WD Blue SN5100 500GB NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD: 6600/5600 MB/s speeds, 300TBW, M.2 2280 for desktops, laptops, and workstations.

The Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 (SKU: WDS500G5B0E-00CPE0) is a consumer-grade internal NVMe SSD in the 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 category. It features SanDisk BiCS8 218-layer QLC 3D NAND at 3,600 MT/s, delivering sequential read speeds up to 6,600 MB/s and write speeds up to 5,600 MB/s. Random performance reaches 660,000 read IOPS and 1,100,000 write IOPS, supported by a SanDisk Polaris 3 4-channel controller and nCache 4.0 SLC caching. The M.2 2280 form factor ensures compatibility with PCIe 4.0 and prior systems requiring an M.2 2280 slot. Endurance is rated at 300 TBW, with active power consumption of 3.8W and operating temperatures from 0°C to 85°C. Dimensions are 80mm x 22mm x 2.38mm, weighing 5.7g. It complies with RoHS, TCG Pyrite 2.01, and ATA Security passthrough over NVMe. Ideal for bulk IT procurement in everyday computing, content creation, and light professional workloads where cost-effective high-speed storage is needed.