WD Blue SN550 1TB NVMe SSD

Name: WD Blue SN550 1TB NVMe
Brand: Western Digital
SKU: WDS100T2B0C
Rating: 5.0 (6 reviews)

WD Blue SN550 1TB NVMe Gen3 x4 PCIe 8Gb/s M.2 2280 3D NAND WDS100T2B0C

★★★★★

(6 reviews)

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Options (3)

	250GB $79.50
	500GB $149.00
	2TB $165.99

Boost Your System's Performance With Next-Gen Nvme Ssds
Over 4 Times Faster Than Our SATA Ssds
Western Digital Designed Controller And Firmware For Optimized Performance
Western Digital SSD Dashboard Constantly Monitors The Health Of Your SSD
Nvme Drive Not Compatible With SATA Interface

Specifications Overview

Model	WDS100T2B0C
Release Date	December 2019 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Series	Blue SN550 NVMe
Capacity	1000 GB
Interface	PCIe Gen3 x4
NVME	Yes
Form Factor	M.2-2280
NAND Flash Type	3D NAND
Max Sequential Read	Up to 2400 MB/s
Max Sequential Write	Up to 1950 MB/s
MTBF	1.7M hours

	Old Name	Current Name	Branding	Data Speed	Port
USB 2.0	USB 2.0	USB 2.0	Hi-Speed USB	480 Mbit/s	diverse
USB 3.0	USB 3.1 Gen 1	USB 3.2 Gen 1x1	SuperSpeed USB	5 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.1	USB 3.1 Gen 2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x1	SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps	10 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x2	USB 4.0 Gen 2x2	USB4 20Gbps	20 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4	USB 4.0 Gen 3x2	USB4 1.0	USB4 40Gbps	40 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4v2	USB 4.0 Gen 4	USB4 2.0	USB4 80Gbps	80-120 Gbit/s	only USB-C

WD Blue SN550 1TB NVMe Performance comparison with similar Solid State Drives

(Higher is better)

WD Blue SN550 1TB NVMe Performance

Sequential read/write speed, Random 4K read/write speed

Samsung 970 EVO 250GB (104th)		104%
CORSAIR FORCE Series MP510 960GB (105th)		103%
Sabrent Rocket 2TB (105th)		103%
Sabrent Rocket 2TB NVMe 4.0 with Heatsink (105th)		103%
SanDisk Extreme PRO 500GB (108th)		102%
Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2 (109th)		101%
Sabrent 1TB Rocket NVMe (110th)		~
Samsung 980 500GB (111th)		~
WD Black 500GB WDS500G2X0C (111th)		~
Intel SSD 760P Series 512GB (111th)		~
WD Blue SN550 1TB NVMe (114th)		100%
Crucial P5 250GB (115th)		97%
Seagate FireCuda 510 1TB (115th)		97%
WD_BLACK 500GB SN750 SE (117th)		97%
Samsung 960 EVO Series 500GB (117th)		97%
XPG SX8200 Pro 256GB (119th)		96%
DREVO X1 Series 240GB (120th)		95%
Intel 660p 2TB (121st)		95%
Crucial P2 2TB (121st)		95%
XPG SX8200 480GB 3D NAND (123rd)		94%
Crucial P1 1TB (123rd)		94%

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WD Blue SN550 1TB NVMe Price/Performance Analysis

Sequential read/write speed, Random 4K read/write speed vs Price

Price-to-Performance Analysis:

Excellent value: 62.1% better price-to-performance ratio than average.
5 products offer better price-to-performance ratio.
Best alternative: GIGABYTE AORUS NVMe Gen4 1TB offers 20.4% better value priced at $172.

Expert reviews

The WD Blue SN550 is positioned as a significant upgrade over their previous SN500 SSD, and the performance is impressive for a DRAM-less drive. It would make an excellent upgrade over a SATA SSD, and the competitive pricing helps it stack up favorably against other low-cost NVMe options as well.

PCPer

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If you want ultimate speeds, especially in respect of writing, or hardware encryption then look elsewhere. The WD Blue SN550 is more of a family people-carrier than a head-turning roadster, to use a vehicle analogy.That said, the benchmark numbers still...

techadvisor.co.uk

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