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The specification blocks print the short codes WDS500G4B0E, WDS100T4B0E, WDS200T4B0E and WDS400T4B0E","gtins":"UPCs in the page's product data: 718037894850 (500GB), 718037894843 (1TB), 718037893228 (2TB) and 718037898384 (4TB). All four are valid UPC-A codes","status":"The 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","colors":"Product data gives the color as Blue","form_factor":"Form Factor M.2 2280 on every capacity","storage_gb":"Specification blocks for 500GB, 1TB, 2TB and 4TB","interface":"Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 on every capacity","seq_read_mbs":"Sequential 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 numbers","seq_write_mbs":"Sequential Write Performance 4,000 (500GB), 4,900 (1TB), 4,850 (2TB) and 5,000 MB/s (4TB)","random_read_iops":"Random Read 460K (500GB), 730K (1TB), 650K (2TB) and 690K IOPS (4TB)","random_write_iops":"Random Write 770K (500GB, 1TB and 2TB) and 900K IOPS (4TB)","endurance_tbw":"Endurance (TBW) 300, 600, 900 and 1200, printed with the word units on the page","warranty_years":"5-Year Limited Warranty on every capacity","operating_temperature_c":"Operating Temperature 0 C to 85 C. The non-operating range of -40 C to 85 C is not stored","dimensions_mm":"The page prints 3.16 x 0.87 x 0.09 inches. The data sheet gives the millimetre values","weight_g":"Weight 5.7gms on every capacity","heatsink":"In The Box lists the drive alone and the photos show a plain label. No heatsink version is listed","in_the_box":"In The Box reads WD Blue SN5000 NVMe SSD","software_name":"The support section offers the SANDISK Dashboard, which it describes for Windows operating systems. The data sheet calls it the Western Digital Dashboard","variants":"Four capacity rows with their model numbers, UPCs, speeds, IOPS and endurance"}},{"url":"https://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.pdf","kind":"manufacturer_pdf","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["spec_sheet_url","release_date","model_numbers","form_factor","storage_gb","interface","pcie_gen","pcie_lanes","nand_type","seq_read_mbs","seq_write_mbs","random_read_iops","random_write_iops","endurance_tbw","mtbf_h","operating_temperature_c","power_consumption_average_mw","power_consumption_sleep_mw","warranty_years","dimensions_mm","weight_g","software_name","variants"],"notes":{"spec_sheet_url":"Western Digital data sheet for the WD Blue SN5000 NVMe SSD, dated June 2024, hosted on documents.sandisk.com","release_date":"The 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","model_numbers":"Specifications table: WDS500G4B0E, WDS100T4B0E, WDS200T4B0E and WDS400T4B0E","interface":"Interface row reads PCIe Gen4 16GT/s, up to 4 Lanes. It is backward compatible with PCIe Gen4 x2 and Gen3, Gen2 slots","pcie_gen":"Interface row reads PCIe Gen4 16GT/s, up to 4 Lanes","pcie_lanes":"Up to 4 lanes, so 4 is the top width","nand_type":"NAND 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","seq_read_mbs":"Queues 32, threads 1, based on internal testing. The 2TB base value is 5,150 MB/s","seq_write_mbs":"Queues 32, threads 1. The 2TB base value is 4,850 MB/s","random_read_iops":"Queues 32, threads 16, based on internal testing. The 2TB base value is 650K","random_write_iops":"Queues 32, threads 16. The 2TB base value is 770K","endurance_tbw":"Endurance 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_h":"Published 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_c":"Operating 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_consumption_average_mw":"Average 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","power_consumption_sleep_mw":"Sleep (PS5) 5mW. The table names the state PS5, so it is stored as the deepest sleep figure","warranty_years":"Limited Warranty 5 years or the Max Endurance (TBW) limit, whichever occurs first. Regional terms are on the support site","dimensions_mm":"Length 80 +/- 0.15mm, width 22 +/- 0.15mm and height 2.38mm, one set for all capacities","weight_g":"Weight 5.7g +/- 0.5g, one figure for all capacities","software_name":"Highlights name the downloadable Western Digital Dashboard application","variants":"Per-capacity speeds, IOPS and endurance from the Specifications table"}},{"url":"https://www.servethehome.com/wd-blue-sn5000-1tb-nvme-ssd-review/","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["nvme_version","controller","nand_flash","nand_layers","variants"],"notes":{"nvme_version":"Review