Lexar NM790

Lexar NM790

Lexar
81 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital SSD

Western Digital SSD

Western Digital
57 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
Lexar
88
Western Digital
61
Budget
Lexar
85
Western Digital
56
Gaming
Lexar
79
Western Digital
46
Console
Lexar
76
Western Digital
22
Workstation
Lexar
74
Western Digital
52
Portable
Lexar
21
Western Digital
13

Specifications

Lexar NM790Western Digital SSD
Drive
Capacity
1,000
250
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 3.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation4★3
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
7,400
2,400
Sequential Write (MB/s)
6,500
2,600
Random Read (IOPS)
1,000,000
170,000
Random Write (IOPS)
900,000
135,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✗
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
1,000
150
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
1,700,000
Warranty (years)5★—
Features
Heatsink✗—
Hardware Encryption✗—

Pros & Cons

Lexar NM790

  • Strong social proof (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong endurance (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong random (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
  • Strong speed (89th percentile)89th %ile

Western Digital SSD

  • Strong social proof (91st percentile)91st %ile
  • Strong random (76th percentile)
  • Strong endurance (70th percentile)
  • Below average capacity (13th percentile)13th %ile

Pricing

Western Digital SSD is $120 cheaper (2.5x less).

Lexar NM7900.406score per dollar
vs
Western Digital SSD0.714score per dollar

Western Digital SSD offers 1.8x better value for money

Verdict

★ Winner: Lexar NM790

Scores 81 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 8 of 17 specs.

Lexar NM790 Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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