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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 44.4% (919th of 1072)

Based on 10 user benchmarks.  Model: WDS256G2G0B-00EPWP
Poor: 26%Average: 44.4% Great: 68%

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Below average average bench

The WDS256G2G0B-00EPWP 256GB averaged 55.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 438MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.6MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDS256G2G0B-00EPWP 256GB is 41.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WDS256G2G0B-00EPWP 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 14.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 7.14MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10 samples)
Rank 91944.4%
Min Avg Max
371 Read 438 484
78.2 Write 284 353
3 Mixed 165 341
23.8 SusWrite 121 341
55.8% 252 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12 4K Read 18.6 23.6
1.4 4K Write 34.9 74.2
0.1 4K Mixed 7.14 24.7
55.8% 20.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
70.7 DQ Read 92.2 139
6.5 DQ Write 136 303
0.4 DQ Mixed 14.1 36.8
38.7% 80.8 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
147GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1114A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 32 30 12 37 25 MB/s
43.8% Average
Read 487
Write 96.5
Mixed 93.5
SusWrite 26.8
38% 176 MB/s
4K Read 27.1
4K Write 42
4K Mixed 2
66% 23.7 MB/s
DQ Read 137
DQ Write 85.9
DQ Mixed 2.2
31% 75.2 MB/s
179GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0110A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 300 222 5.9 53 4.4 MB/s
42.5% Average
Read 422
Write 344
Mixed 318
SusWrite 112
67% 299 MB/s
4K Read 16.5
4K Write 72.1
4K Mixed 0.3
64% 29.6 MB/s
DQ Read 70.9
DQ Write 6.5
DQ Mixed 0.4
10% 25.9 MB/s
126GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0130B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 41 40 39 39 39 MB/s
39.1% Below average
Read 371
Write 353
Mixed 32.6
SusWrite 49.9
44% 202 MB/s
4K Read 17.1
4K Write 9.7
4K Mixed 9.7
44% 12.2 MB/s
DQ Read 74.3
DQ Write 297
DQ Mixed 1.6
55% 124 MB/s
35GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1128B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 45 5.1 16 9 9.6 MB/s
30.7% Below average
Read 436
Write 324
Mixed 19.2
SusWrite 41.8
45% 205 MB/s
4K Read 16.8
4K Write 12
4K Mixed 0.4
32% 9.73 MB/s
DQ Read 82
DQ Write 14.2
DQ Mixed 0.5
13% 32.2 MB/s
186GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0110A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 133 4.7 61 4.5 6.8 MB/s
30.7% Below average
Read 465
Write 337
Mixed 316
SusWrite 38.1
64% 289 MB/s
4K Read 22.8
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 0.3
37% 8.93 MB/s
25GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0110A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.7 106 30 1.1 1.1 1.1 MB/s
30.1% Below average
Read 484
Write 187
Mixed 8.7
SusWrite 23.8
38% 176 MB/s
4K Read 21.1
4K Write 4.8
4K Mixed 0.3
35% 8.73 MB/s
25GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0110A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.2 80 3.3 18 53 5.2 MB/s
26.3% Poor
Read 477
Write 260
Mixed 3
SusWrite 26.8
42% 192 MB/s
4K Read 13.3
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.1
21% 4.93 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,792,964 SSDs tested

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Gaming 6%
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Desktop 52%
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Workstation 6%
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System: HP Pavilion Laptop 15-cc1xx

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples697x
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples381x
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 45%, 205,332 samples3x
GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples841x
940MXNvidiaBench 9%, 36,213 samples227x
MX130NvidiaBench 9%, 14,117 samples9x
SSD
WDS256G2G0B-00EPWP 256GBBench 44%, 10 samples1x
RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples99x
HP26D4S9S8MH-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 36%, 4,393 samples89x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples65x
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