Just a heads up, I got this drive for backup purposes and I thought I’d post its’ HD Tune score: All of the results I’ve seen so far paint very poor random access (~20ms), but it looks like ...

The WD Blue SN550 is a x4 PCIe 3.0, M.2 NVMe SSD in the 2280 form factor. That is, 22 millimeters wide, and 80 mm long. The NAND is 96-layer TLC (Triple Layer Cell/3-bit) ...

WD Blue is Western Digital's line of storage drives aimed at everyday computing needs. The WD Blue SN500 NVMe SSD will be offered in 250GB ($54.99) and 500GB ($77.99) capacities in a single-sided ...

The WD Blue SSD doesn't do well on the pricing front either, with a suggested price of $300, $140 and $80 for 1TB, 500GB and 250GB, respectively.

Our Verdict. Even WD’s bargain NVMe SSDs provide excellent bang for the buck. Unlike some cheap competitors, the Blue SN500 maintains a reasonable 750MBps write speed when it runs out of cache.

Western Digital's WD Blue SN580 1TB, is, as we see it, overall the best-performing SSD at MSRP we've ever tested. MSRP is $49.99 for 1TB, and based on current trends, ...

The WD Blue SN5000 is a surprisingly rapid budget NVMe SSD, offering read speeds up to 5500MB/s and write speeds up to 4850MB/s through a PCIe 4.0 connection. We used the SN5000 for our Intel Core ...