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Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 2TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 5.0 x4
Read Speed 14,900 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 1200 TBW
86 Overall Score
Price $440
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (100th percentile) 100th
- Strong speed (100th percentile) 100th
- Strong random (99th percentile) 99th
- Strong capacity (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Owner sentiment has held steady over time
Based on 7 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 2000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 5 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 14900 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 14000 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 2300000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 2400000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 1200 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1750000 |
Features
| Heatsink | Yes |
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 | Samsung 9100 PRO | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Crucial T500 | Seagate FireCuda 530R | Lexar NM1090 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 14,900 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 5050 TBW | 2800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 | 99.6 | 99.4 | 99.7 | 78.3 | 70.9 | 46.3 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.1 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.5 | 85.8 | 99.6 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.7 | 90.4 | 92.5 | 93.4 | 86.8 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 78.3 | 82.7 | 95.2 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.5 | 96.4 | 53.3 | 92.5 | 95.6 | 77.4 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO Compare | 97.9 | 98.1 | 97.3 | 92.5 | 74.7 | 57.1 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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