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Western Digital WD Blue SN5000

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WD Blue SN5000

Released June 2024.2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-nvme-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssd.pdfRead 15 October 2026The data sheet is dated June 2024. Press coverage of the launch is dated 18 to 21 June 2024. A Japanese review says the drive reached Japan in July 2024 Last checked 16 October 2026.

Interface
PCIe NVMe
Form factor
M.2 2280
Capacity
500 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB
Read speed
5,150MB/s

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Series
WD Blue1Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssdRead 15 October 2026Page title reads WD Blue SN5000 NVMe SSD
Model numbers
WDS500G4B0E, WDS500G4B0E-00CNZ0, WDS100T4B0E, WDS100T4B0E-00CNZ0, WDS200T4B0E, WDS200T4B0E-00CNZ0, WDS400T4B0E, WDS400T4B0E-00BKY01Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssdRead 15 October 2026Model Numbers block: WDS500G4B0E-00CNZ0 (500GB), WDS100T4B0E-00CNZ0 (1TB), WDS200T4B0E-00CNZ0 (2TB) and WDS400T4B0E-00BKY0 (4TB). The specification blocks print the short codes WDS500G4B0E, WDS100T4B0E, WDS200T4B0E and WDS400T4B0E2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-nvme-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssd.pdfRead 15 October 2026Specifications table: WDS500G4B0E, WDS100T4B0E, WDS200T4B0E and WDS400T4B0E
GTIN / EAN
718037894850, 718037894843, 718037893228, 7180378983841Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssdRead 15 October 2026UPCs in the page's product data: 718037894850 (500GB), 718037894843 (1TB), 718037893228 (2TB) and 718037898384 (4TB). All four are valid UPC-A codes
Announced
Not available
Status
Available1Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssdRead 15 October 2026The page still lists the four capacities with their specifications. Retailers still stock the drive and a later model, the WD Blue SN5100, is sold next to it. The page does not show a current stock level
Predecessor
Not available
Successor
Not available
Launch price (US)
$139.996Press articleblocksandfiles.com/flash/2024/06/21/wd-mixes-tlc-and-qlc-nand-in-sn5000-gumstick-product-line/1601906Read 15 October 2026Article of 2024-06-21: Western Digital set the prices at 69.99 (500GB), 79.99 (1TB), 139.99 (2TB) and 279.99 dollars (4TB). The article does not name the country or the tax treatment. US list prices exclude sales tax. Guru3D's rounded 70, 80, 140 and 280 dollars and PCGamesN's 279.99 dollar MSRP for the 4TB agree. The same article prints TBW figures of 150, 300, 600 and 1,200 that conflict with the data sheet, so only its prices are used
Launch price (EU)
Not available
Markets
Not available
Colours
Blue1Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssdRead 15 October 2026Product data gives the color as Blue
Form factor
M.2 22801Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssdRead 15 October 2026Form Factor M.2 2280 on every capacity2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-nvme-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssd.pdfRead 15 October 2026
Capacity
500 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB1Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssdRead 15 October 2026Specification blocks for 500GB, 1TB, 2TB and 4TB2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-nvme-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssd.pdfRead 15 October 2026

Interface

Interface
PCIe NVMe1Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssdRead 15 October 2026Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 on every capacity2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-nvme-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssd.pdfRead 15 October 2026Interface row reads PCIe Gen4 16GT/s, up to 4 Lanes. It is backward compatible with PCIe Gen4 x2 and Gen3, Gen2 slots
PCIe generation
42Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-nvme-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssd.pdfRead 15 October 2026Interface row reads PCIe Gen4 16GT/s, up to 4 Lanes
PCIe lanes
42Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-nvme-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssd.pdfRead 15 October 2026Up to 4 lanes, so 4 is the top width
NVMe version
1.43Reviewservethehome.com/wd-blue-sn5000-1tb-nvme-ssd-reviewRead 15 October 2026Review of the 1TB, dated 2025-01-26. The CrystalDiskInfo screenshot confirms PCIe 4.0 x4 and NVMe 1.4
Detachable cable
Not available

