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Western Digital PC SN530
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2 2230
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 2,400 MB/s
25 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
Cons
- Below average endurance (14th percentile)
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
- Below average capacity (17th 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 cooled since launch
Based on 8 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 2400 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 950 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 170000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 120000 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital PC SN530 | Samsung 9100 PRO MZ-VAP1T0B/AM | SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M | Crucial T710 CT1000T710SSD5 | Corsair MP700 Elite | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRSK/1000G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 2,400 MB/s | 14,700 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 4800 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 1000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital PC SN530 | 45.4 | 44.6 | 14.3 | 17.1 | 14.3 | 36.5 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO MZ-VAP1T0B/AM Compare | 98.5 | 98.6 | 97.4 | 54.6 | 86 | 95.6 |
| SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare | 97.4 | 99 | 90.6 | 54.6 | 99 | 95.6 |
| Crucial T710 CT1000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.2 | 98.7 | 99.8 | 54.6 | 86 | 79.7 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.6 | 96.4 | 85.6 | 54.6 | 87.3 | 95.6 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRSK/1000G Compare | 82 | 93.4 | 93.8 | 54.6 | 94 | 95.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
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