Western Digital WD Blue SN5000 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital WD Blue SN5000 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital
74 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
Western Digital
70
SanDisk
94
Console
Western Digital
54
SanDisk
93
Gaming
Western Digital
71
SanDisk
93
Workstation
Western Digital
70
SanDisk
92
Laptop
Western Digital
77
SanDisk
80
Portable
Western Digital
19
SanDisk
25

Specifications

Western Digital WD Blue SN5000SanDisk 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)
5,150
7,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)
4,850
6,600
Random Read (IOPS)
650,000
1,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)
770,000
1,100,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
900
2,400
MTBF (hours)
1,750,000
1,750,000
Warranty (years)5★3
Features
Heatsink—✓★

Pros & Cons

Western Digital WD Blue SN5000 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (89th percentile)89th %ile
  • Strong endurance (81st percentile)81st %ile
  • Strong capacity (78th percentile)
  • Strong speed (75th percentile)

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 6 of 6 usage categories and 8 of 16 specs.

SanDisk 4TB SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation