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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 171% (132nd of 1072)

Based on 292 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WDBA3V2500ANC-WRSN
Poor: 117%Average: 171% Great: 199%

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Outstanding average bench

The WDC WDBA3V2500ANC-WRSN 250GB averaged 71.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC WDBA3V2500ANC-WRSN 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 525MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 726MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDBA3V2500ANC-WRSN 250GB is 81.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WDC WDBA3V2500ANC-WRSN 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 228MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 878MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 292 samples)
Rank 132171%
Min Avg Max
986 Read 1,366 1,484
641 Write 878 928
616 Mixed 917 995
172 SusWrite 228 262
188% 847 MB/s
Min Avg Max
29.6 4K Read 46.7 54.6
54.9 4K Write 149 207
36.6 4K Mixed 65.3 80
233% 87.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
408 DQ Read 647 684
124 DQ Write 726 928
191 DQ Mixed 525 580
440% 633 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
101GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 211070WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 225 225 224 224 224 MB/s
200% Outstanding
Read 1,487
Write 921
Mixed 960
SusWrite 247
200% 904 MB/s
4K Read 54.3
4K Write 204
4K Mixed 79.7
292% 112 MB/s
DQ Read 681
DQ Write 923
DQ Mixed 574
497% 726 MB/s
179GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 211070WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 224 224 223 223 221 MB/s
194% Outstanding
Read 1,466
Write 912
Mixed 969
SusWrite 245
199% 898 MB/s
4K Read 52.2
4K Write 188
4K Mixed 76.1
276% 106 MB/s
DQ Read 679
DQ Write 918
DQ Mixed 577
498% 725 MB/s
61GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 211070WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 199 129 125 124 122 MB/s
157% Outstanding
Read 1,479
Write 916
Mixed 963
SusWrite 179
196% 884 MB/s
4K Read 45.4
4K Write 96.5
4K Mixed 59.4
196% 67.1 MB/s
DQ Read 679
DQ Write 488
DQ Mixed 576
432% 581 MB/s
59GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 211070WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 186 106 118 102 106 MB/s
142% Outstanding
Read 1,476
Write 911
Mixed 941
SusWrite 162
193% 872 MB/s
4K Read 40.2
4K Write 75.3
4K Mixed 51.3
166% 55.6 MB/s
DQ Read 604
DQ Write 358
DQ Mixed 514
374% 492 MB/s
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Typical WDBA3V2500ANC-WRSN 250GB Builds (Compare 1,042 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 25%
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Desktop
Desktop 74%
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Workstation
Workstation 20%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus H110M-C

CPU
Core i5-6400Intel  $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples176x
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples146x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples116x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples98x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples90x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples68x
SSD
WDBA3V2500ANC-WRSN 250GBWDCBench 171%, 292 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX  $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples19x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples18x
HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GBKingstonBench 37%, 30,824 samples16x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $205

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