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Western Digital OEM Gamer
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 4,000 MB/s
40 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (84th percentile) 84th
- Strong social proof (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average capacity (18th percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (19th percentile)
- Below average feature (32nd percentile)
- Below average endurance (33rd percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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68/100Our AI sentiment read
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 4000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 2000 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 270000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 470000 |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 1 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital OEM Gamer | Samsung 9100 PRO | Crucial T500 | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Seagate FireCuda 530R | SanDisk Western Digital WDS400T1X0M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 8TB | 2TB | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| 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 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 4,000 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | - | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2000 TBW | 5050 TBW | 2400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital OEM Gamer | 60.9 | 83.8 | 32.4 | 17.5 | 19.4 | 33.2 | 69.8 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.1 | 99.8 | 99.8 | 98.1 | 0 | 85.4 | 95.5 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.4 | 99 | 78.3 | 79 | 82.4 | 95.5 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.9 | 93.8 | 93.9 | 78.3 | 67 | 93.6 | 95.5 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.5 | 96.3 | 52.9 | 92.6 | 65.1 | 95.4 | 88 |
| SanDisk Western Digital WDS400T1X0M Compare | 97.6 | 99.1 | 97.5 | 92.6 | 0 | 80.4 | 0 |
Usage Scores
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