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Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850P
Capacity 8TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 7,200 MB/s
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 4800 TBW
94 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong capacity (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong social proof (97th percentile) 97th
- Strong random (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong speed (86th percentile) 86th
Cons
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
88/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 5 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 8000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 7200 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 6600 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 1200000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 1200000 |
Hardware
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | Western Digital |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 4800 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1750000 |
Features
| Heatsink | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850P | Samsung 9100 PRO | Crucial T500 | Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN850X | Corsair MP700 Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 8TB | 8TB | 2TB | 2TB | 4TB | 2TB |
| 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 | 7,200 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 4800 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2000 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850P | 86.2 | 95.5 | 84 | 98.2 | 77.6 | 70.5 | 96.6 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 98.8 | 99.7 | 99.7 | 98.2 | 0 | 86 | 96.6 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.5 | 96.2 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 77.6 | 83 | 99.7 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.5 | 93.2 | 93.6 | 78.5 | 65.5 | 92.8 | 96.6 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 87.8 | 94.6 | 93.6 | 92.9 | 0 | 95.2 | 96.6 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.6 | 96.3 | 99.7 | 78.5 | 77.6 | 87.4 | 48.9 |
Usage Scores
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