SK Hynix Gold P31 1TB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

SK Hynix Gold P31 1TB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

SK Hynix
71 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital
89 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
SK Hynix
72
Western Digital
93
Budget
SK Hynix
90
Western Digital
90
Workstation
SK Hynix
75
Western Digital
89
Gaming
SK Hynix
70
Western Digital
88
Console
SK Hynix
34
Western Digital
84
Portable
SK Hynix
18
Western Digital
23

Specifications

SK Hynix Gold P31Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100
Drive
Capacity
1,000
1,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x4PCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation35★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
3,500
14,900
Sequential Write (MB/s)
3,200
11,000
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,600,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
2,400,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓✓
ControllerSK hynix Cepheus—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
1,200
600
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
1,750,000
Warranty (years)5★3
Features
Heatsink✗✗
Hardware Encryption—✓★

Pros & Cons

SK Hynix Gold P31 1TB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong endurance (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (89th percentile)89th %ile
  • Strong random (81st percentile)81st %ile

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong speed (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong feature (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile

Pricing

SK Hynix Gold P31 1TB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280 is $121 cheaper (1.9x less).

SK Hynix Gold P31 1TB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 22800.554score per dollar
vs
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 22800.356score per dollar

SK Hynix Gold P31 1TB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280 offers 1.6x better value for money

SK Hynix Gold P31 1TB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Verdict

★ Winner: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100

Scores 89 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 7 of 18 specs.

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Better at:

GamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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