However, the question still remains, is it of good value for gaming? The short answer is yes. The long answer is that you must stay on PC gaming only. The SN770 doesn’t pass the litmus test for PS5 owners. So technically the SN850 is still the best WD Black NVMe SSD if you’re looking for that sort of upgrade. Also, keep in mind that the 250GB and 500GB storage options have slower read and write speeds compared to the 1TB option we have here for review.
Other than that the SSD is only good for the new generation of CPUs i.e Intel 11th Gen and Ryzen Zen 3 processors and above. If you’re planning to upgrade your CPU and motherboard to any of these families of processors then the WD SN770 should be in your system by default.
Benchmark PC: Intel 11th Gen i9-11900K, Asus ROG Hero Maximus XIII, 32GB DDR4 RAM, Nvidia RTX 3080