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SanDisk 500GB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280
The 500GB WD Blue SN5100 delivers PCIe 4.0 speeds up to 6,600 MB/s read and 5,600 MB/s write, with QLC NAND and a DRAM-less design that keeps costs down. It carries a 5-year warranty and 300 TBW endurance, plus Acronis True Image software for easy migration. This drive suits budget-conscious desktop builders upgrading from SATA SSDs who want fast Gen 4 performance without paying a premium.
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0
Read Speed 6,600 MB/s
NAND QLC
Endurance 300 TBW
58 Overall Score
Price $122
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (92nd percentile) 92nd
- Strong endurance (88th percentile) 88th
- Strong speed (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong affordability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average social proof (8th percentile)
- Below average feature (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (26th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 |
| 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) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | SanDisk 500GB SSD | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T710 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/1T0 | Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 5.0 |
| Seq Read | 6,600 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s | 14,200 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | QLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | false | true | true |
| Endurance | 300 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1000 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SanDisk 500GB SSD | 78.9 | 91.8 | 14.5 | 26.4 | 88 | 8.4 | 69.6 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97.1 | 98.9 | 78.3 | 85.9 | 95.2 | 21.1 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.3 | 98.9 | 97.3 | 78.3 | 82.8 | 77.4 | 20 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 Compare | 91.4 | 95.9 | 53.6 | 78.3 | 88 | 99.6 | 37.6 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/1T0 Compare | 97.1 | 98.7 | 90.5 | 54.9 | 92.3 | 86.9 | 25.4 |
| Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.3 | 98.9 | 97.3 | 54.9 | 85.9 | 77.4 | 26.7 |
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