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
3400 MB/s read, 2800 MB/s write speeds, No overheating issues, Single-sided for better compatibility, Developed completely in-house by WD
None that we found
The launch of the WD Black NVMe SSD is in our opinion one of the biggest launches for the company. It is something that Western Digital has really needed and finally brings them into the discussion for high-end NVMe drives. The high-performance NVMe marke...
Published: 2017-03-30, Author: Sean , review by: thessdreview.com
Overall, it outperforms the Intel 600P, but not by much. With the WD Black PCIe at its current prices of $109.99 (256GB) and $199.99 (512GB), the Intel may be a better buy for someone looking to get the cheapest NVMe SSD they can get their hands on or if...
Published: 2017-03-08, Author: Billy , review by: anandtech.com
There are still relatively few PCIe SSDs using TLC NAND, and the WD Black is the only one using planar TLC NAND. SanDisk has lately made some of the best planar TLC NAND SSDs with highly effective SLC caching that somewhat insulates them from many of the...
The WD Black PCIe SSD series was designed to be an affordable SSD that unlocks a new level of performance for PC users that have PCIe NVMe compatible systems. The performance numbers we were seeing from this SSD would place it in the entry-level NVMe SSD...
Poor performance in general across all benchmarks, Priced too high compared to the performance it gives
The WD Black PCIe SSD is an M.2 NVMe drive that lacks both performance and competitive pricing in a highly competitive market.WD Black PCIe SSD on Amazon...
The disks under WD's Black label has always been known for high performance and quality, however, a lot of people were not pleased with the original Black PCIe drive. Some have said that it should have been under the Blue label which was the company's lin...
WD Black NVMe SSD will be a tough one to beat. It is one of the fastest NVMe M.2 SSDs around in the market (compared to Kingston and Samsung) and with a blazing fast read/write speed, you can pretty much throw anything you can think of to it and get excel...
Abstract: Western Digital's WD Black 3D NVMe SSD delivers much the same performance as the chart-topping Samsung 960 Pro, but for significantly less cash—$200 less in the 1TB capacity.This is a good thing, and a big deal. Samsung has been unchallenged in the end-us...
Sequencers, tiered caching, geared ECC - Western Digital's NVMe controller is truly a force to be reckoned with. As we saw throughout our testing, the built from the ground up WD controller ushers in the end of Samsung's reign as the undisputed king of fl...
Published: 2018-04-05, Author: Jon , review by: pcworld.co.nz
Abstract: Western Digital's WD Black 3D NVMe SSD delivers much the same performance as the chart-topping Samsung 960 Pro, but for significantly less cash—$200 less in the 1TB capacity.This is a good thing, and a big deal. Samsung has been unchallenged in the end-us...
