Micron 960GB SSD NVMe M.2 2280

Micron 960GB SSD NVMe M.2 2280

Micron
72 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 8TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 8TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital
97 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Micron
74
Western Digital
97
Gaming
Micron
67
Western Digital
94
Console
Micron
50
Western Digital
94
Laptop
Micron
72
Western Digital
73
Budget
Micron
55
Western Digital
71
Portable
Micron
17
Western Digital
26

Specifications

Micron 960GB SSDWestern Digital WD_BLACK SN850X
Drive
Capacity
960
8,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 4.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation44
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
5,000
7,200
Sequential Write (MB/s)
1,400
6,600
Random Read (IOPS)
520,000
1,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)
82,000
1,200,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache—✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
1,700
4,800
MTBF (hours)
2,000,000
1,750,000
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink—✓★
Hardware Encryption✓★—

Pros & Cons

Micron 960GB SSD NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong endurance (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong random (84th percentile)84th %ile
  • Strong feature (79th percentile)
  • Below average affordability (7th percentile)7th %ile

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 8TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong capacity (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong random (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Below average affordability (4th percentile)4th %ile

Pricing

Micron 960GB SSD NVMe M.2 2280 is $497 cheaper (1.7x less).

Micron 960GB SSD NVMe M.2 22800.095score per dollar
vs
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 8TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 22800.078score per dollar

Micron 960GB SSD NVMe M.2 2280 offers 1.2x better value for money

Micron 960GB SSD NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 8TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Verdict

★ Winner: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X

Scores 97 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 8 of 17 specs.

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Better at:

BudgetGamingConsolePortableWorkstation

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