Western Digital 8TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital 8TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital
98 Overall Score
vs
KingSpec NX 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

KingSpec NX 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

KingSpec
67 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Western Digital
97
KingSpec
65
Gaming
Western Digital
94
KingSpec
67
Console
Western Digital
94
KingSpec
55
Budget
Western Digital
72
KingSpec
81
Laptop
Western Digital
73
KingSpec
61
Portable
Western Digital
25
KingSpec
18

Specifications

Western Digital 8TB SSDKingSpec NX
Drive
Capacity
8,000
2,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0PCIe 4.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation44
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
7,300
3,500
Sequential Write (MB/s)
6,600
3,500
Random Read (IOPS)
1,200,000
No data
Random Write (IOPS)
1,200,000
No data
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓★—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
4,800
No data
MTBF (hours)
1,750,000
1,500,000
Warranty (years)5★3
Features
Heatsink✓✓

Pros & Cons

Western Digital 8TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong capacity (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong random (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Below average affordability (4th percentile)4th %ile

KingSpec NX 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong feature (79th percentile)
  • Strong capacity (79th percentile)

Pricing

Western Digital 8TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

No current pricing available

KingSpec NX 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Verdict

★ Winner: Western Digital 8TB SSD

Scores 98 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 9 of 16 specs.

Western Digital 8TB SSD Better at:

GamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

KingSpec NX Better at:

Budget

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