
SanDisk
25
Western Digital
23

Specifications

SanDisk 4TB SSDWestern Digital WD_BLACK SN8100
Drive
Capacity
4,000
1,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0PCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation45★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
7,300
14,900
Sequential Write (MB/s)
6,600
11,000
Random Read (IOPS)
1,200,000
1,600,000
Random Write (IOPS)
1,100,000
2,400,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓✓
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
2,400
600
MTBF (hours)
1,750,000
1,750,000
Warranty (years)33
Features
Heatsink✓★✗
Hardware Encryption—✓★

Pros & Cons

SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Below average affordability (9th percentile)9th %ile

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong speed (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong feature (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: SanDisk 4TB SSD

Scores 92 overall, wins 3 of 6 usage categories and 3 of 17 specs.

SanDisk 4TB SSD Better at:

GamingConsoleWorkstation

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Better at:

BudgetLaptop