Samsung 8TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2

Samsung 8TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2

Samsung
100 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital
92 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Samsung
100
Western Digital
94
Console
Samsung
98
Western Digital
92
Gaming
Samsung
98
Western Digital
93
Laptop
Samsung
75
Western Digital
78
Budget
Samsung
72
Western Digital
73
Portable
Samsung
27
Western Digital
24

Specifications

Samsung 8TB SSDWestern Digital WD_BLACK SN8100
Drive
Capacity
8,000
4,000
Form FactorM.2M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x4PCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation55
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
14,800
14,900
Sequential Write (MB/s)
13,400
14,000
Random Read (IOPS)
2,200,000
2,300,000
Random Write (IOPS)
2,600,000
2,400,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓✓
ControllerIn-House Controller—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
4,800
2,400
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
1,750,000
Warranty (years)5★3
Features
Heatsink✓✓
Hardware Encryption✓✓

Pros & Cons

Samsung 8TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2

  • Strong random (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong feature (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong speed (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong capacity (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Below average affordability (2nd percentile)2nd %ile

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong speed (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong feature (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong random (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Below average affordability (8th percentile)8th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 8TB SSD

Scores 100 overall, wins 4 of 6 usage categories and 4 of 18 specs.

Samsung 8TB SSD Better at:

GamingConsolePortableWorkstation

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Better at:

Laptop