WD Black SN8100 SSD review: Fantastically fast, frustratingly inconsistent

At a glance

Expert's Rating

Pros

• Extremely fast synthetic benchmark results — at times
• DRAM for excellent random performance
• 5-year, 600TBW warranty

Cons

• Write speeds varied from 300MBps to 13GBps on our usual test bed
• Pricey

Our Verdict

This fantastically speedy PCIe 5.0 SSD will deliver the 14GBps goods. But it had compatibility issues on our test bed with write speeds all over the place ...