Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital
66 Overall Score
vs
Micron 4TB SSD

Micron 4TB SSD

Micron
95 Overall Score

Scores

Console
Western Digital
46
Micron
95
Gaming
Western Digital
50
Micron
93
Workstation
Western Digital
64
Micron
88
Laptop
Western Digital
63
Micron
82
Budget
Western Digital
72
Micron
81
Portable
Western Digital
14
Micron
26

Specifications

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100Micron 4TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
500
4,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 5.0
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation45★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
6,800
14,500
Sequential Write (MB/s)
5,800
13,800
Random Read (IOPS)
760,000
2,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)
1,200,000
2,300,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✗
Controller—Micron
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
3,000
2,400
MTBF (hours)
1,750,000
1,500,000
Warranty (years)35★
Features
Heatsink✗✓★
Hardware Encryption—✓★

Pros & Cons

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong endurance (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong random (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong speed (80th percentile)80th %ile
  • Below average social proof (6th percentile)6th %ile
  • Below average capacity (27th percentile)

Micron 4TB SSD

  • Strong random (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong speed (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong feature (86th percentile)86th %ile
  • Below average affordability (12th percentile)12th %ile

Pricing

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280 is $461 cheaper (4.3x less).

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 22800.476score per dollar
vs
Micron 4TB SSD0.159score per dollar

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280 offers 3.0x better value for money

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Micron 4TB SSD

Verdict

★ Winner: Micron 4TB SSD

Scores 95 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 9 of 18 specs.

Micron 4TB SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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