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Western Digital WD Blue SA510 500GB SATA III M.2 2280
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 560 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 200 TBW
43 Overall Score
Price $154
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (73rd percentile) 73rd
Cons
- Below average user sentiment (1st percentile)
- Below average capacity (27th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Owner sentiment has held steady over time
18/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 9 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 560 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 510 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 90000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 82000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 200 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1750000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital WD Blue SA510 | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO LNM109P002T-RNNNU | XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 560 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1400 TBW | 1480 TBW | 3000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital WD Blue SA510 | 35.2 | 42.2 | 53.7 | 26.8 | 1.1 | 72.7 | 57.9 | 50.2 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.7 | 97.4 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 79.3 | 85.9 | 95.3 | 23.6 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.9 | 96.9 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 79.3 | 82.9 | 95.3 | 19.3 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO LNM109P002T-RNNNU Compare | 98.2 | 98.5 | 97.5 | 78.5 | 0 | 91 | 52 | 24.3 |
| XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS Compare | 92.8 | 90.5 | 93.9 | 78.5 | 79.3 | 77.7 | 77.4 | 29.4 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 93.9 | 81.1 | 93.9 | 55.4 | 79.3 | 98.7 | 95.3 | 43.4 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall42.6
- Budget65.8
- Gaming29.9
- Laptop49.2
- Console14.2
- Portable10.6
- Workstation43.5
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