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The review uses active cooling for all SSDs unless noted and does not say a heatsink was fitted. ServeTheHome logged a 67 C peak with no heatsink or active cooling","measured_power_idle_mw":"2TB, Quarch PPM idle power with ASPM/LPM disabled, 1,118 mW. Read from chart. The chart is the worst case on a desktop board","variants":"The 2TB row holds the measured values. The review's steady state write of 442 MB/s is an average over 15 minutes, not the first state after the cache, so it is not stored"}},{"url":"https://www.servethehome.com/sandisk-wd-blue-sn5100-2tb-pcie-gen4-nvme-ssd-review/2/","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-14","fields":["measured_seq_read_mbs","measured_seq_write_mbs","measured_random_read_q1_mbs","measured_random_write_q1_mbs","variants"],"notes":{"measured_seq_read_mbs":"2TB, CrystalDiskMark 8.0.4 x64, 1GiB test size, five runs, SEQ1M Q8T1 read 6,998.65 MB/s. The screenshot shows the drive as C: with 64% used (1193 of 1863 GiB). Read from the CrystalDiskMark screenshot. AMD Ryzen 9 7900X on MSI MAG X670E Tomahawk, M.2_1 slot with PCIe 5.0 x4","measured_seq_write_mbs":"SEQ1M Q8T1 write 6,589.47 MB/s, same run","measured_random_read_q1_mbs":"RND4K Q1T1 read 73.69 MB/s, same screenshot","measured_random_write_q1_mbs":"RND4K Q1T1 write 304.40 MB/s, same screenshot","variants":"The 2TB row holds the measured values. KitGuru did not review this drive"}},{"url":"https://www.servethehome.com/sandisk-wd-blue-sn5100-2tb-pcie-gen4-nvme-ssd-review/","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-14","fields":["nvme_version","dram_cache","pcb_sides","nand_type"],"notes":{"nvme_version":"CrystalDiskInfo confirms PCIe 4.0 x4 speeds using NVMe 2.0","dram_cache":"No DRAM cache","pcb_sides":"The 2TB comes in a single-sided M.2 2280 form factor with one NAND package","nand_type":"Sandisk QLC NAND, the first Blue drive with QLC at every capacity"}},{"url":"https://www.servethehome.com/sandisk-wd-blue-sn5100-2tb-pcie-gen4-nvme-ssd-review/3/","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-14","fields":["launch_price_usd"],"notes":{"launch_price_usd":"Launching on 27 August 2025 at an MSRP of $150 for the 2TB, which matches the $149.99 in the launch article"}},{"url":"https://www.storagereview.com/?p=148585","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-14","fields":["benchmark_3dmark_storage","pcb_sides","dram_cache","nvme_version","variants"],"notes":{"benchmark_3dmark_storage":"2TB overall score 4,192 in the 3DMark Storage Benchmark. StorageReview Gen5 test bench, 2TB drive. Drive fill and test size are not stated","pcb_sides":"Specification table reads form factor M.2 2280-S3-M, where S is single-sided","dram_cache":"DRAM-less, Host Memory Buffer","nvme_version":"Specification table reads NVMe 2.0d. Tom's Hardware and ServeTheHome read NVMe 2.0, which is stored","variants":"The 2TB row holds the 3DMark Storage score"}},{"url":"https://www.pcgameshardware.de/SSD-Hardware-255552/News/Sandisk-SN5100-PCIe-4-NVMe-1480772/","kind":"press","accessed":"2026-10-14","fields":["controller","release_date"],"notes":{"controller":"PCGH reads that the drive combines BiCS8 QLC NAND with the Sandisk Polaris 3 controller. The maker does not name the controller. Tom's Hardware reads Sandisk proprietary, so no source contradicts it","release_date":"Market launch coverage of the WD Blue SN5100 in August 2025, with the 4TB due in October"}},{"url":"https://www.guru3d.com/story/sandisk-optimus-replaces-wdblack-branding-early-amazon-listings-show-premiums/","kind":"press","accessed":"2026-10-14","fields":["release_date"],"notes":{"release_date":"Sandisk introduced the Optimus brand in January 2026. The article says the Optimus 5100 replaces the WD Blue SN5100 and the rename brings no performance change. This is why the launch evidence of the WD Blue SN5100 is used"}}],"fields_filled":46,"updated":"2026-10-16"},"meta":{"api_version":"1","docs":"https://arkivo.dev/api"}}