New On sale 43%
SanDisk WD Blue SN5100
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 7,100 MB/s
NAND QLC
61 Overall Score
Price $172
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong speed (86th percentile) 86th
Cons
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
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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) | 7100 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 6700 |
Hardware
| NAND | QLC |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
vs Competition
| Spec | SanDisk WD Blue SN5100 | Samsung 990 PRO | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Crucial T710 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 | Corsair MP700 Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 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 | 7,100 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | QLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 1200 TBW | 2000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SanDisk WD Blue SN5100 | 86 | 60.5 | 14.4 | 54.8 | 56.9 | 56.5 | 96.3 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.2 | 96.9 | 99 | 78.6 | 78.2 | 86 | 96.3 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.6 | 93.4 | 93.7 | 78.6 | 65.9 | 94.1 | 96.3 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.2 | 98.8 | 97.4 | 78.6 | 0 | 83 | 82.3 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.6 | 99.4 | 97.4 | 78.6 | 0 | 80.9 | 59.2 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.6 | 96.4 | 99.8 | 78.6 | 78.2 | 87.3 | 46.7 |
Price
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