PC parts / SSDs
Western DigitalSSD
WD Blue SA510
Released May 2022.4Press articlenascompares.com/news/wd-blue-sa510-sata-and-nvme-ssdRead 20 October 2026NAS Compares news item WD Blue SA510 SATA and NVMe SSD released, marked last updated on 18 May 2022. It names the 2.5 inch codes WDS100T3B0A, WDS500G3B0A and WDS250G3B0A. It says the drives are sold direct from Western Digital at around $65, $75 and $100 without saying which price fits which capacity, so no launch price is stored Last checked 20 October 2026.
- Interface
- SATA
- Form factor
- 2.5-inch
- Capacity
- 250 GB, 500 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB
- Read speed
- 560MB/s
29 of 63 fields known.
At a glance
Power while reading (claimed)
Lower than all other SSDs. Lower is better.
Power while writing (claimed)
Lower than all other SSDs. Lower is better.
General
- Model numbers
- WDS250G3B0A, WDS500G3B0A, WDS100T3B0A, WDS200T3B0A, WDS400T3B0A, WDS500G5B0A, WDS100T5B0A, WDS200T5B0A, WDS400T5B0A1Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-blue-sa510-sata-2-5-ssdRead 20 October 2026Spec blocks list WDS250G3B0A (250GB), WDS500G5B0A (500GB), WDS100T5B0A (1TB), WDS200T5B0A (2TB) and WDS400T3B0A (4TB). The store SKU suffixes -00AXR0, -00LMP0 and -00C7K0 are not stored. The 5B0A codes are a newer series than the 3B0A codes of the 2022 product brief. Both series are stored as variant rows because their claims differ3Maker spec sheet (PDF)media.bechtle.com/asrc/180712/1c4b3d4ee288fc9434f5175bf56070570/c3/-/30f4e0dd49fc49b18a552c4c9448d267/wd-blue-sa510-2-tb-ssd-datenblatt-1Read 20 October 2026German copy of the Western Digital product brief for the WD Blue SA510 (document code 02-00-WW-04-000064-AE02, September 2022, PDF made 2023-05-18), hosted by the retailer Bechtle. The maker's own copy returned 404. It lists the 2.5 inch codes WDS250G3B0A, WDS500G3B0A, WDS100T3B0A, WDS200T3B0A and WDS400T3B0A, and the M.2 2280 codes WDS...3B0B, which are another product
- GTIN / EAN
- 718037884622, 718037884639, 7180378846536Retailer pageldlc.com/en/product/PB00503709.htmlRead 20 October 2026LDLC sheet for WDS100T3B0A (1TB, 2.5 inch). The EAN 0718037884653 is the UPC 7180378846537Retailer pageldlc.com/en/product/PB00503711.htmlRead 20 October 2026LDLC sheet for WDS500G3B0A-00AXR0 (500GB, 2.5 inch). The EAN 0718037884639 is the UPC 7180378846398Retailer pagekomputronik.pl/product/773712/wd-blue-sa510-250gb.htmlRead 20 October 2026Komputronik sheet for WDS250G3B0A (250GB), EAN 718037884622. No GTIN was found for the 2TB, 4TB or the 5B0A codes
- Announced
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- Predecessor
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- Successor
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- Launch price (US)
- Not available
- Launch price (EU)
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- Markets
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- Colours
- Not available
Interface
- PCIe generation
- Not available
- PCIe lanes
- Not available
- NVMe version
- Not available
- Detachable cable
- Not available
Hardware
- Controller
- Not available
- Flash layers
- Not available
- DRAM cache
- Not available
- DRAM cache size
- Not available
- Component sides
- Not available
Performance
- Sequential read (claimed)
- 560MB/s2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sa510-sata-ssd.pdfRead 20 October 2026Sequential Read up to 560 MB/s for every capacity. Footnote 2: 1 MB/s = 1 million bytes per second, based on internal testing. The host and the tool are not named3Maker spec sheet (PDF)media.bechtle.com/asrc/180712/1c4b3d4ee288fc9434f5175bf56070570/c3/-/30f4e0dd49fc49b18a552c4c9448d267/wd-blue-sa510-2-tb-ssd-datenblatt-1Read 20 October 2026Sequential reads up to 555 MB/s (250GB) and 560 MB/s (500GB to 4TB). Footnote 6: based on internal testing, 1 MB/s = 1 million bytes per second
- Sequential write (claimed)
- 520MB/s2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sa510-sata-ssd.pdfRead 20 October 2026Sequential Write up to 525 (4TB), 520 (2TB), 520 (1TB) and 510 (500GB) MB/s3Maker spec sheet (PDF)media.bechtle.com/asrc/180712/1c4b3d4ee288fc9434f5175bf56070570/c3/-/30f4e0dd49fc49b18a552c4c9448d267/wd-blue-sa510-2-tb-ssd-datenblatt-1Read 20 October 2026Sequential writes up to 440 (250GB), 510 (500GB) and 520 (1TB, 2TB, 4TB) MB/s
- Random 4K read (claimed)
