WD Blue SN5000 4TB NVMe SSD vs Samsung 9100 Pro SSD

The Samsung 9100 Pro is the faster drive by a wide margin: PCIe 5.0 with roughly 14,800 MB/s reads, DRAM cache and hardware encryption, and owners rate it 4.9 out of 5. The WD Blue SN5000 4TB is a Gen4 QLC drive at about 5,500 MB/s with 1,200 TBW endurance and a five-year warranty, so it suits big game libraries and archives where capacity matters more than peak speed. Buy the Samsung if your motherboard supports PCIe 5.0 and you move large files daily; buy the WD if you want 4TB of solid Gen4 storage and your board is Gen4.

• Choose the WD Blue SN5000 if you want 4TB of dependable Gen4 storage for games and large media files on a PCIe 4.0 system.
• Choose the Samsung 9100 Pro if you have a PCIe 5.0 slot and want the fastest sequential and random speeds, DRAM cache and hardware encryption.