New On sale 14%
Western Digital SSD
Capacity 250GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 2,400 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 150 TBW
58 Overall Score
Price $130
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (91st percentile) 91st
- Strong random (76th percentile) 76th
- Strong endurance (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average capacity (12th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 250 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 2400 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 2600 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 170000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 135000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 150 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1700000 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital SSD | Samsung 990 Pro | Crucial T500 | SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X 850X | Lexar NM790 | Corsair MP700 Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 250GB | 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 3.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 2,400 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | false | false | false |
| Endurance | 150 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 1000 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital SSD | 53.2 | 76.2 | 53.4 | 12.1 | 70 | 90.7 |
| Samsung 990 Pro Compare | 92.7 | 96.5 | 98.8 | 54.3 | 86.3 | 96.3 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 89.7 | 95.9 | 78.4 | 54.3 | 83.2 | 56.9 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X 850X Compare | 83.7 | 91.5 | 78.4 | 54.3 | 87.9 | 49.6 |
| Lexar NM790 Compare | 87.9 | 91.5 | 53.4 | 54.3 | 93.2 | 96.3 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.4 | 60.1 | 71.9 | 54.3 | 94.1 | 96.3 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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