WD WDS250G1B0A

Blue 250GB

Blue 250GB
BENCHMARKS (26,761)
MKT (0%)
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BUY • $90

Effective Speed -24%Effective Speed -24%Average Score -32%Read -4%, Write -19%, 4K Read -14%, 4K Write -25%, Mixed -47%, 4K Mixed -24%, SusWrite -88%Peak Score -19%Read -1%, Write -2%, 4K Read -8%, 4K Write -8%, Mixed -21%, 4K Mixed -14%, SusWrite -80%Value & Sentiment -150%User Rating -14%, Market Share -507%, Price -1%, Value -80%Nice To Haves -12%DQ Read 4%, DQ Write -18%, DQ Mixed -30%, ADQ Read 1%, ADQ Write -26%, ADQ Mixed -25%, Age 5%, AS-SSD Total -4%

Average Bench: 79.5% (491^st of 1072)

Based on 26,761 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS250G1B0A-00H9H0, WD WDS250G1B0A-00H9, WDC WDS2 50G1B0A-00H9H0, WDC WDS2 50G1B0A-00H9, WDC WDS250G1B0A-00H9

Poor: 59%Average: 79.5% Great: 100%

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Good average bench

The WD Blue 250GB averaged 20.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Blue 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 208MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36.2MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 250GB is 41.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Blue 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 158MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 244MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 26,761 samples)

Rank 49179.5%

Min	Avg	Max
318	Read 439	501
181	Write 340	475
134	Mixed 244	351
69.8	SusWrite 158	215
65.8% 295 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.9	4K Read 30	39.9
21.4	4K Write 70.2	113
20.3	4K Mixed 36.2	51.2
129% 45.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
219	DQ Read 328	382
37.7	DQ Write 230	303
72.8	DQ Mixed 208	254
175% 256 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 3 days ago.

130GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41100WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 178 146 163 129 125 MB/s

94.4% Outstanding

Write 346

Mixed 287

SusWrite 151

72% 323 MB/s

4K Read 28.5

4K Write 102

4K Mixed 49.4

161% 60.1 MB/s

DQ Read 373

DQ Write 274

DQ Mixed 203

185% 283 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

232GB free

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 203 188 179 181 182 MB/s

81.6% Excellent

Write 451

Mixed 333

SusWrite 227

84% 373 MB/s

4K Read 28

4K Write 50

4K Mixed 30.6

108% 36.2 MB/s

DQ Read 385

DQ Write 297

DQ Mixed 252

213% 311 MB/s

USA-User, 11 hrs ago.

65GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41100WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 152 157 171 118 123 MB/s

76.6% Very good

Write 422

Mixed 243

SusWrite 152

72% 324 MB/s

4K Read 27.8

4K Write 49.3

4K Mixed 32.9

110% 36.7 MB/s

DQ Read 370

DQ Write 253

DQ Mixed 219

189% 281 MB/s

FRA-User, 1 day ago.

132GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 154 179 176 169 159 MB/s

71.9% Very good

Write 144

Mixed 210

SusWrite 168

51% 231 MB/s

4K Read 30

4K Write 55.8

4K Mixed 29.2

112% 38.3 MB/s

DQ Read 308

DQ Write 194

DQ Mixed 194

160% 232 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

131GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 191 187 178 180 181 MB/s

59% Above average

Write 250

Mixed 249

SusWrite 189

58% 261 MB/s

4K Read 10.2

4K Write 38

4K Mixed 21.1

63% 23.1 MB/s

DQ Read 329

DQ Write 275

DQ Mixed 220

188% 275 MB/s

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 75%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,172x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	337x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	245x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	565x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	270x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	256x

SSD
Blue 250GBWD $90Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	60x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	213x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	121x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	67x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $720

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS250G1B0A

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