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Western Digital 256GB SSD PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 3,150 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 200 TBW
57 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (83rd percentile) 83rd
- Strong endurance (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong affordability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average capacity (18th percentile)
- Below average social proof (31st percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | M.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 3150 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 2100 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 270000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 280000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 200 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1750000 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital 256GB SSD | Samsung 9100 PRO | Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G | Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 | Crucial T500 | SanDisk Black SN850X WDBB9G0040BNC-WRSN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 3,150 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 | false | true | true |
| Endurance | 200 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 256GB SSD | 58 | 83.2 | 53.6 | 17.9 | 78.6 | 30.6 | 69.7 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.2 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.6 | 86 | 99.6 | 5.3 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G Compare | 93.3 | 94.4 | 94 | 92.6 | 94.1 | 95.4 | 9.5 |
| Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.1 | 99.2 | 89.4 | 92.6 | 86 | 77.4 | 11.1 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 94 | 96.9 | 98.9 | 78.6 | 83 | 95.4 | 19.5 |
| SanDisk Black SN850X WDBB9G0040BNC-WRSN Compare | 89 | 95.7 | 89.4 | 92.6 | 88.1 | 95.4 | 9.5 |
Usage Scores
- Overall56.9
- Budget74.1
- Gaming43.8
- Laptop55.3
- Console20
- Portable11.6
- Workstation57.6
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