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Western Digital OEM Gamer
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 4,000 MB/s
40 Overall Score
Price $64
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (83rd percentile) 83rd
- Strong social proof (76th percentile) 76th
Cons
- Below average capacity (17th percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (19th percentile)
- Below average feature (32nd percentile)
- Below average endurance (33rd percentile)
What owners think
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68/100Our AI sentiment read
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 4000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 2000 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 270000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 470000 |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 1 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital OEM Gamer | Crucial T500 | SK Hynix Platinum P41 | XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade | Samsung 990 990 | Kingston KC3000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB | 1TB | 512GB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 4,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,150 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | false | false |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 740 TBW | 400 TBW | 400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital OEM Gamer | 59 | 82.6 | 32.3 | 17.2 | 18.7 | 33.1 | 76 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 90.2 | 95.9 | 98.9 | 54.6 | 94.3 | 83 | 96.6 |
| SK Hynix Platinum P41 Compare | 82 | 96.3 | 93.6 | 78.5 | 0 | 86 | 58.8 |
| XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade Compare | 92.1 | 88.9 | 98.9 | 54.6 | 56.2 | 91.8 | 49.2 |
| Samsung 990 990 Compare | 83.5 | 93.7 | 78.5 | 54.6 | 56.2 | 71.7 | 66.6 |
| Kingston KC3000 Compare | 87 | 91.1 | 53.1 | 33.8 | 0 | 92.3 | 96.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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