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Western Digital 256GB SSD PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 3,150 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 200 TBW
57 Overall Score
Price $100
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (83rd percentile) 83rd
- Strong endurance (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong affordability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average capacity (18th percentile)
- Below average social proof (31st percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | M.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 3150 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 2100 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 270000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 280000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 200 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1750000 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital 256GB SSD | Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO | Corsair MP700 Elite | Samsung 990 EVO | Kingston KC3000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 3,150 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | false | false | true |
| Endurance | 200 TBW | 600 TBW | 3000 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital 256GB SSD | 58 | 83.2 | 53.5 | 17.9 | 78.6 | 30.6 | 69.7 |
| Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 Compare | 91.4 | 96.7 | 98.9 | 55.6 | 83 | 95.4 | 56.2 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 94 | 81.2 | 94 | 55.6 | 98.8 | 95.4 | 43.6 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 95.2 | 97.1 | 85.8 | 55.6 | 87.3 | 95.4 | 43.6 |
| Samsung 990 EVO Compare | 72.6 | 90.6 | 78.7 | 78.6 | 83 | 95.4 | 55.1 |
| Kingston KC3000 Compare | 81.5 | 93.3 | 94 | 55.6 | 93 | 87.2 | 41.2 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall56.9
- Budget73.3
- Gaming43.7
- Laptop55.2
- Console20
- Portable11.6
- Workstation57.5
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