Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 8TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 8TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital
98 Overall Score
vs
KingSpec P3-FB 1TB SATA III 2.5"

KingSpec P3-FB 1TB SATA III 2.5"

KingSpec
45 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Western Digital
97
KingSpec
42
Gaming
Western Digital
94
KingSpec
37
Console
Western Digital
94
KingSpec
19
Budget
Western Digital
71
KingSpec
81
Laptop
Western Digital
73
KingSpec
44
Portable
Western Digital
26
KingSpec
13

Specifications

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850XKingSpec P3-FB
Drive
Capacity
8,000
1,000
Form FactorM.2 22802.5"
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4SATA III
ProtocolNVMeSATA
PCIe Generation4★—
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
7,200
550
Sequential Write (MB/s)
6,600
520
Random Read (IOPS)
1,200,000
No data
Random Write (IOPS)
1,200,000
No data
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓★—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
4,800
No data
MTBF (hours)
1,750,000
No data
Warranty (years)5★3
Features
Heatsink✓★—

Pros & Cons

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 8TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong capacity (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong random (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Below average affordability (4th percentile)4th %ile

KingSpec P3-FB 1TB SATA III 2.5"

  • Strong affordability (70th percentile)
  • Strong social proof (68th percentile)
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)
  • Below average speed (34th percentile)

Pricing

KingSpec P3-FB 1TB SATA III 2.5" is $1,122 cheaper (10.0x less).

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 8TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 22800.078score per dollar
vs
KingSpec P3-FB 1TB SATA III 2.5"0.362score per dollar

KingSpec P3-FB 1TB SATA III 2.5" offers 4.6x better value for money

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 8TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

KingSpec P3-FB 1TB SATA III 2.5"

Verdict

★ Winner: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X

Scores 98 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 16 specs.

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Better at:

GamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

KingSpec P3-FB Better at:

Budget

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