Comments on: SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 Gen5 SSD Review – True Champion & Intel Optane Slayer

By: Scoob

Scoob — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:11:43 +0000

In reply to James.

Here’s a side-by-side of the SN8100 vs Optane P5800X. The tests were done by different individuals on different systems, but at least provide a sense of comparative performnace: https://abulhassan.com/wd-black-sn8100-2tb-vs-intel-optane-p5800x-nvme-ssd/

By: Scoob

Scoob — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 20:36:29 +0000

In reply to Les. James is right, the Optane 5800X should have been compared. Prosumers don't care what the drive was "intended" for. Pricing has come down enough that I'm considering an array of P5800X vs. SN8100's and it would have been nice to quantify the performance difference at low queue-depths, as well as both sequential and random performance once the SN8100's cache has been saturated.

By: winguy

winguy — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:57:01 +0000

check your heat, i had the same issue , installed 3rd party heat sink (thermalrite HR-10 pro) and no more throttling during benchmarks

By: Vince

Vince — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 04:36:29 +0000

Amazing performance in the review. I purchased a 2 GB and 4 GB to run in my setup, and performance is significantly lower. My SEQ1M score is very high (14956 Read / 14169 Write). However, SEQ12K drops to 9300 Read / 11,071 Write. RND4K drops substantially lower compared to review, at 1070 Read and 923 Write. My 3DMark SSD Storage score is also only 5,100 at best. This is on a 9950X3D system with MSI X870E Tomahawk motherboard. Appreciate any suggestions on troubleshooting.

By: Les Tokar

Les Tokar — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 07:37:15 +0000

In reply to gnulinux. I checked extensiively and you seem to be the only instance of this issue. Sorry but I have no suggestions except maybe a fresh install.