New
Western Digital WD Blue SN5100
Capacity 2TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 7,100 MB/s
NAND QLC
76 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong random (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong speed (86th percentile) 86th
- Strong capacity (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has held steady over time
88/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 12 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 2000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 7100 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 6700 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 1000000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 1300000 |
Hardware
| NAND | QLC |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 | Samsung 9100 PRO | Crucial T710 | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Seagate FireCuda 530R | SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 8100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 2TB | 8TB | 4TB | 2TB | 4TB | 8TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 7,100 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | QLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | false | true | false | false |
| Endurance | - | 4800 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2000 TBW | 5050 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 | 85.8 | 94.8 | 14.2 | 78.5 | 78.4 | 41.4 | 96.4 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 98.9 | 99.7 | 99.8 | 98.2 | 0 | 86.2 | 96.4 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 98.7 | 98.7 | 85.3 | 92.8 | 0 | 86.2 | 82.5 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.5 | 93.3 | 93.7 | 78.5 | 66.5 | 94 | 96.4 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.1 | 96.1 | 53.3 | 92.8 | 64.7 | 95.7 | 90.3 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 8100 Compare | 98.7 | 99 | 88.7 | 98.2 | 0 | 88.1 | 52.2 |
Usage Scores
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