This drive is one of two I have in my new X299 system blazing speed puts me into the UFO category in all areas of user benchmark scores and I have always found WD products to be solid and long lasting As a first gen computer user/builder I feel like this makes all past drives obsolete I still remember 5 1/4 full height (boat anchors) and these slick M2 drives save space cut power consumption and can not be beat for speed