Hardware

Controller
Sandisk in-house3Reviewservethehome.com/wd-blue-sn5000-1tb-nvme-ssd-reviewRead 15 October 2026Text: WD manufactures the NAND and the controller, there is no DRAM cache, and the controller is an in-house controller proprietary to WD. No chip name is given. Sandisk in-house follows the other Sandisk and WD drives in the catalog. Blocks and Files says the 4TB uses a second controller, while KitGuru says one controller serves all capacities. Both fit the in-house name5Press articlekitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/joao-silva/western-digital-launches-new-and-improved-wd-blue-sn5000-pcie-4-0-nvme-ssdRead 15 October 2026News of 2024-06-21, citing AnandTech: a WD PCIe 4.0 controller with a four-channel, DRAMless architecture, consistent across all capacities
Flash type
TLC2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-nvme-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssd.pdfRead 15 October 2026NAND Type row: Western Digital 3D NAND TLC for 500GB, 1TB and 2TB and Western Digital 3D NAND QLC for 4TB. The flash maker and generation are not named
Flash memory
Kioxia BiCS5 TLC3Reviewservethehome.com/wd-blue-sn5000-1tb-nvme-ssd-reviewRead 15 October 2026Text: the NAND of the 1TB is Kioxia 112-layer TLC, and the 4TB model is understood to use Kioxia 162-layer QLC5Press articlekitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/joao-silva/western-digital-launches-new-and-improved-wd-blue-sn5000-pcie-4-0-nvme-ssdRead 15 October 2026500GB, 1TB and 2TB use WD and Kioxia 112-layer BiCS 5 TLC. The 4TB uses BiCS 6 in QLC form
Flash layers
1123Reviewservethehome.com/wd-blue-sn5000-1tb-nvme-ssd-reviewRead 15 October 2026112 layers for the 1TB TLC. The 4TB is described as 162-layer QLC5Press articlekitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/joao-silva/western-digital-launches-new-and-improved-wd-blue-sn5000-pcie-4-0-nvme-ssdRead 15 October 2026112-layer BiCS 5 for the 500GB to 2TB models
DRAM cache
None, uses host memory (HMB)4Reviewgigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20240817-wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssd-4tbRead 15 October 2026Review of the 4TB, dated 2024-08-17. The drive has no DRAM and uses a host memory buffer. nvme-hmb.exe reports an HMB preferred size of 65536KB and a minimum of 3292KB. The 500GB to 2TB models are also DRAM-less according to ServeTheHome and the maker coverage in KitGuru, so HMB is stored for the product, but the tool was run on the 4TB only
DRAM cache size
Not available
Component sides
Not available

Performance

Sequential read (claimed)
5,150MB/s1Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssdRead 15 October 2026Sequential Read Performance 5,000 MB/s (500GB), 5,150 MB/s (1TB and 2TB) and 5,500 MB/s (4TB). The data sheet gives the same numbers2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-nvme-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssd.pdfRead 15 October 2026Queues 32, threads 1, based on internal testing. The 2TB base value is 5,150 MB/s
Sequential write (claimed)
4,850MB/s1Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssdRead 15 October 2026Sequential Write Performance 4,000 (500GB), 4,900 (1TB), 4,850 (2TB) and 5,000 MB/s (4TB)2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-nvme-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssd.pdfRead 15 October 2026Queues 32, threads 1. The 2TB base value is 4,850 MB/s
Random 4K read (claimed)
650,000IOPS1Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssdRead 15 October 2026Random Read 460K (500GB), 730K (1TB), 650K (2TB) and 690K IOPS (4TB)2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-nvme-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssd.pdfRead 15 October 2026Queues 32, threads 16, based on internal testing. The 2TB base value is 650K
Random 4K write (claimed)
770,000IOPS1Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssdRead 15 October 2026Random Write 770K (500GB, 1TB and 2TB) and 900K IOPS (4TB)2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-nvme-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssd.pdfRead 15 October 2026Queues 32, threads 16. The 2TB base value is 770K

Endurance and reliability

Endurance (TBW)
900TB1Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssdRead 15 October 2026Endurance (TBW) 300, 600, 900 and 1200, printed with the word units on the page2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-nvme-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssd.pdfRead 15 October 2026Endurance 300, 600, 900 and 1,200 TBW, calculated with the JEDEC client workload JESD219. Warranty ends at 5 years or the TBW limit, whichever is first
MTBF or MTTF (claimed)
1,750,000h2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-nvme-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssd.pdfRead 15 October 2026Published as MTTF, 1.75 Million hours, from internal Telcordia SR-332 stress testing at 25 C. It is one figure for all capacities. The footnote says MTTF does not predict one drive's reliability
Operating temperature
Min0Max85°C1Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssdRead 15 October 2026Operating Temperature 0 C to 85 C. The non-operating range of -40 C to 85 C is not stored2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-nvme-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssd.pdfRead 15 October 2026Operating Temperatures 0 C to 85 C, as reported by the drive. The non-operating range of -40 C to 85 C is not stored

