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SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280
The 4TB WD Blue SN5000 delivers PCIe Gen 4 speeds up to 5,500 MB/s reads and 5,000 MB/s writes, backed by 1,200 TBW endurance and a 5-year warranty. Its DRAM-less TLC design with nCache 4.0 keeps costs down while handling heavy multitasking and AI workloads smoothly. Best for budget-conscious creators and laptop users who need large, reliable storage for video editing and large file transfers without paying a premium.
Capacity 4TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0
Read Speed 5,500 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 1200 TBW
79 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong capacity (93rd percentile) 93rd
- Strong random (91st percentile) 91st
- Strong speed (76th percentile) 76th
- Strong endurance (75th percentile) 75th
Cons
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 4000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 5500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 5000 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 690000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 900000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 1200 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1750000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | SanDisk 4TB SSD | Western Digital Black SN850X | Samsung 9100 PRO | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Crucial T500 | Seagate FireCuda 530R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 5,500 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 5050 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SanDisk 4TB SSD | 76.1 | 91 | 53.4 | 92.5 | 75.2 | 52.9 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.5 | 95.2 | 89 | 92.5 | 88 | 95.2 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.1 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.5 | 85.8 | 99.6 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.7 | 90.4 | 92.5 | 93.4 | 86.8 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 78.3 | 82.8 | 95.2 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.5 | 96.4 | 53.4 | 92.5 | 95.6 | 77.4 |
Usage Scores
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