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Green 2.5 240GB

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Effective Speed -1,153%Effective Speed -1,153%Average Score -1,370%Read -1,095%, Write -2,130%, 4K Read -442%, 4K Write -654%, Mixed -1,439%, 4K Mixed -543%, SusWrite -3,289%Peak Score -1,512%Read -1,195%, Write -1,861%, 4K Read -742%, 4K Write -823%, Mixed -1,265%, 4K Mixed -786%, SusWrite -3,915%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -1,164%DQ Read -935%, DQ Write -1,248%, DQ Mixed -1,388%, ADQ Read -912%, ADQ Write -938%, ADQ Mixed -2,771%, Age -49%, AS-SSD Total -1,069%

Average Bench: 43.5% (936^th of 1080)

Based on 4 user benchmarks. Model: WD Green 2.5 240GB

Poor: 29%Average: 43.5% Great: 52%

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Below average average bench

The WD Green 2.5 240GB averaged 56.4% 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 Random Read Speed 16.4MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 51.7MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 93MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 27.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)

Rank 93643.5%

Min	Avg	Max
292	Read 351	458
18.5	Write 209	328
30.5	Mixed 210	342
37.4	SusWrite 93	114
47.9% 216 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.4	4K Read 16.4	22.8
6.4	4K Write 27.5	41
6.4	4K Mixed 17.2	24.7
61.5% 20.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
128	DQ Read 169	224
108	DQ Write 121	141
6.7	DQ Mixed 51.7	141
63.8% 114 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

BRA-User, 14 months ago.

173GB free

Firmware: 4101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 103 124 125 130 126 MB/s

51.7% Above average

Write 181

Mixed 185

SusWrite 114

43% 193 MB/s

4K Read 22.8

4K Write 41

4K Mixed 21.3

84% 28.4 MB/s

DQ Read 224

DQ Write 114

DQ Mixed 7

48% 115 MB/s

IRN-User, 10 months ago.

186GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4207

SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 130 61 90 72 44 MB/s

49.9% Average

Write 328

Mixed 342

SusWrite 109

62% 276 MB/s

4K Read 16

4K Write 35.7

4K Mixed 24.7

75% 25.5 MB/s

DQ Read 154

DQ Write 141

DQ Mixed 141

108% 145 MB/s

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Desktop 35%

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Workstation 2%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M61PME-S2

CPU
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+AMDBench 36%, 5,372 samples	7x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+AMD $50Bench 34%, 2,970 samples	4x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+AMDBench 37%, 5,400 samples	3x

GPU
GeForce 6150SE nForce 430NvidiaBench 0%, 4,836 samples	12x
Radeon HD 2400-PROATIBench 1%, 2,899 samples	3x
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 66,079 samples	2x

SSD
Green 2.5 240GBWDBench 44%, 4 samples	4x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	23x
2x1GBUnknownBench 14%, 68,489 samples	3x
1x2GBUnknownBench 17%, 99,586 samples	2x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12600K $167	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $84
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Average Bench: 43.5% (936^th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 43.5% (936th of 1080)

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