Fikwot FN960

Fikwot FN960

Fikwot
63 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100

Western Digital
90 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
Fikwot
54
Western Digital
95
Workstation
Fikwot
66
Western Digital
92
Gaming
Fikwot
61
Western Digital
90
Budget
Fikwot
55
Western Digital
88
Console
Fikwot
48
Western Digital
85
Portable
Fikwot
16
Western Digital
24

Specifications

Fikwot FN960Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100
Drive
Capacity
1,000
2,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation45★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
5,000
14,900
Sequential Write (MB/s)
4,500
14,000
Random Read (IOPS)No data
2,300,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
2,400,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache—✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
700
1,200
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
Warranty (years)5★3
Features
Heatsink✓★✗
Hardware Encryption—✓★

Pros & Cons

Fikwot FN960

  • Strong endurance (89th percentile)89th %ile
  • Strong feature (79th percentile)
  • Strong speed (73rd percentile)

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100

  • Strong speed (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong random (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong feature (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong endurance (80th percentile)80th %ile

Pricing

Fikwot FN960 is $228 cheaper (2.3x less).

Fikwot FN9600.371score per dollar
vs
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN81000.226score per dollar

Fikwot FN960 offers 1.6x better value for money

Fikwot FN960

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100

Verdict

★ Winner: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100

Scores 90 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 17 specs.

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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