SanDisk Optimus 5100 vs Kingston 4TB SSD

SanDisk Optimus 5100 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk Optimus 5100 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk
61 Overall Score
vs
Kingston 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

Kingston 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

Kingston
97 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
SanDisk
50
Kingston
97
Gaming
SanDisk
59
Kingston
97
Console
SanDisk
59
Kingston
96
Budget
SanDisk
50
Kingston
83
Laptop
SanDisk
61
Kingston
83
Portable
SanDisk
16
Kingston
25

Specifications

SanDisk Optimus 5100Kingston 4TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
4,000
4,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 4.0
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation44
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
6,900
7,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)
6,700
7,000
Random Read (IOPS)
900,000
1,000,000
Random Write (IOPS)
1,100,000
1,000,000
Hardware
NANDQLCTLC★
DRAM Cache✗✓★
Controller—Phison E18
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
1,200
4,000
MTBF (hours)
1,750,000
1,800,000
Warranty (years)—5★
Features
Heatsink✗✓★
Hardware Encryption—✗

Pros & Cons

SanDisk Optimus 5100 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong speed (85th percentile)85th %ile
  • Below average affordability (14th percentile)14th %ile
  • Below average feature (15th percentile)15th %ile
  • Below average social proof (16th percentile)16th %ile

Kingston 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong random (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong endurance (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Below average affordability (10th percentile)10th %ile

Pricing

SanDisk Optimus 5100 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

No current pricing available

Kingston 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

Verdict

★ Winner: Kingston 4TB SSD

Scores 97 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 9 of 18 specs.

Kingston 4TB SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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