- 89,000IOPS2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sa510-sata-ssd.pdfRead 20 October 2026Random Read up to 85K (4TB), 89K (2TB), 89K (1TB) and 78K (500GB) IOPS. No queue depth is named3Maker spec sheet (PDF)media.bechtle.com/asrc/180712/1c4b3d4ee288fc9434f5175bf56070570/c3/-/30f4e0dd49fc49b18a552c4c9448d267/wd-blue-sa510-2-tb-ssd-datenblatt-1Read 20 October 2026Random reads up to 80,000 (250GB) and 90,000 IOPS (500GB to 4TB). No queue depth is named
- Random 4K write (claimed)
- 75,000IOPS2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sa510-sata-ssd.pdfRead 20 October 2026Random Write up to 76K (4TB), 75K (2TB), 74K (1TB) and 73K (500GB) IOPS. No queue depth is named3Maker spec sheet (PDF)media.bechtle.com/asrc/180712/1c4b3d4ee288fc9434f5175bf56070570/c3/-/30f4e0dd49fc49b18a552c4c9448d267/wd-blue-sa510-2-tb-ssd-datenblatt-1Read 20 October 2026Random writes up to 78,000 (250GB), 82,000 (500GB and 1TB) and 87,000 IOPS (2TB and 4TB)
Endurance and reliability
- Endurance (TBW)
- 700TB2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sa510-sata-ssd.pdfRead 20 October 2026Endurance (TBW): 1000 (4TB), 700 (2TB), 400 (1TB), 300 (500GB). Footnote 4: JEDEC client workload JESD219. Footnote 5: the warranty ends at 5 years or the TBW limit, whichever comes first3Maker spec sheet (PDF)media.bechtle.com/asrc/180712/1c4b3d4ee288fc9434f5175bf56070570/c3/-/30f4e0dd49fc49b18a552c4c9448d267/wd-blue-sa510-2-tb-ssd-datenblatt-1Read 20 October 2026Endurance (TBW): 100 (250GB), 200 (500GB), 400 (1TB), 500 (2TB), 600 (4TB). Footnote 7: JEDEC client workload JESD219
- MTBF or MTTF (claimed)
- 2,250,000h2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sa510-sata-ssd.pdfRead 20 October 2026MTTF (up to hours) 2.25M for every capacity. Footnote 4: Mean Time To Failure from Telcordia SR-332 stress testing at 25 C, not a warranty. Stored as MTTF3Maker spec sheet (PDF)media.bechtle.com/asrc/180712/1c4b3d4ee288fc9434f5175bf56070570/c3/-/30f4e0dd49fc49b18a552c4c9448d267/wd-blue-sa510-2-tb-ssd-datenblatt-1Read 20 October 2026MTTF up to 1.75 million hours for every capacity. Footnote 8: Telcordia stress tests, sample based, not a warranty. Stored as MTTF
- Operating temperature
- Min0Max70°C2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sa510-sata-ssd.pdfRead 20 October 2026Operating temperatures 0 C to 70 C. The non-operating range of -55 C to 85 C is not stored. Footnote 8: operating temperature is the temperature the drive reports3Maker spec sheet (PDF)media.bechtle.com/asrc/180712/1c4b3d4ee288fc9434f5175bf56070570/c3/-/30f4e0dd49fc49b18a552c4c9448d267/wd-blue-sa510-2-tb-ssd-datenblatt-1Read 20 October 2026Operating temperatures 0 C to 70 C. Footnote 12: the SSD box is rated up to 60 C
Power
- Power while writing (claimed)
- 1.05W2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sa510-sata-ssd.pdfRead 20 October 2026Same Average Active Power figure as the read field. The data sheet gives no read and write split
- Max power consumption (claimed)
- 2.59W2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sa510-sata-ssd.pdfRead 20 October 2026Max Read Operating and Max Write Operating, in mW. 4TB: 1800 and 4650. 2TB: 1520 and 2590. 1TB: 1490 and 1800. 500GB: 1510 and 1700. The higher one is stored3Maker spec sheet (PDF)media.bechtle.com/asrc/180712/1c4b3d4ee288fc9434f5175bf56070570/c3/-/30f4e0dd49fc49b18a552c4c9448d267/wd-blue-sa510-2-tb-ssd-datenblatt-1Read 20 October 2026Max read operating and max write operating, in mW. 250GB, 500GB, 1TB: 1800 and 2000. 2TB: 1600 and 1500. 4TB: 1500 and 1500. Footnote 11: measured during continuous sequential read or write, averaged over 1 second intervals. The higher one is stored
- Average power in light use (claimed)
- Not available
- Idle power (claimed)
- 34mW2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sa510-sata-ssd.pdfRead 20 October 2026Slumber: 33 (4TB), 34 (2TB), 31 (1TB) and 31 (500GB) mW. Slumber is the SATA low-power idle state3Maker spec sheet (PDF)media.bechtle.com/asrc/180712/1c4b3d4ee288fc9434f5175bf56070570/c3/-/30f4e0dd49fc49b18a552c4c9448d267/wd-blue-sa510-2-tb-ssd-datenblatt-1Read 20 October 2026Slumber: 36 mW (250GB to 1TB), 62 (2TB) and 63 (4TB)
- Sleep power (claimed)
- 9mW2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sa510-sata-ssd.pdfRead 20 October 2026DevSlp: 10 (4TB), 9 (2TB), 10 (1TB) and 9 (500GB) mW. DevSleep is the SATA deepest sleep state3Maker spec sheet (PDF)media.bechtle.com/asrc/180712/1c4b3d4ee288fc9434f5175bf56070570/c3/-/30f4e0dd49fc49b18a552c4c9448d267/wd-blue-sa510-2-tb-ssd-datenblatt-1Read 20 October 2026DevSlp: 12 mW (250GB to 1TB) and 5 mW (2TB and 4TB)
