Crucial 500GB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

Crucial 500GB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

Crucial
52 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
Crucial
58
Western Digital
93
Budget
Crucial
85
Western Digital
90
Workstation
Crucial
43
Western Digital
89
Gaming
Crucial
42
Western Digital
88
Console
Crucial
47
Western Digital
84
Portable
Crucial
16
Western Digital
23

Specifications

Crucial 500GB SSDWestern Digital WD_BLACK SN8100
Drive
Capacity
500
1,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0PCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation45★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
6,600
14,900
Sequential Write (MB/s)
3,500
11,000
Random Read (IOPS)
6,600
1,600,000
Random Write (IOPS)
3,500
2,400,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
600
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
Warranty (years)33
Features
Heatsink✗✗
Hardware Encryption—✓★

Pros & Cons

Crucial 500GB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong speed (76th percentile)
  • Strong affordability (68th percentile)
  • Below average random (7th percentile)7th %ile
  • Below average capacity (26th percentile)

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

Crucial 500GB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 is $116 cheaper (1.9x less).

Crucial 500GB SSD PCIe 4.0 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 6 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 17 specs.

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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