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
Excellent performance, Up to 2TB, Competitive prices, Heatsink option
Can get warm without heatsink, No hardware encryption, Write speeds vary
All PCIe 4.0 drives I've tested so far have a weakness, often overheating. But in this case, it also doesn't have hardware encryption, and the heatsink model is outrageously overpriced.However, there are potential performance benefits available here if yo...
Couldn’t hit the maximum 4K figures under testing,
WD has been hard at work expanding its Black gaming and high-performance range of products. We recently looked at WD's AN1500 add-in-card (review here) which delivered PCIe Gen 4-like speeds but over the PCIe Gen-3 interface. Now, with the Black SN850, we...
Supreme speed, Solid endurance, Reasonble cost per GB, Five-year warranty from big name
Temps, potentially, No heatsink model from the off
Building a high-performance PC in 2020 requires careful thought in every area. AMD has the benchmark lead in mainstream CPUs that also feature PCIe 4.0 connectivity on chip and chipset. Playing well with the latest slew of M.2-based NVMe drives, WD puts i...
Abstract: Games have a huge data of assets, usually running in couple of gigabytes, that need to be loaded into the RAM for easy access time and again. A fast drive will ensure that you spend minimal time waiting between levels, lost in loading screens.We are wel...
Abstract: Western Digital today unveiled a series of new products under its WD_BLACK portfolio of storage solutions in an official online one-of-a-kind launch event. Officially launched in India today, these products were actually shown in an event streamed on Twit...
The WD_Black SN850 currently tops our list of best accessories for both desktop PCs and the PlayStation 5. You get the fastest read speed possible on this SSD, which is essential when playing games on either ecosystems. While it may have some dips in read...
Abstract: Last year, we reviewed one of Samsung’s latest 980 PRO M.2 NVMe Gen4 SSD. It was only a 500GB capacity, so the performance was not that stellar. Today, we check out the 980 PRO 2TB capacity, offering slightly faster read and write speeds. In fact, I was waiting for this 2TB version so that I can compare it with WD’s latest Gen4 SSD with the same capacity. Which one do you think will be the fastest Gen4 SSD? Will it be the Samsung 980 PRO or the WD Black SN850? Find out in our Samsung 980 Pro 2TB review/comparison below.
You have seen the numbers and the results and at the end of the day, SN750's predecessor, the SN850 did not disappoint. WD is a bit late in the Gen4 SSD market. Just like Samsung's 980 Pro, both drives didn't arrive until Q4 2020. However, both are really...
Abstract: Gaming has always been a big deal for us at HardwareZone, but it gained ever greater prominence over the past two years because of the pandemic. Left with little or nowhere to go, us and many other people around the world turned to their PCs, consoles, ta...