Measured
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- Sequential read (measured)
- Not available
- Sequential write (measured)
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- Random 4K read at queue depth 1 (measured)
- Not available
- Random 4K write at queue depth 1 (measured)
- Not available
- Write cache size (measured)
- Not available
- Write speed after the cache (measured)
- Not available
- 3DMark Storage Benchmark
- Not available
- Highest temperature under load (measured)
- Not available
- Idle power (measured)
- Not available
Cooling and build
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- Heatsink
- Not available
- RGB lighting
- Not available
- Dust and water rating
- Not available
- Drop test height
- Not available
Security and software
- Security
- Not available
- Software
- SanDisk Dashboard1Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-blue-sa510-sata-2-5-ssdRead 20 October 2026Page: free downloadable Sandisk Dashboard (Windows only) that monitors performance, temperature and used and available space. Acronis True Image for Sandisk data migration software is also offered as a download2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sa510-sata-ssd.pdfRead 20 October 2026Highlights name the downloadable Sandisk Dashboard application (Windows only) and the Acronis True Image for Sandisk data migration software
Compatibility
Dimensions and weight
Front and side, drawn to scale.
- Dimensions
- Length100.25Width69.9Height7mm(3.9 × 2.8 × 0.3 in)2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sa510-sata-ssd.pdfRead 20 October 2026Physical Dimensions row: 100.25 mm x 69.9 mm x 7 mm for every capacity. Footnote 10: length, width and thickness may vary by plus or minus 0.1 mm. The row does not name the axes, so 100.25 is the length, 69.9 the width and 7 the thickness3Maker spec sheet (PDF)media.bechtle.com/asrc/180712/1c4b3d4ee288fc9434f5175bf56070570/c3/-/30f4e0dd49fc49b18a552c4c9448d267/wd-blue-sa510-2-tb-ssd-datenblatt-1Read 20 October 20262.5 inch size 100.2 mm x 69.85 mm x 7 mm. The axes are not named, so 100.2 is the length, 69.85 the width and 7 the thickness
- Weight
- 33.3g(1.2 oz)2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sa510-sata-ssd.pdfRead 20 October 2026Weight row: 34.5 g (4TB), 33.3 g (2TB), 33.1 g (1TB) and 33 g (500GB), plus or minus 1 g. The Sandisk page prints 34.5 g for the 500GB, 1TB and 2TB blocks. The data sheet is preferred. The base is the 2TB column3Maker spec sheet (PDF)media.bechtle.com/asrc/180712/1c4b3d4ee288fc9434f5175bf56070570/c3/-/30f4e0dd49fc49b18a552c4c9448d267/wd-blue-sa510-2-tb-ssd-datenblatt-1Read 20 October 20262.5 inch weight 34.6 g plus or minus 1 g for every capacity
In the box
- In the box
- WD Blue SA510 2.5” SATA SSD1Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-blue-sa510-sata-2-5-ssdRead 20 October 2026In The Box row reads WD Blue SA510 2.5 inch SATA SSD. The Acronis True Image data migration software is a download, not a box item
- Cables included
- Not available
Links
- Product page
- www.sandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-blue-sa510-sata-2-5-ssd1Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-blue-sa510-sata-2-5-ssdRead 20 October 2026
- Spec sheet
- documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sa510-sata-ssd.pdf2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sa510-sata-ssd.pdfRead 20 October 2026Sandisk data sheet for the WD Blue SA510 SATA SSD, dated January 2026. It lists 500GB, 1TB, 2TB and 4TB with the 5B0A codes WDS500G5B0A, WDS100T5B0A, WDS200T5B0A and WDS400T5B0A. It has no 250GB column. The base values of this product are the 2TB WDS200T5B0A column
- Manual
- Not available
- EPREL registration number
- Not available
Warranty
- Manufacturer warranty (source market)
- 5years1Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-blue-sa510-sata-2-5-ssdRead 20 October 20265-Year Limited Warranty in every block. The data sheet adds: 5 years or the TBW limit, whichever comes first. Regional terms are on the Sandisk support site2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sa510-sata-ssd.pdfRead 20 October 2026Limited Warranty row: 5 years
Compare with
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Variants
Each variant lists only what differs from the specs above.
