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WD WDS250G3B0C

Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2021.

Average Bench: 166% (135th of 1072)

Based on 1,742 user benchmarks.  Model: WD Blue SN570 250GB
Poor: 84%Average: 166% Great: 220%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB averaged 66.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 563MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 731MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB is 137%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 206MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 126MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,742 samples)
Rank 135166%
Min Avg Max
637 Read 1,366 1,721
532 Write 1,021 1,185
521 Mixed 1,053 1,282
154 SusWrite 206 231
203% 911 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.3 4K Read 49.4 62.8
37.8 4K Write 126 225
29.7 4K Mixed 60.8 84.1
220% 78.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
286 DQ Read 694 791
135 DQ Write 731 1,179
169 DQ Mixed 563 665
464% 662 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
178GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 234110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 196 190 200 197 195 MB/s
206% Outstanding
Read 1,704
Write 1,126
Mixed 1,256
SusWrite 227
240% 1,078 MB/s
4K Read 59
4K Write 166
4K Mixed 77.6
277% 101 MB/s
DQ Read 786
DQ Write 934
DQ Mixed 639
543% 786 MB/s
130GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 234110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 194 196 206 185 191 MB/s
204% Outstanding
Read 1,682
Write 1,084
Mixed 1,256
SusWrite 224
236% 1,061 MB/s
4K Read 59
4K Write 164
4K Mixed 76.1
274% 99.6 MB/s
DQ Read 786
DQ Write 952
DQ Mixed 653
552% 797 MB/s
122GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 234110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 159 190 161 192 143 MB/s
178% Outstanding
Read 1,613
Write 1,140
Mixed 1,221
SusWrite 194
232% 1,042 MB/s
4K Read 47.1
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 61.3
210% 74.3 MB/s
DQ Read 788
DQ Write 857
DQ Mixed 658
540% 767 MB/s
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Typical Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB Builds (Compare 5,936 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 44%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 40%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus PRIME H510M-E

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel  $99Bench 85%, 153,026 samples1,116x
Core i5-11400FIntel  $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples912x
Core i3-10100FIntel  $70Bench 80%, 39,812 samples634x
GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples526x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 37,718 samples476x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples472x
SSD
Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBWDBench 166%, 1,742 samples1x
RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples221x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples192x
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples159x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $254

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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