of the 1TB, dated 2025-01-26. The CrystalDiskInfo screenshot confirms PCIe 4.0 x4 and NVMe 1.4","controller":"Text: 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 name","nand_flash":"Text: the NAND of the 1TB is Kioxia 112-layer TLC, and the 4TB model is understood to use Kioxia 162-layer QLC","nand_layers":"112 layers for the 1TB TLC. The 4TB is described as 162-layer QLC","variants":"1TB row. Single-sided: the review says the 1TB comes in a single-sided M.2 2280 and the back holds nothing but silkscreened labels. Measured values come from the same review. CrystalDiskMark 8.0.4, 5 runs, 1GiB test file, run on the system drive (C: at 66 percent used, 617 of 931 GiB). The host is an MSI MAG X670E Tomahawk with a Ryzen 9 7900X in an M.2 slot rated for PCIe Gen5 x4. SEQ1M Q8T1 read 5196.70 and write 4431.38 MB/s, stored as 5197 and 4431. RND4K Q1T1 read 71.65 and write 303.06 MB/s. The 8GiB run gave 5112.21, 4423.33, 70.56 and 303.42. No preferred review site tested this drive, so this reviewer is used. The reviewer's post-cache write speed (lowest steady 300 MB/s while the speed bounces to about 550) and temperatures (taken under a heatsink) do not fit the field rules and are not stored"}},{"url":"https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20240817-wd-blue-sn5000-nvme-ssd-4tb","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["dram_cache","variants"],"notes":{"dram_cache":"Review 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","variants":"4TB row. Single-sided: two NAND packages under the label and no chips on the back. Released in Japan in July 2024"}},{"url":"https://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/joao-silva/western-digital-launches-new-and-improved-wd-blue-sn5000-pcie-4-0-nvme-ssd/","kind":"press","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["controller","nand_flash","nand_layers","release_date","variants"],"notes":{"controller":"News of 2024-06-21, citing AnandTech: a WD PCIe 4.0 controller with a four-channel, DRAMless architecture, consistent across all capacities","nand_flash":"500GB, 1TB and 2TB use WD and Kioxia 112-layer BiCS 5 TLC. The 4TB uses BiCS 6 in QLC form","nand_layers":"112-layer BiCS 5 for the 500GB to 2TB models","release_date":"Launch coverage dated 2024-06-21 with UK prices of 56.99, 77.99, 137.99 and 275.99 pounds","variants":"NAND type per capacity"}},{"url":"https://www.blocksandfiles.com/flash/2024/06/21/wd-mixes-tlc-and-qlc-nand-in-sn5000-gumstick-product-line/1601906","kind":"press","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["release_date","launch_price_usd","variants"],"notes":{"release_date":"Article of 2024-06-21 on the SN5000 launch","launch_price_usd":"Article 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","variants":"USD launch price per capacity"}},{"url":"https://www.pcgamesn.com/wd/blue-sn5000-4tb-launch","kind":"press","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["release_date","variants"],"notes":{"release_date":"Launch news dated 2024-06-18: the new SN5000 4TB has an MSRP of 279.99 dollars and 275.99 pounds on WD's website","variants":"4TB MSRP of 279.99 dollars"}},{"url":"https://www.guru3d.com/story/western-digital-unveils-wd-blue-sn5000-series-ssds-with-4tb-model/","kind":"press","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["variants"],"notes":{"variants":"Launch pricing of 70, 80, 140 and 280 dollars for 500GB, 1TB, 2TB and 4TB, sourced to Western Digital via AnandTech. Rounded, so it only confirms the exact prices"}},{"url":"https://techtest.org/wd-blue-sn5000-4tb-ssd-test-qlc-ssd-mit-ueberraschender-performance/","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-15","fields":["variants"],"notes":{"variants":"Test of the 4TB dated 2024-08-06: only the 4TB uses BiCS6 162-layer QLC, the other capacities use BiCS5 112-layer TLC. The controller is a WD in-house design with no DRAM cache. The reviewer writes the whole drive full and logs the speed: the SLC cache of the 4TB is about 700 GB, stored on the 4TB row as 700. The reviewer's speed after the cache is given as about 500 MB/s in the text and 530 MB/s in the summary, so the post-cache speed is not stored. The page names no test host for this run and the drive fill is an empty drive"}}],"fields_filled":34,"updated":"2026-10-16"},"meta":{"api_version":"1","docs":"https://arkivo.dev/api"}}