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SDINDDH4-256G 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2021.

Average Bench: 53.9% (863rd of 1072)

Based on 9 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC SDINDDH4-256G
Poor: 49%Average: 53.9% Great: 59%

Average average bench

The WDC SDINDDH4-256G 250GB averaged 46.0% 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. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 121MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 424MB/s

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC SDINDDH4-256G 250GB is just 9.84%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the WDC SDINDDH4-256G 250GB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 22.6MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 103MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)
Rank 86353.9%
Min Avg Max
405 Read 424 458
212 Write 256 287
283 Mixed 301 310
184 SusWrite 250 274
68.8% 308 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.4 4K Read 15 17.9
21.2 4K Write 22.6 23.6
10.9 4K Mixed 14.7 17.5
53.6% 17.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.8 DQ Read 103 135
97.9 DQ Write 130 168
37.5 DQ Mixed 121 144
90.1% 118 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
199GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1288
SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 281 280 274 270 270 MB/s
56.4% Above average
Read 434
Write 276
Mixed 308
SusWrite 276
72% 323 MB/s
4K Read 14.8
4K Write 25.1
4K Mixed 15.5
56% 18.5 MB/s
DQ Read 101
DQ Write 127
DQ Mixed 122
90% 117 MB/s
199GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1288
SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 270 266 267 256 260 MB/s
56.2% Above average
Read 424
Write 265
Mixed 307
SusWrite 265
70% 315 MB/s
4K Read 16.2
4K Write 22.8
4K Mixed 17.5
59% 18.8 MB/s
DQ Read 114
DQ Write 97.9
DQ Mixed 107
80% 106 MB/s
195GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1288
SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 282 280 275 265 272 MB/s
56.1% Above average
Read 412
Write 260
Mixed 290
SusWrite 274
69% 309 MB/s
4K Read 13.7
4K Write 23.6
4K Mixed 17
55% 18.1 MB/s
DQ Read 130
DQ Write 128
DQ Mixed 138
101% 132 MB/s
202GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1288
SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 287 281 274 253 259 MB/s
55.9% Above average
Read 438
Write 287
Mixed 310
SusWrite 272
73% 327 MB/s
4K Read 17.2
4K Write 22.7
4K Mixed 13.9
56% 17.9 MB/s
DQ Read 83.4
DQ Write 134
DQ Mixed 140
98% 119 MB/s
194GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1288
SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 277 215 116 105 108 MB/s
51.4% Above average
Read 435
Write 233
Mixed 305
SusWrite 184
64% 289 MB/s
4K Read 15.6
4K Write 21.2
4K Mixed 15.6
55% 17.5 MB/s
DQ Read 133
DQ Write 130
DQ Mixed 126
96% 130 MB/s
204GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1288
SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 252 265 255 249 264 MB/s
49.7% Average
Read 405
Write 262
Mixed 307
SusWrite 256
69% 308 MB/s
4K Read 12.6
4K Write 22.3
4K Mixed 10.9
45% 15.3 MB/s
DQ Read 23.8
DQ Write 168
DQ Mixed 37.5
46% 76.4 MB/s

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