Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital
95 Overall Score
vs
ORICO J10 512GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

ORICO J10 512GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

ORICO
54 Overall Score

What Buyers Say

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

95 out of 100 low confidence 9 reviews

All seven verified reviews are overwhelmingly positive, praising the WD_BLACK SN8100 as the fastest Gen5 NVMe SSD with no issues. Users highlight its sustained speeds, strong performance on PCIe 5.0 motherboards, and good value at the time of purchase. One reviewer notes it outlasts other drives in cache performance, and Q&A confirms M.2 2280 form factor with up to 14,900 MBps read speed.

Pros
  • Fastest Gen5 NVMe SSD
  • No issues of any kind
  • Super fast on PCIe 5.0
  • Strong sustained speeds
  • Good price at time of purchase
Cons
  • Expensive (implied by 'if you can afford it')
👍 Performance speed 7
👍 Reliability 2
👍 Value for money 2
👍 Cache performance 1
👍 Compatibility pcie5 1
🤔 Price affordability 1

ORICO J10 512GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

No customer feedback yet

Scores

Budget
Western Digital
92
ORICO
86
Workstation
Western Digital
89
ORICO
41
Gaming
Western Digital
89
ORICO
42
Console
Western Digital
88
ORICO
22
Laptop
Western Digital
78
ORICO
48
Portable
Western Digital
23
ORICO
14

Specifications

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100ORICO J10
Drive
Capacity
1,000
512
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x4PCIe 3.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation5★3
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
14,900
3,600
Sequential Write (MB/s)
11,000
2,800
Random Read (IOPS)
1,600,000
No data
Random Write (IOPS)
2,400,000
No data
Hardware
NANDTLC★QLC
DRAM Cache✓★✗
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
600
No data
MTBF (hours)
1,750,000
No data
Warranty (years)35★
Features
Heatsink✓✓
Hardware Encryption✓★—

Pros & Cons

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong feature (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong user sentiment (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong random (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong speed (98th percentile)98th %ile

ORICO J10 512GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong social proof (87th percentile)87th %ile
  • Strong affordability (78th percentile)
  • Below average feature (34th percentile)
  • Below average capacity (35th percentile)

Verdict

★ Winner: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100

Scores 95 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 17 specs.

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation