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Western Digital Blue SN5100 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 2TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 7,100 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 900 TBW
71 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong user sentiment (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong speed (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong capacity (78th percentile) 78th
- Strong endurance (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
- Below average affordability (0th 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.
92/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 5 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 2000 |
| 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 | TLC |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 900 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital Blue SN5100 | Samsung 9100 PRO | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Crucial T710 | Seagate FireCuda 530R ZP4000GM3A073 | Lexar NM1090 PRO LNM109P004T-RNNNU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 |
| Seq Read | 7,100 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | false | false | true |
| Endurance | 900 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4000 TBW | 2400 TBW | 5050 TBW | 2800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital Blue SN5100 | 87 | 61.8 | 53.4 | 78.4 | 94.7 | 78.2 | 38.1 | 0 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.2 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.5 | 0 | 85.8 | 99.6 | 5.3 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.5 | 99 | 90.9 | 92.5 | 0 | 93.5 | 87.1 | 6.5 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.1 | 99.1 | 85.5 | 92.5 | 0 | 85.8 | 77.4 | 10.6 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R ZP4000GM3A073 Compare | 92.8 | 96.8 | 78.4 | 92.5 | 0 | 95.6 | 77.4 | 6.9 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO LNM109P004T-RNNNU Compare | 98.1 | 98.5 | 97.5 | 92.5 | 0 | 74.9 | 56.9 | 8.3 |
Price
Value & Pricing
Price History
Usage Scores
- Overall70.9
- Budget48.2
- Gaming66.1
- Laptop66.5
- Console63.9
- Portable17.1
- Workstation68.2
A full written review is coming soon. The specs, scores, prices and charts above are always up to date.
