Price, availability, and specsDesign and compatibilityTransfer speed testsCompetitionShould you buy it?
This review was made possible with a review sample provided by Western Digital.
The company did not see the contents of the review before publishing.
The WD_BLACK P10 only includes a 46cm USB-A to USB Micro-B cable, but that’s likely all you need.
However, no extraordinary setup instructions are necessary for most devices.
Essentially a 2.5-inch hard drive in a USB-powered enclosure, the P10 weighs precisely 239g, matching its specifications.
If treated with common sense and care, you won’t have any issues with this drive.
USB Micro-B might be one of the worst-looking ports still in use in the industry, but it does the job.
WD_BLACK P10: Transfer speed tests
So, what’s actually inside the WD_BLACK P10?
So, looking for an SSD doesn’t guarantee faster performance than a high-quality mechanical HDD.
WD_BLACK P10: Should you buy it?
Tiny rubber feet keep the P10 held in place on a desk or table next to your Xbox or PC.
Solid-state drive alternatives will offer faster transfer speeds, but the price regularly increases to match.
Formatting an external hard drive for Xbox game storage renders it unusable with a PC, but changing the format at any time isn’t difficult.
Copying all 80.79GB of Alan Wake 2 from an Xbox Series X to the P10 maintains steady speeds of just over 900Mbps (112.5 MB/s.)(Image credit: Ben Wilson | Windows Central)
Transferring games back to the Xbox is slightly faster, with the P10 holding around 950Mbps (118.75 MB/s.)(Image credit: Ben Wilson | Windows Central)
WD_BLACK P10 benchmark test with CrystalDiskMark shows 130MB/s speeds on PC as advertised.
The P10 runs comfortably at around double the speed of Western Digital’s smaller WD_BLACK D30 external NVMe drive.
The P10 is one of the easiest recommendations I can make for Xbox Series X|S owners who have gigantic game libraries.
