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Western Digital WD Blue SN5100
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 6,600 MB/s
NAND QLC
Endurance 300 TBW
58 Overall Score
Price $120
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (90th percentile) 90th
- Strong endurance (81st percentile) 81st
- Strong speed (77th percentile) 77th
Cons
- Below average social proof (8th percentile)
- Below average feature (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (25th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 6600 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 5600 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 660000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 1100000 |
Hardware
| NAND | QLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 300 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1750000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 | Crucial T710 | Samsung 990 PRO | ADATA GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRSK/1000G | SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 8100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| 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 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 6,600 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | QLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 300 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1480 TBW | 1000 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 | 77.1 | 90.3 | 14.5 | 25.1 | 81.3 | 7.7 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.2 | 98.5 | 97.3 | 78.2 | 83.2 | 83.9 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 92.7 | 96.5 | 98.8 | 78.2 | 74.1 | 63.5 |
| ADATA GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS Compare | 91.7 | 88.9 | 93.4 | 78.2 | 77.6 | 83.9 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRSK/1000G Compare | 92.1 | 92.9 | 93.4 | 54.3 | 93.3 | 96.3 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 8100 Compare | 99.6 | 99.2 | 97.3 | 54.3 | 99.2 | 52.7 |
Price
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