Crucial T710
Crucial
93 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital WD Blue SN5100
Western Digital
84 Overall Score
Scores
Budget
Gaming
Console
Workstation
Laptop
Portable
Specifications
| Crucial T710 | Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 | |
|---|---|---|
| Drive | ||
| Capacity | ||
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 5★ | 4 |
| External | ✗ | ✗ |
| Performance | ||
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | ||
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | ||
| Random Read (IOPS) | ||
| Random Write (IOPS) | ||
| Hardware | ||
| NAND | TLC | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | ✓★ | ✗ |
| Controller | Micron G9 | — |
| Reliability | ||
| Endurance (TBW) | ||
| MTBF (hours) | No data | |
| Warranty (years) | 5 | 5 |
| Features | ||
| Heatsink | ✓★ | ✗ |
| Hardware Encryption | ✗ | ✓★ |
Pros & Cons
Crucial T710
- Strong speed (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong random (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong feature (98th percentile)98th %ile
- Strong social proof (84th percentile)84th %ile
Western Digital WD Blue SN5100
- Strong social proof (97th percentile)97th %ile
- Strong random (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong endurance (88th percentile)88th %ile
- Strong speed (86th percentile)86th %ile
Pricing
Crucial T7100.267score per dollar
vs
Western Digital WD Blue SN51000.490score per dollar
Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 offers 1.8x better value for money
Verdict
Winner: Crucial T710
Scores 93 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 9 of 18 specs.
