Sandisk has unveiled the WD_BLACK SN8100 NVMe SSD with PCIe Gen 5.0 technology, delivering speeds up to 14 900 MB/s and capacities up to 8TB. It’s also 100% more power efficient than Sandisk’s previous generation.
Key features include:
- Delivers an enhanced gaming and workflow experience with the speed of PCIe Gen 5.0×4 NVMe M.2 SSD technology.
- Blistering sequential speeds of up to 14 900MB/s read, 14 000MB/s1write and over 2,300,000 IOPS of random performance (2TB – 4TB models) – a 2x performance improvement in read speeds over Sandisk’s PCIe Gen 4.0.
- Over 100% more power efficient than Sandisk’s PCIe Gen 4.0, plus energy optimization with an average operating power of 7W or under helps keep drives running at optimal performance.
- Up to 2 400TBW endurance (4TB) means machines can handle the most intense tasks, such as gaming, video editing and AI workloads.
- Capacity to hold the biggest new games and projects, while still having room for models for AI-powered applications, large datasets and growing game libraries.
Sandisk is also offering an optional WD_BLACK SN8100 NVMe with PCIe Gen 5.0 SSD with Heatsink.