Inland TN320 1TB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Inland TN320 1TB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Inland
53 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

What Buyers Say

Inland TN320 1TB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

45 out of 100 low confidence 7 reviews

The SSD has mixed reviews: some users praise its speed and value, especially for home lab use, while others report failures within months or immediately, leading to data loss. Packaging is criticized for being hard to open, and one user notes thermal throttling under sustained load. Overall, reliability concerns dominate the negative sentiment.

Pros
  • Fast and reliable
  • Good value for price
  • Works well in home lab
Cons
  • Fails within months
  • Immediate failure with corrupted sectors
  • Hard to open packaging
  • Thermal throttling under sustained load
👎 Reliability 4
👍 Performance 3
👍 Value for money 2
👎 Packaging 1
👎 Thermal throttling 1

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

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Scores

Laptop
Inland
59
Western Digital
93
Budget
Inland
69
Western Digital
90
Workstation
Inland
60
Western Digital
89
Gaming
Inland
54
Western Digital
88
Console
Inland
26
Western Digital
84
Portable
Inland
14
Western Digital
23

Specifications

Inland TN320Western 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)
2,000
14,900
Sequential Write (MB/s)
1,600
11,000
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,600,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
2,400,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache—✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
600
600
MTBF (hours)
2,000,000
1,750,000
Warranty (years)6★3
Features
Heatsink—✗
Hardware Encryption—✓★

Pros & Cons

Inland TN320 1TB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong endurance (91st percentile)91st %ile
  • Below average user sentiment (7th percentile)7th %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

Inland TN320 1TB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280 is $80 cheaper (1.5x less).

Inland TN320 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 6 of 6 usage categories and 7 of 17 specs.

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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