SanDisk introduces all-rounder WD_BLACK SN8100 SSD

By Staff Report May 14, 2025 5:31 pm IST

SanDisk introduces the WD_BLACK SN8100 NVMe SSD, a PCIe Gen 5.0 drive built to power faster gaming, creation, and AI performance with top-tier speed and efficiency.

Setting a new standard for client SSDs, SanDisk® unveiled the WD_BLACK™ SN8100 NVMe™ SSD with PCIe® Gen 5.0 technology, an internal SSD delivering speeds up to 14,900 MB/s and capacities up to 8TB, for gaming, content creation and artificial intelligence (AI) workloads.

The SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 NVMe™ PCIe® Gen 5.0 SSD is built for PC gamers looking to add a combination of speed and reliability to their rig and for professionals needing a PC storage solution for workflows and AI applications. The PCIe® Gen 5.0 SSD is 100% more power efficient than SanDisk’s PCIe® GEN 4.0 SSD.

Eric Spanneut, vice president of devices for SanDisk, stated, “Whether it’s for gaming, content creation or AI applications, users now have a PCIe Gen 5.0 storage solution that matches speed with power efficiency to help them build a gaming rig or workstation, enabling them to play and create with performance and reliability.”

Joe Macri, senior vice president and CTO for compute and graphics at AMD, stated, “PCIe Gen 5.0 is the next evolution of the PCIe interface, offering up to 2x performance capability over PCIe 4.0. The WD_BLACK SN8100 NVMe SSD with PCIe Gen 5.0 improves storage performance and power efficiency for PCs used by gamers, content creators, or professionals.”

Todd Lewellen, vice president of the client ecosystem group at Intel, said, “Technologies like the Intel Core Ultra processors combined with WD_BLACK SN8100 NVMe PCIe Gen 5.0 SSDs will support the development of PCs and workstations, speeding up play, productions or projects for gamers, creators and professionals.”

As a PCIe® Gen 5.0 power efficiency device, the WD_BLACK SN8100 NVMe™ SSD features SanDisk BiCS8 TLC 3D CBA NAND technology with a low-power profile and thermal performance to support system design without additional cooling.

Key features include:
• PCIe® Gen 5.0 x4 NVMe™ M.2 SSD technology.
• Sequential speeds of up to 14,900 MB/s read, 14,000 MB/s write, and over 2,300,000 IOPS of random performance (2TB – 4TB models).
• 100% more power efficient than SanDisk’s PCIe® Gen 4.0, with an average operating power of 7W or under.
• Up to 2,400 TBW endurance (4TB) for tasks such as gaming, video editing, and AI workloads.
• Storage for games, projects, AI applications, datasets, and libraries.

In addition to the WD_BLACK SN8100 NVMe™ with PCIe® Gen 5.0 SSD, SanDisk is offering an optional WD_BLACK SN8100 NVMe™ with PCIe® Gen 5.0 SSD with a heatsink. The heatsink version features a passive cooling design engineered with anodised aluminium and a customisable RGB LED.

Pricing and availability
The WD_BLACK SN8100 NVMe™ SSD is available through IT reseller partners and e-commerce platforms in 1TB (INR 17,499), 2TB, and 4TB capacity options. The WD_BLACK SN8100 NVMe™ with heatsink will also be available this fall in 1TB (INR 18,999), 2TB, and 4TB capacities. An 8TB WD_BLACK SN8100 NVMe™ SSD and a WD_BLACK SN8100 NVMe™ SSD with a heatsink are expected to be available later this year.