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Western Digital BLACK SN850
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 7,000 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 600 TBW
66 Overall Score
Price $340
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong random (93rd percentile) 93rd
- Strong feature (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong speed (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
- Below average endurance (14th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 7000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 5300 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 1000000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 720000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 600 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1750000 |
Features
| Heatsink | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital BLACK SN850 | Samsung 990 PRO | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Crucial T710 | SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M | Corsair MP700 Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB | 2TB |
| 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 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 7,000 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital BLACK SN850 | 78.3 | 93.4 | 78.5 | 54.6 | 14.3 | 95.6 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.2 | 96.9 | 99 | 78.4 | 86 | 95.6 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.7 | 93.4 | 93.8 | 78.4 | 94 | 95.6 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.3 | 98.7 | 97.4 | 78.4 | 83 | 79.7 |
| SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare | 97.4 | 99 | 90.6 | 54.6 | 99 | 95.6 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.6 | 96.4 | 99.8 | 78.4 | 87.3 | 39.1 |
Price
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