Patriot P320 128GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Patriot P320 128GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Patriot
33 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital Black SN850X 1TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital Black SN850X 1TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital
85 Overall Score

Scores

Budget
Patriot
61
Western Digital
94
Laptop
Patriot
28
Western Digital
89
Workstation
Patriot
29
Western Digital
85
Gaming
Patriot
28
Western Digital
84
Console
Patriot
13
Western Digital
80
Portable
Patriot
8
Western Digital
22

Specifications

Patriot P320Western Digital Black SN850X
Drive
Capacity
128
1,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x4PCIe 4.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation34★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
1,600
7,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)
1,000
6,300
Random Read (IOPS)No data
800,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,100,000
Hardware
NAND—TLC★
DRAM Cache—✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
600
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
Warranty (years)—5★
Features
Heatsink—✗
Hardware Encryption—✗

Pros & Cons

Patriot P320 128GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong affordability (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong social proof (77th percentile)
  • Below average capacity (7th percentile)7th %ile
  • Below average endurance (15th percentile)15th %ile
  • Below average feature (15th percentile)15th %ile

Western Digital Black SN850X 1TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong random (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong feature (90th percentile)90th %ile
  • Strong endurance (88th percentile)88th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Western Digital Black SN850X

Scores 85 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 17 specs.

Western Digital Black SN850X Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation