100
Tony Hoffman
PCMag
“The WD Black SN8100 earns an Editors’ Choice award as the fastest internal SSD available.”
Critical Assessment
What Critics Praise
- Highest sequential read speed
- Exceptional PCMark 10 performance
- Low power consumption
- Includes backup software
- Extremely fast synthetic benchmark results
- 5‑year warranty, high TBW rating
Points of Contention
- No heatsink included
- Requires PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot
- Pricey compared to some competitors
- Higher price per terabyte than Gen 4
- SSD heatsinks are mandatory
Professional Reviews
3 reviews from 3 outlets90
Jon Jacobi
PCWorld
“This fantastically speedy PCIe 5.0 SSD will deliver the 14GBps goods.”
90
Ben Wilson
Windows Central
“the WD_BLACK SN8100 actually delivers better value on its read speeds for those who regularly create/render/transfer gigantic files.”
