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Western Digital SN740
Capacity 2TB
Form Factor M.2 2230
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 5,150 MB/s
Endurance 500 TBW
60 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (89th percentile) 89th
- Strong capacity (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong speed (74th percentile) 74th
Cons
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
- Below average social proof (29th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 2000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 5150 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 4850 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 650000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 800000 |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 500 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital SN740 | Samsung 9100 Pro MZ-VAP4T0CW | Crucial T710 | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Seagate FireCuda 530R | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 5,150 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | false | true | false | - |
| Endurance | 500 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2000 TBW | 5050 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital SN740 | 74 | 88.9 | 14.4 | 78.6 | 47 | 29.3 |
| Samsung 9100 Pro MZ-VAP4T0CW Compare | 98.9 | 99.8 | 99.8 | 92.9 | 86 | 99.7 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 98.7 | 98.8 | 85.4 | 92.9 | 86 | 82.3 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.6 | 93.4 | 93.7 | 78.6 | 94.1 | 96.3 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.2 | 96.2 | 53.4 | 92.9 | 95.7 | 90.1 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.6 | 99.1 | 71.8 | 92.9 | 94.8 | 96.3 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
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