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Western Digital 8TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 8TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0
Read Speed 7,300 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 4800 TBW
96 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong capacity (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong random (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong social proof (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong feature (94th percentile) 94th
Cons
- Below average affordability (4th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 8000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 7300 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 6600 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 1200000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 1200000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 4800 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1750000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital 8TB SSD | Samsung 9100 PRO | Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G | Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 | Crucial T500 | SanDisk Black SN850X WDBB9G0040BNC-WRSN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 8TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 7,300 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | false | true | true |
| Endurance | 4800 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4000 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital 8TB SSD | 89 | 96.3 | 93.9 | 98.1 | 88 | 95.3 | 3.7 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.2 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.6 | 85.9 | 99.6 | 5.2 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G Compare | 93.2 | 94.4 | 93.9 | 92.6 | 94 | 95.3 | 9.1 |
| Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 Compare | 99 | 99.2 | 89.4 | 92.6 | 85.9 | 77.4 | 10.9 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.9 | 96.9 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 82.9 | 95.3 | 19.3 |
| SanDisk Black SN850X WDBB9G0040BNC-WRSN Compare | 89 | 95.6 | 89.4 | 92.6 | 88 | 95.3 | 9.5 |
Usage Scores
- Overall95.8
- Budget70.2
- Gaming92.4
- Laptop71.7
- Console92.5
- Portable24.5
- Workstation94.8
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