SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk
89 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital
99 Overall Score

Scores

Budget
SanDisk
84
Western Digital
96
Console
SanDisk
83
Western Digital
95
Gaming
SanDisk
88
Western Digital
95
Workstation
SanDisk
91
Western Digital
94
Laptop
SanDisk
90
Western Digital
82
Portable
SanDisk
23
Western Digital
25

Specifications

SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850XWestern Digital WD_BLACK SN850X
Drive
Capacity
4,000
4,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 4.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation44
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
7,300
7,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)
6,600
6,600
Random Read (IOPS)
1,200,000
1,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)
1,200,000
1,100,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓✓
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
4,800
2,400
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
Warranty (years)5★3
Features
Heatsink—✓★
Hardware Encryption✓★—

Pros & Cons

SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong endurance (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong social proof (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong random (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong user sentiment (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X

Scores 99 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 2 of 17 specs.

SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X Better at:

Laptop

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Better at:

BudgetGamingConsolePortableWorkstation