Western Digital

WD_BLACK SN8100 Spec and Price in Canada

Name: WD_BLACK SN8100
Brand: Western Digital

NVME1TBM.2 228014900 MB/s read

Released May 1, 2025

WD_BLACK's PCIe Gen 5 flagship (May 2025) delivers up to 14,900/11,000 MB/s sequential read/write across 1-4TB, per the Sandisk datasheet — more than double the SN850X's Gen4 throughput, aimed at AI, gaming and content-creation workloads with the option of a heatsink SKU.

Tied 1st of 106 models in the SSD catalog on Sequential read — 3 models share this figure. Tied 10th of 106 models in the SSD catalog on Sequential write — 2 models share this figure.

Current best price

From $349.99at Newegg Canada · captured 2026-09-15 · $349.99/TBView at Newegg Canada

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Price history

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Specifications

Capacity: 1TB
Interface: NVME
Sequential read: 14900 MB/s
Sequential write: 11000 MB/s
PCIe generation: 5
Form factor: M.2 2280
NAND type: TLC

Capacities

Configuration	Part number	Endurance (TBW)	Sequential write	Sequential read	Current best price	Price per TB
1TB	WDS100T1X0M	—	11000 MB/s	14900 MB/s	$349.99 at Newegg Canada · captured 2026-09-15	$349.99/TB
2TB	WDS200T1X0M	—	—	—	$529.99 at Newegg Canada · captured 2026-09-15	$265.00/TB
4TB	WDS400T1X0M	—	—	—	$1,149.99 at Newegg Canada · captured 2026-09-09	$287.50/TB
8TB	WDS800T1X0M-00CMT0	4800 TB	11000 MB/s	14900 MB/s	$2,449.99 at Newegg Canada · captured 2026-09-09	$306.25/TB

Guides for this category

How to choose an SSDFour questions decide almost every SSD purchase — what fits, how big, how fast, and how much it should cost.NVMe or SATAWhich interface your machine takes, how to tell without opening it, and what the speed difference actually buys you.How much SSD capacity you actually needHow to size a drive from what you already use, why leaving headroom matters, and when one bigger drive beats two small ones.M.2 sizes and SSD form factorsWhat 2280, 2242, and 2.5-inch mean, which one your machine takes, and how to check the keying before you buy.What SSD speed numbers actually tell youSequential versus random performance, why the number on the box describes the rarer case, and how to read it without being misled.PCIe generations for SSDsWhat Gen 3, Gen 4, and Gen 5 change, why a newer drive always works in an older slot, and when the extra speed is worth paying for.TLC, QLC, and DRAM-less SSDsWhat the NAND type and the controller's cache change about how a drive behaves, and when either is worth caring about.SSD endurance and warrantiesWhat TBW and DWPD actually promise, how much a normal machine writes, and when endurance is worth paying extra for.How to install an SSDFitting an M.2 or 2.5-inch drive, choosing between cloning and a clean install, and what to check on the first boot.When an SSD price is actually goodWhy price per terabyte beats any discount percentage, and why a good price on one capacity says nothing about the others.

What owners and reviewers say

Summarised from 2 source(s), reviewed September 13, 2026. A source is counted only where it names this model exactly. How we track prices

Commonly praised

Super fast, with top-tier all-around performance and good power efficiency.
A good capacity range with strong features and support.
Extremely fast and consistent, outperforming its competition in most benchmarks, with solid endurance and a five-year warranty.
Excelled at real-world tasks such as large language model loading and game asset transfers.

Commonly criticised

Pricing.
Its full gains require a Gen5-supported system, and it is positioned as a premium flagship.

Sources behind this summary

Sources

Every spec above was pulled from one of these — a field a source didn't state was left off rather than estimated.

SanDisk — data sheet (PDF)