SanDisk Optimus 5100 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk Optimus 5100 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk
75 Overall Score
vs
SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk
92 Overall Score

Scores

Budget
SanDisk
75
SanDisk
94
Console
SanDisk
67
SanDisk
93
Gaming
SanDisk
68
SanDisk
93
Workstation
SanDisk
60
SanDisk
92
Laptop
SanDisk
78
SanDisk
80
Portable
SanDisk
19
SanDisk
25

Specifications

SanDisk Optimus 5100SanDisk 4TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
2,000
4,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 4.0
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation44
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
7,100
7,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)
6,700
6,600
Random Read (IOPS)
1,000,000
1,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)
1,300,000
1,100,000
Hardware
NANDQLCTLC★
DRAM Cache✗✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
1,200
2,400
MTBF (hours)
1,750,000
1,750,000
Warranty (years)5★3
Features
Heatsink—✓★
Hardware Encryption✗—

Pros & Cons

SanDisk Optimus 5100 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong endurance (88th percentile)88th %ile
  • Strong speed (86th percentile)86th %ile
  • Strong capacity (78th percentile)
  • Below average feature (14th percentile)14th %ile

SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: SanDisk 4TB SSD

Scores 92 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 7 of 17 specs.

SanDisk 4TB SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingConsolePortableWorkstation