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Western Digital 500GB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0
Read Speed 5,000 MB/s
49 Overall Score
Price $96
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong speed (71st percentile) 71st
Cons
- Below average feature (14th 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) | 5000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 4100 |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital 500GB SSD | Samsung 9100 PRO | Crucial T500 | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO | Corsair MP700 Elite CSSD-F1000GBMP700ENH | Kingston KC3000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 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 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 5,000 MB/s | 14,700 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 3000 TBW | 600 TBW | 800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital 500GB SSD | 71.3 | 61.3 | 14.3 | 26.4 | 41.7 | 59.5 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 98.6 | 98.8 | 97.3 | 54.9 | 85.8 | 99.6 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 90.9 | 96.3 | 98.9 | 54.9 | 82.7 | 95.2 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 93.8 | 80.7 | 93.5 | 54.9 | 98.7 | 95.2 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite CSSD-F1000GBMP700ENH Compare | 94.9 | 96.6 | 85.6 | 54.9 | 87.2 | 95.2 |
| Kingston KC3000 Compare | 80.6 | 92.8 | 93.5 | 54.9 | 92.8 | 86.8 |
Price
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