Power

Power while reading (claimed)
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Power while writing (claimed)
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Max power consumption (claimed)
Not available
Average power in light use (claimed)
75mW2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-nvme-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssd.pdfRead 15 October 2026Average Active Power 75mW, one figure for all capacities. Footnote 4: Average Power is measured using MobileMark 2025 on Windows 11 Pro. This is the maker's mixed client workload average. The same table row lists Max Average power as 6.3mW, which is below the 75mW average and is not stored, since it looks like a unit error for 6.3 W
Idle power (claimed)
Not available
Sleep power (claimed)
5mW2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-nvme-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssd.pdfRead 15 October 2026Sleep (PS5) 5mW. The table names the state PS5, so it is stored as the deepest sleep figure

Measured

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Sequential read (measured)
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Sequential write (measured)
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Random 4K read at queue depth 1 (measured)
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Random 4K write at queue depth 1 (measured)
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Write cache size (measured)
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Write speed after the cache (measured)
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3DMark Storage Benchmark
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Highest temperature under load (measured)
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Idle power (measured)
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Cooling and build

Heatsink
Without heatsink1Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssdRead 15 October 2026In The Box lists the drive alone and the photos show a plain label. No heatsink version is listed
RGB lighting
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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-sn5000-nvme-ssdRead 15 October 2026The support section offers the SANDISK Dashboard, which it describes for Windows operating systems. The data sheet calls it the Western Digital Dashboard2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-nvme-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssd.pdfRead 15 October 2026Highlights name the downloadable Western Digital Dashboard application

Compatibility

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Platforms
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Dimensions and weight

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Dimensions
Length80Width22Height2.38mm(3.1 × 0.9 × 0.1 in)1Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssdRead 15 October 2026The page prints 3.16 x 0.87 x 0.09 inches. The data sheet gives the millimetre values2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-nvme-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssd.pdfRead 15 October 2026Length 80 +/- 0.15mm, width 22 +/- 0.15mm and height 2.38mm, one set for all capacities
Weight
5.7g(0.2 oz)1Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssdRead 15 October 2026Weight 5.7gms on every capacity2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-nvme-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssd.pdfRead 15 October 2026Weight 5.7g +/- 0.5g, one figure for all capacities

In the box

In the box
WD Blue SN5000 NVMe SSD1Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssdRead 15 October 2026In The Box reads WD Blue SN5000 NVMe SSD
Cables included
Not available

Warranty

Manufacturer warranty (source market)
5years1Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssdRead 15 October 20265-Year Limited Warranty on every capacity2Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/product/internal-drives/wd-blue-nvme-ssd/data-sheet-wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssd.pdfRead 15 October 2026Limited Warranty 5 years or the Max Endurance (TBW) limit, whichever occurs first. Regional terms are on the support site

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Model numberGTINModel numbersGTIN / EANLaunch price (US)CapacityFlash typeFlash memoryFlash layersComponent sidesSequential read (claimed)Sequential write (claimed)Random 4K read (claimed)Random 4K write (claimed)Endurance (TBW)Sequential read (measured)Sequential write (measured)Random 4K read at queue depth 1 (measured)Random 4K write at queue depth 1 (measured)Write cache size (measured)
WDS500G4B0E-00CNZ0718037894850WDS500G4B0E, WDS500G4B0E-00CNZ0718037894850$69.99500 GBTLCKioxia BiCS5 TLC112Not available5,000 MB/s4,000 MB/s460,000 IOPS770,000 IOPS300 TBNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
WDS100T4B0E-00CNZ0718037894843WDS100T4B0E, WDS100T4B0E-00CNZ0718037894843$79.991 TBTLCKioxia BiCS5 TLC112Single-sided5,150 MB/s4,900 MB/s730,000 IOPS770,000 IOPS600 TB5,197 MB/s4,431 MB/s71.65 MB/s303.06 MB/sNot available
WDS200T4B0E-00CNZ0718037893228WDS200T4B0E, WDS200T4B0E-00CNZ0718037893228$139.992 TBTLCKioxia BiCS5 TLC112Not available5,150 MB/s4,850 MB/s650,000 IOPS770,000 IOPS900 TBNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
WDS400T4B0E-00BKY0718037898384WDS400T4B0E, WDS400T4B0E-00BKY0718037898384$279.994 TBQLCKioxia BiCS6 QLC162Single-sided5,500 MB/s5,000 MB/s690,000 IOPS900,000 IOPS1,200 TBNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available700 GB

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