Western Digital WD_BLACK SN770 250GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN770 250GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital
53 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital
93 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Western Digital
54
Western Digital
95
Gaming
Western Digital
38
Western Digital
93
Console
Western Digital
26
Western Digital
92
Laptop
Western Digital
50
Western Digital
79
Budget
Western Digital
61
Western Digital
73
Portable
Western Digital
10
Western Digital
25

Specifications

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN770Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100
Drive
Capacity
250
4,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation45★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
4,000
14,900
Sequential Write (MB/s)
2,000
14,000
Random Read (IOPS)
240,000
2,300,000
Random Write (IOPS)
470,000
2,400,000
Hardware
NAND—TLC★
DRAM Cache—✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
200
2,400
MTBF (hours)
1,750,000
1,750,000
Warranty (years)5★3
Features
Heatsink✗✓★
Hardware Encryption—✓★

Pros & Cons

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN770 250GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong endurance (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong random (84th percentile)84th %ile
  • Below average capacity (12th percentile)12th %ile
  • Below average feature (15th percentile)15th %ile
  • Below average social proof (18th percentile)18th %ile

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong feature (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong speed (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong random (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Below average affordability (8th percentile)8th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100

Scores 93 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 17 specs.

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation