Testseek.co.uk have collected 97 expert reviews of the Western Digital M.2 2280 Blue SN550 Series NVMe PCIe and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital M.2 2280 Blue SN550 Series NVMe PCIe.
March 2020
(85%)
97 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(96%)
101 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
85010097
The editors liked
Solid performance
Excellent value
Five-year warranty as standard
Competitive performance
Affordable and efficient
5-year warranty
96-Layer NAND
Overall performance
The editors didn't like
Not available in 2TB capacity
No hardware security
1TB maximum capacity
Not pretty
Small SLC cache
Power optimization on desktops could be better
Couldn't match the official 4K speeds with our standard tests
Kitguru says
WD's SN550 Blue is an impressive drive for the mainstream market and is a marked improvement on its predecessor in both the technology used and performance gained as a result
Published: 2020-10-19, Author: Tim , review by: techspot.com
Abstract: Today we're revisiting storage performance with an emphasis on gaming. Since we tested the first batch of PCIe 4.0 SSDs about a year ago, we've been wanting to run more tests. Up until now, most games have been built with hard drives in mind, but as we mo...
Published: 2020-07-16, Author: Will , review by: servethehome.com
In our WD Blue SN550 1TB review, we see how this PCIe Gen3 NVMe SSD stacks up to its competition in the value 1TB SSD arena vying to displace SATA SSDs...
The WD Blue SN550 offers up a great value in a PCI Express-based M.2 solid-state drive, holding its own in our tests against drives almost twice its cost...
Technologies like TLC and QLC face pose challenges writing more bits per NAND cell, we noticed a drop-off in performance with mixed heavy workloads that exceed writing we think roughly 18 gigabytes continuously. Then perf dropped to 850 MB/sec coming from...
Published: 2020-02-24, Author: Sean , review by: tomshardware.com
Competitive performance, Affordable and efficient, 5-year warranty,
1TB maximum capacity, Not pretty, Small SLC cache, Power optimization on desktops could be better
WD's Blue SN550 is a substantial update to the Blue line-up. It is fast, efficient, and comes into the market at a low cost per GB. We highly recommend it to those looking for a low-cost M.2 drive...
We just wanted to let our community know what we have been working on behind the scenes and this is just a quick look at a couple of the new things that we are doing. The new SSD test system will be heavily used in the months ahead and we look forward to...
Extremely affordable at the 1TB capacity, Good everyday performance
Drops to 835MBps during long copies
A 1TB drive for $100 is easy to like, and we were nearly all smiles with this notable improvement over the Blue SN500. Only the slightly skimpy amount of SLC cache wrinkled our brows. Note that the 250GB capacity maxes out at 950MBps writing, rather than...
Published: 2019-12-20, Author: Home , review by: lanoc.org
Now that I have taken a look at the WD Blue SN550 and have run it through our benchmark suite we have learned a few things about Western Digital's newest drive. In a lot of ways, the SN550 is very similar to the SN500, especially aesthetically. The bl...
The WD Blue SN500 NVMe SSD series showed that Western Digital was ready to compete in the entry-level NVMe SSD market. It appears that WD is committed to the entry-level market as less than a year later they have introduced the WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD seri...
With the refresh of the Blue NVMe lineup, Western Digital has increased the number of PCI Express lanes available while also doubling the maximum drive capacity. Furthermore, they have kept excellent traits such as a lengthy write endurance and five-year...
