Testseek.com have collected 153 expert reviews of the Western Digital M.2 Black SN850 Series NVMe PCIe and the average rating is 90%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital M.2 Black SN850 Series NVMe PCIe.
December 2020
(90%)
153 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(96%)
171 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Available in 500GB
1TB and 2TB capacities
PCIe 4.0 x4 interface with NVMe protocol
Equipped with 96-layer BiCS3 3D TLC NAND
Excellent sequential and random read and write speeds
Small M.2 2280 form factor
Large DRAM cache
Available with or without
Fastest drive we ever tested
PCI-Express 4.0 support
Large SLC cache
Good sustained write performance (for a TLC drive)
DRAM cache
Accurate temperature reporting
Five-year warranty
Compact form factor
Dominant results in PCMark 10 testing
Matched its rated read/write speeds
Available with or without heatsink
WD Black Dashboard software
RGB lighting
Extremely fast
Fastest 450GB write time to date
Competitive performance
Large dynamic SLC cache
Black PCB
Software package
5-year warranty
Excellent performance
Easy to use
Blistering PCIe 4.0 throughput
Excellent real
The editors didn't like
Write speed drops considerably when SLC cache is full
Can run hot under heavy workloads
Does not support hardware based encryption
Pricey
Expensive
No heatsink included (costs extra)
Largest capacity available is 2 TB
A touch pricey
Requires PCIe 4 compatible computer for best results
