Fikwot FN950 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Fikwot FN950 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Fikwot
47 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

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

Western Digital
89 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
Fikwot
45
Western Digital
93
Workstation
Fikwot
50
Western Digital
91
Gaming
Fikwot
38
Western Digital
89
Console
Fikwot
29
Western Digital
85
Budget
Fikwot
66
Western Digital
79
Portable
Fikwot
11
Western Digital
23

Specifications

Fikwot FN950Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100
Drive
Capacity
500
2,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation45★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
5,000
14,900
Sequential Write (MB/s)
2,400
14,000
Random Read (IOPS)No data
2,300,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
2,400,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache—✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
1,200
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
Warranty (years)5★3
Features
Heatsink—✗
Hardware Encryption✓✓

Pros & Cons

Fikwot FN950 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong feature (79th percentile)
  • Strong affordability (77th percentile)
  • Strong speed (66th percentile)
  • Below average social proof (6th percentile)6th %ile
  • Below average capacity (27th percentile)

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

  • Strong speed (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong random (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong feature (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong endurance (81st percentile)81st %ile
  • Below average affordability (21st percentile)

Verdict

★ Winner: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100

Scores 89 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 9 of 17 specs.

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation