SanDisk

WD_Black SN850X 2TB

Name: WD_Black SN850X 2TB
Brand: SanDisk

WD_Black SN850X

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3DMark Storage 4,466points#10 of 11 PCMark 10 Storage 3,846points#11 of 11 Sustained write 1,606MB/s#7 of 10 3DMark DirectStorage Storage to VRAM, GDeflate15.3GB/s#6 of 8

The long-running WD_Black PCIe 4.0 gaming drive, sold with or without a heatsink. Newer Gen4 drives such as the 990 EVO Plus and T500 beat it in Tom's game and application traces, so it is worth buying mainly at a good price.

Against the line-up

3DMark Storage points

#10 of 11 · Tom's Hardware

1SN8100 2TB8,100
2Renegade G5 2TB7,337
3T705 2TB6,739
4T710 2TB6,647
···
9P310 2TB4,666
10SN850X 2TB4,466
11SN7100 2TB4,068

PCMark 10 Storage points

#11 of 11 · Tom's Hardware

1SN8100 2TB7,694
2Renegade G5 2TB6,893
39100 Pro 2TB6,597
4T710 2TB6,583
···
10990 EVO Plus 2TB4,514
11SN850X 2TB3,846

Sustained write MB/s

#7 of 10 · Tom's Hardware

1T500 2TB4,066
2T710 2TB4,050
3T705 2TB4,029
4SN8100 2TB3,892
···
6990 EVO Plus 2TB1,777
7SN850X 2TB1,606
8Renegade G5 2TB1,545

3DMark DirectStorage Storage to VRAM, GDeflate · GB/s

#6 of 8 · StorageReview

1SN8100 2TB26.1
2T710 2TB26
3T705 2TB25.8
49100 Pro 2TB23.8
5Renegade G5 2TB23.3
6SN850X 2TB15.3
7P310 2TB14.8

The whole SSDs line-up side by side, with prices

Every benchmark

Quoted from the publications that ran them; we don't test hardware ourselves. Figures from different publications were run on different systems and scenes, so compare within a row's source.

3DMark Storage

Setting	Result	Source
Standard run	3,962points	StorageReview, Mar 18, 2025 AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero Comparison drive in the Samsung 9100 Pro review
Standard run	4,466points	Tom's Hardware, Mar 18, 2025 Intel Core i9-12900K Comparison drive in the Samsung 9100 Pro review

PCMark 10 Storage

Setting	Result	Source
Standard run one source	3,846points	Tom's Hardware, Mar 18, 2025 Intel Core i9-12900K Comparison drive in the Samsung 9100 Pro review
Data Drive one source	4,988points	StorageReview, Mar 18, 2025 AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero Comparison drive in the Samsung 9100 Pro review

Sustained write

Setting	Result	Source
Standard run one source	1,606MB/s	Tom's Hardware, Mar 18, 2025 Intel Core i9-12900K Steady state: average MB/s after 15 minutes of 1MiB sequential writes at QD32. Comparison drive in the Samsung 9100 Pro review

3DMark DirectStorage

Setting	Result	Source
Storage to VRAM, GDeflate one source	15.3GB/s	StorageReview, Mar 18, 2025 AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero Comparison drive in the Samsung 9100 Pro review

Specs

Capacity	2 TB
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe
Form factor	M.2 2280
Sequential read	7300 MB/s
Sequential write	6600 MB/s
Endurance	1200 TBW
DRAM cache	Yes

From StorageReview review spec table (WD's figures) (2022-08-08).

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Sources

StorageReview (review)
Tom's Hardware (review)

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