Samsung 850 EVO 2TB SATA III 2.5"

Samsung 850 EVO 2TB SATA III 2.5"

Samsung
58 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
Samsung
59
Western Digital
95
Gaming
Samsung
49
Western Digital
93
Console
Samsung
24
Western Digital
92
Laptop
Samsung
56
Western Digital
79
Budget
Samsung
58
Western Digital
73
Portable
Samsung
16
Western Digital
25

Specifications

Samsung 850 EVOWestern Digital WD_BLACK SN8100
Drive
Capacity
2,000
4,000
Form Factor2.5"M.2 2280
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—5★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
540
14,900
Sequential Write (MB/s)
520
14,000
Random Read (IOPS)
98,000
2,300,000
Random Write (IOPS)
90,000
2,400,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache—✓★
ControllerMHX—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
2,400
MTBF (hours)
2,000,000
1,750,000
Warranty (years)5★3
Features
Heatsink—✓★
Hardware Encryption✓✓

Pros & Cons

Samsung 850 EVO 2TB SATA III 2.5"

  • Strong feature (79th percentile)
  • Strong capacity (78th percentile)
  • Strong social proof (68th percentile)
  • Strong endurance (65th percentile)
  • Below average affordability (8th percentile)8th %ile
  • Below average speed (31st percentile)

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 9 of 18 specs.

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation