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Release date ≈ Q2 2022.

Average Bench: 74.9% (575th of 1072)

Based on 191 user benchmarks.  Model: WD Blue SA510 2.5 250GB
Poor: 43%Average: 74.9% Great: 100%

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Good average bench

The WD Blue SA510 2.5 250GB averaged 25.0% 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 Random Mixed IO Speed 31.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 25.7MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue SA510 2.5 250GB is 57.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Blue SA510 2.5 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 196MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 330MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 191 samples)
Rank 57574.9%
Min Avg Max
301 Read 412 470
42.4 Write 330 426
66.1 Mixed 336 410
28.1 SusWrite 196 346
71.3% 318 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.8 4K Read 25.7 34.2
13.4 4K Write 62 108
11.5 4K Mixed 31.7 47
112% 39.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
163 DQ Read 300 339
69.3 DQ Write 251 324
3.6 DQ Mixed 71.1 275
109% 207 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
148GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 52046100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 395 386 169 131 126 MB/s
88.5% Excellent
Read 437
Write 408
Mixed 400
SusWrite 268
85% 378 MB/s
4K Read 29.4
4K Write 74.3
4K Mixed 37
131% 46.9 MB/s
DQ Read 324
DQ Write 307
DQ Mixed 270
216% 301 MB/s
186GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 52046100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 352 399 201 124 123 MB/s
79.8% Very good
Read 427
Write 409
Mixed 374
SusWrite 252
82% 365 MB/s
4K Read 27.3
4K Write 49.7
4K Mixed 30.8
107% 35.9 MB/s
DQ Read 324
DQ Write 314
DQ Mixed 279
220% 306 MB/s
172GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 52046100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 275 322 279 126 113 MB/s
59.5% Above average
Read 340
Write 314
Mixed 297
SusWrite 230
66% 295 MB/s
4K Read 16.1
4K Write 34.6
4K Mixed 18.5
66% 23.1 MB/s
DQ Read 307
DQ Write 208
DQ Mixed 251
189% 255 MB/s
182GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 52020100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 65 1 14 0.7 11 MB/s
54.2% Above average
Read 399
Write 387
Mixed 371
SusWrite 62.2
68% 304 MB/s
4K Read 21.2
4K Write 38.7
4K Mixed 24.6
84% 28.2 MB/s
DQ Read 257
DQ Write 117
DQ Mixed 219
154% 198 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,736,971 SSDs tested

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Typical Blue SA510 2.5 250GB Builds (Compare 10,603 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
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Workstation
Workstation 9%
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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 9020

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples3,460x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples2,218x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples1,852x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples3,550x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples709x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples682x
SSD
Blue SA510 2.5 250GBWDBench 75%, 191 samples1x
RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples253x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples182x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples172x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $150

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