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WD_BLACK™ SN8100
NVMe™ PCIe® Gen 5 SSD

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Power your game and fuel your creativity with a drive that’s engineered for excellence.  Perfect for high-level gaming, professional content creation, and 3D rendering.

  • NEXT-GEN performance

Experience PCIe® Gen 5

Load into games faster. This internal SSD drive reaches sequential read speeds up to an astonishing 14,900MB/s1, sequential write speeds up to 14,000MB/s1, and over 2,300,000 IOPS1 of random performance (2-4TB2 models).

  • Advanced Reliability

Designed to Perform

Our latest TLC 3D CBA NAND technology provides our most advanced combination of speed and reliability to help ensure your experience is at top performance,  no matter if you’re gaming or working.

  • Future-Proof Your PC

Faster than PCIe® Gen 4, Similar Power Consumption3

Level-up your workflow with over 100% more power efficiency than PCIe® Gen 4 at twice the speed3. Thanks to an average operating power of 7.5W or under1, you can run your machine at astonishing performance.

  • LOW PROFILE HEATSINK

Built for the Bold

The WD_BLACK™ SN8100 SSD features the lowest profile heatsink on a PCIe® 5.0 drive. Made from anodized aluminum, it silently cools without fans or extra power, and includes customizable RGB lighting to match your build’s aesthetic.

  • High Capacity

Room for Revolution

Live-edit your biggest projects and still have room for OS updates, models for AI-powered applications, and your game library, thanks to capacities up to 8TB2.

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CapacityUp to 8TB2Up to 8TB2Up to 4TB2Up to 4TB2
InterfacePCIe® Gen 5x4PCIe® Gen 4x4PCIe® Gen 4x4PCIe® Gen 4x4
Sequential Read (up to)14,900MB/s17,300MB/s1 (1-4TB2)7,250MB/s1 (1-2TB2)7,100MB/s1 (1-2TB2)
Sequential Write (up to)14,000MB/s1 (2-4TB2)6,600MB/s1 (2-8TB2)6,900MB/s1 (1-2TB2)6,700MB/s1 (1-4TB2)
Average Power Consumption17W7W--
Use CaseGamingGamingGamingContent Creation

 

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1TB2

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Disclosures

  1. 1MB/s = 1 million bytes per second. IOPS = input/output operations per second. Based on internal testing; performance may vary depending upon host device, usage conditions, drive capacity, and other factors.
  2. 1GB = 1 billion bytes and 1TB = 1 trillion bytes. Actual user capacity may be less depending on operating environment.
  3. Over 100% more power efficient than the 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe™ SSDs.
  4. Sandisk WD Black SN8100 2TB SSD Review: The fastest overall consumer SSD ever made, May 28, 2025, Tom’s Hardware, https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/sandisk-wd-black-sn8100-2tb-ssd-review
  5. SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Review: Elite Performance in a Gen5 SSD, May 13, 2025, StorageReview, https://www.storagereview.com/review/sandisk-wd_black-sn8100-review-elite-performance-in-a-gen5-ssd
  6. WD Black SN8100 2 TB NVMe SSD review, May 13, 2025, PC Gamer, https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/ssds/wd-black-sn8100-2-tb-nvme-ssd-review/
  7. Sandisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Gen5 SSD Review - True Champion & Intel Optane Slayer, May 25, 2025, The SSD Review, https://www.thessdreview.com/our-reviews/nvme/wd_black-sn8100-gen5-ssd-review-true-champion-and-intel-optane-slayer/5/
  8. Sandisk WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB SSD Review - Approaching Optane, May 13, 2025, TweakTown, https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/11050/sandisk-wd-black-sn8100-2tb-ssd-approaching-optane/index.html
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