Western Digital WD Blue SN5100

Western Digital WD Blue SN5100

Western Digital
84 Overall Score
vs
Printer Ready Corporation SSD

Printer Ready Corporation SSD

Printer Ready Corporation
36 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
Western Digital
90
Printer Ready Corporation
40
Budget
Western Digital
84
Printer Ready Corporation
35
Gaming
Western Digital
81
Printer Ready Corporation
31
Console
Western Digital
78
Printer Ready Corporation
15
Workstation
Western Digital
78
Printer Ready Corporation
34
Portable
Western Digital
22
Printer Ready Corporation
9

Specifications

Western Digital WD Blue SN5100Printer Ready Corporation SSD
Drive
Capacity
1,000
256
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 3.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation4★3
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
7,100
2,000
Sequential Write (MB/s)
6,700
No data
Random Read (IOPS)
1,000,000
No data
Random Write (IOPS)
1,300,000
No data
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
600
No data
MTBF (hours)
1,750,000
No data
Warranty (years)5★—
Features
Heatsink✗—
Hardware Encryption✓★—

Pros & Cons

Western Digital WD Blue SN5100

  • Strong social proof (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong random (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong endurance (88th percentile)88th %ile
  • Strong speed (86th percentile)86th %ile

Printer Ready Corporation SSD

  • Below average endurance (14th percentile)14th %ile
  • Below average capacity (17th percentile)17th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Western Digital WD Blue SN5100

Scores 84 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 17 specs.

Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation