New On sale 8%
Western Digital Gaming 512GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 512GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 5,000 MB/s
50 Overall Score
Price $128
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (88th percentile) 88th
- Strong speed (71st percentile) 71st
- Strong social proof (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (28th percentile)
- Below average endurance (33rd percentile)
- Below average capacity (34th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has held steady over time
72/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 10 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 512 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 5000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 4000 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 460000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 800000 |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 1 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital Gaming | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M | Corsair MP700 Elite | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/1T0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 512GB | 2TB | 2TB | 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 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 5,000 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 14,200 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | - | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 600 TBW | 1000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital Gaming | 70.8 | 87.8 | 14.1 | 34.3 | 28.2 | 33.2 | 69.8 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97 | 99 | 78.3 | 79 | 85.4 | 95.5 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.4 | 99 | 78.3 | 79 | 82.4 | 95.5 |
| SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare | 97.6 | 99.1 | 90.7 | 54.9 | 0 | 98.8 | 95.5 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.7 | 96.6 | 85.8 | 54.9 | 79 | 86.6 | 95.5 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/1T0 Compare | 97 | 98.6 | 90.7 | 54.9 | 28.2 | 91.8 | 88 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From $128
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Usage Scores
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