| Model number | GTIN | Capacity | Sequential read (claimed) | Sequential write (claimed) | Random 4K read (claimed) | Random 4K write (claimed) | Endurance (TBW) | MTBF or MTTF (claimed) | Power while reading (claimed) | Power while writing (claimed) | Max power consumption (claimed) | Average power in light use (claimed) | Idle power (claimed) | Sleep power (claimed) | Dimensions | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDS250G3B0A | 718037884622 | 250 GB | 555 MB/s | 440 MB/s | 80,000 IOPS | 78,000 IOPS | 100 TB | 1,750,000 h | Not available | Not available | 2 W | 50 mW | 36 mW | 12 mW | Length 100.2, Width 69.85, Height 7 mm | 34.6 g |
| WDS500G3B0A | 718037884639 | 500 GB | 560 MB/s | 510 MB/s | 90,000 IOPS | 82,000 IOPS | 200 TB | 1,750,000 h | Not available | Not available | 2 W | 50 mW | 36 mW | 12 mW | Length 100.2, Width 69.85, Height 7 mm | 34.6 g |
| WDS100T3B0A | 718037884653 | 1 TB | 560 MB/s | 520 MB/s | 90,000 IOPS | 82,000 IOPS | 400 TB | 1,750,000 h | Not available | Not available | 2 W | 60 mW | 36 mW | 12 mW | Length 100.2, Width 69.85, Height 7 mm | 34.6 g |
| WDS200T3B0A | Not available | 2 TB | 560 MB/s | 520 MB/s | 90,000 IOPS | 87,000 IOPS | 500 TB | 1,750,000 h | Not available | Not available | 1.6 W | 78 mW | 62 mW | 5 mW | Length 100.2, Width 69.85, Height 7 mm | 34.6 g |
| WDS400T3B0A | Not available | 4 TB | 560 MB/s | 520 MB/s | 90,000 IOPS | 87,000 IOPS | 600 TB | 1,750,000 h | Not available | Not available | 1.5 W | 77 mW | 63 mW | 5 mW | Length 100.2, Width 69.85, Height 7 mm | 34.6 g |
| WDS500G5B0A | Not available | 500 GB | 560 MB/s | 510 MB/s | 78,000 IOPS | 73,000 IOPS | 300 TB | 2,250,000 h | 0.97 W | 0.97 W | 1.7 W | Not available | 31 mW | 9 mW | Length 100.25, Width 69.9, Height 7 mm | 33 g |
| WDS100T5B0A | Not available | 1 TB | 560 MB/s | 520 MB/s | 89,000 IOPS | 74,000 IOPS | 400 TB | 2,250,000 h | 1.01 W | 1.01 W | 1.8 W | Not available | 31 mW | 10 mW | Length 100.25, Width 69.9, Height 7 mm | 33.1 g |
| WDS200T5B0A | Not available | 2 TB | 560 MB/s | 520 MB/s | 89,000 IOPS | 75,000 IOPS | 700 TB | 2,250,000 h | 1.05 W | 1.05 W | 2.59 W | Not available | 34 mW | 9 mW | Length 100.25, Width 69.9, Height 7 mm | 33.3 g |
| WDS400T5B0A | Not available | 4 TB | 560 MB/s | 525 MB/s | 85,000 IOPS | 76,000 IOPS | 1,000 TB | 2,250,000 h | 1.09 W | 1.09 W | 4.65 W | Not available | 33 mW | 10 mW | Length 100.25, Width 69.9, Height 7 mm | 34.5 g |
Sources
We read 8 sources for this SSD. The numbers match the markers in the sheet.
- Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-blue-sa510-sata-2-5-ssd
- Press articlenascompares.com/news/wd-blue-sa510-sata-and-nvme-ssd
- Press articleweekly.ascii.jp/elem/000/004/096/4096524
- Retailer pageldlc.com/en/product/PB00503709.html
- Retailer pageldlc.com/en/product/PB00503711.html
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