WD Black SN750 NVMe SSD review: closing the performance gap on Samsung’s finest

The new WD Black SN750 SSD arrived in the office barely 24 hours after the Samsung 970 EVO Plus review embargo broke. Solid state drives are entirely unlike buses in almost every way - they have fewer wheels, they don’t make you feel the overwhelming urge to shower after using one, and you’re unlikely to be stabbed over a kebab riding one home at 1am - but still you spend months waiting for a new SSD and two arrive at once. Like the Samsung EVO Plus, the 2019 edition of the WD Black is more evolution than revolution. Which is certainly no bad thing as the 2018 version I reviewed last year was one of the most impressive NVMe SSDs I’ve tested. It’s not quite in the same performance league as the straight Samsung 970 EVO, but arrived undercutting it in price making it a very tempting budget alternative. While the underlying hardware of the new drive hasn’t really changed, Western Digital has been busy beavering away under the hood, optimising the drive for increased performance, closing the gap on Samsung, and making your choice for a new SSD a bit more of a tough decision.

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