Testseek.com have collected 188 expert reviews of the Western Digital M.2 2280 Black PC Series NVMe PCIe and the average rating is 83%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital M.2 2280 Black PC Series NVMe PCIe.
May 2019
(83%)
188 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(90%)
44 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Available in 256GB
512GB and 1TB capacities
PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe 1.3 interface
Equipped with 64-layer BiCS3 3D TLC NAND
Excellent sequential and random read and write speeds
Features nCache 3.0 technology
Small M.2 2280 form factor
Large DRAM cache
R
Fastest SSD we ever reviewed
No thermal throttling
Reasonable pricing
Good sequential write performance
5-year warranty
Compact form factor
Good software bundle
Warranty
Strong Writes
Good Endurance
Competitive Pricing
5 Year Warranty
Available in capacities up to 1TB
Very fast
Thanks to NVMe support and 3D NAND memory
Reasonable cost per gigabyte
Five-year warranty
Top-notch performance
Priced more like a budget NVMe SSD than a premium model
Incredibly fast
Great Warranty
Controller Is made in house
Price
Custom in-house designed hardware
1TB Capacity
Insanely High Speed
3400 MB/s read
2800 MB/s write speeds
No overheating issues
Single-sided for better compatibility
Developed completely in-house by WD
The editors didn't like
Does not support hardware based encryption
Not available in a 2TB capacity
Rated "up to" write speeds don't reflect reality
Expensive compared to some competing drives
SLC cache quite small
Poor performance in general across all benchmarks
Priced too high compared to the performance it gives
Middling Reads
Some Performance Inconsistencies
Lower capacities offer lesser performance
Boring label
Easy to confuse with an older WD Black SSD that was also M.2/NVMe
Pricing
Some older systems will need an upgrade to support booting NVMe
Published: 2018-06-22, Author: Tom , review by: pcmag.com
Available in capacities up to 1TB, Very fast, thanks to NVMe support and 3D NAND memory, Reasonable cost per gigabyte, Five-year warranty,
Lower capacities offer lesser performance
Available in a capacious 1TB version and boasting screaming read/write speeds, the WD Black NVMe is an excellent M.2 SSD to install in a gaming rig or media-editing workstation...
Published: 2018-06-07, Author: Tony , review by: Techreport.com
The WD Black NVMe suffered an asthmatic performance in IOMeter, but its RoboBench performance was phenomenal. Western Digital had its sights set on the 970 EVO, and we expect that the Black's overall performance will fall fairly close to its rival. We di...
Available in 256GB, 512GB and 1TB capacities, PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe 1.3 interface, Equipped with 64-layer BiCS3 3D TLC NAND, Excellent sequential and random read and write speeds, Features nCache 3.0 technology, Small M.2 2280 form factor, Large DRAM cache, R
Does not support hardware based encryption, Not available in a 2TB capacity
Western Digital has clearly put a lot of time and effort into their new WD Black NVMe SSD. Instead of using an off the shelf solution from Marvell or Silicon Motion, the company engineered their new SSD platform from the ground up. Everything from the WD...
Published: 2018-05-11, Author: Marco , review by: hothardware.com
Strong Writes, Good Endurance, Competitive Pricing, 5 Year Warranty
Middling Reads, Some Performance Inconsistencies
WD Black NVMe SSD - Find Them At AmazonThe WD Black NVMe SSD hits a number of high notes. Sequential transfers are strong, especially in terms of writes, and latency and endurance are good. The drives also carry a healthy 5-year warranty. We saw some inco...
WD has expanded its SSD family with the addition of its Black NVMe SSD and the SanDisk Extreme Pro. This M.2, NVMe drive has quoted speeds up to 3.4GB/s sequential read and up to 2.8GB/s write and comes in 250GB, 500GB, and 1TB capacities. The drive is WD...
We knew from tests last year of Western Digital's SATA drives and the Toshiba XG5 that the SanDisk/Toshiba 64-layer 3D TLC was a huge improvement over their planar NAND, and possibly was even the fastest and most power efficient TLC NAND yet. It is now cl...
Published: 2018-04-05, Author: Chris , review by: tomshardware.com
WD's new in-house NVMe controller is a big win, but cheaper emerging products leave the Black 3D NVMe SSD with poor pricing at launch. It's like seeing an iceberg on the horizon. Hopefully WD can maneuver the ship in time.Review$449.99 MSRP...
Abstract: It is not often that we review two separate SSDs within the same report, however this is a rather unique opportunity. Back in 2016, Western Digital acquired SanDisk in one of the largest flash memory purchases ever; a very rare occasion for a company to a...
Published: 2018-04-05, Author: Sean , review by: thessdreview.com
At the beginning of our review, we said we would tell you why you need one of these SSDs. After reading through everything so far, we're pretty sure that we don't need to. The new WD Black and SanDisk Extreme Pro are some of the best SSDs out. They are bu...
Top-notch performance, Priced more like a budget NVMe SSD than a premium model, Five-year warranty
Boring label, Easy to confuse with an older WD Black SSD that was also M.2/NVMe
The Western Digital Black 3D NVMe SSD is as fast as Samsung's 960 Pro, but it costs a lot less. In fact, it's only slightly more expensive than entry-level drives. It's the drive that smart buyers should go for...
