Western Digital PC SN5000S 512GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2230

Western Digital PC SN5000S 512GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2230

Western Digital
57 Overall Score
vs
Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Samsung
99 Overall Score

Scores

Gaming
Western Digital
44
Samsung
100
Console
Western Digital
39
Samsung
100
Workstation
Western Digital
60
Samsung
99
Laptop
Western Digital
53
Samsung
86
Budget
Western Digital
71
Samsung
83
Portable
Western Digital
12
Samsung
27

Specifications

Western Digital PC SN5000SSamsung 9100 PRO
Drive
Capacity
512
4,000
Form FactorM.2 2230M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation45★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
6,500
14,800
Sequential Write (MB/s)
5,000
13,400
Random Read (IOPS)
800,000
2,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)
1,000,000
2,600,000
Hardware
NAND—TLC★
DRAM Cache—✓★
Controller—In-House Controller
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
600
2,400
MTBF (hours)
1,800,000
1,500,000
Warranty (years)—5★
Features
Heatsink✗✓★
Hardware Encryption—✓★

Pros & Cons

Western Digital PC SN5000S 512GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2230

  • Strong endurance (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong random (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong speed (79th percentile)
  • Strong affordability (75th percentile)
  • Below average social proof (2nd percentile)2nd %ile
  • Below average feature (15th percentile)15th %ile
  • Below average capacity (35th percentile)

Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong feature (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong social proof (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong speed (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Below average affordability (5th percentile)5th %ile

Pricing

Western Digital PC SN5000S 512GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2230 is $749 cheaper (8.5x less).

Western Digital PC SN5000S 512GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 22300.568score per dollar
vs
Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 22800.117score per dollar

Western Digital PC SN5000S 512GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2230 offers 4.9x better value for money

Western Digital PC SN5000S 512GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2230

Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO

Scores 99 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 12 of 18 specs.

Samsung 9100 PRO Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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