WD WDS250G1B0A

Blue 250GB

Blue 250GB
BENCHMARKS (11,255)
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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

250GB 500GB 1TB

Effective Speed -20%Effective Speed -20%Average User Bench -27%Read -2%, Write -18%, 4K Read -12%, 4K Write -20%, Mixed -40%, 4K Mixed -19%, SusWrite -81%Peak Lab Bench -18%Read -1%, Write -2%, 4K Read -5%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed -19%, 4K Mixed -12%, SusWrite -81%Value & Sentiment -169%User Rating -49%, Market Share -791%, Price 137%, Value 26%Nice To Haves -5%DQ Read 4%, DQ Write -18%, DQ Mixed -29%, ADQ Read -1%, ADQ Write -18%, ADQ Mixed -20%, Age 45%, AS-SSD Total -4%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 83.3% (345^th of 1000)

Based on 11,255 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS250G1B0A-00H9H0, WD WDS250G1B0A-00H9, WDC WDS2 50G1B0A-00H9H0, WDC WDS2 50G1B0A-00H9, WDC WDS250G1B0A-00H9

Poor: 61%Average: 83.3% Great: 101%

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Very good average bench

The WD Blue 250GB averaged just 16.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Blue 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 224MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 38.5MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 250GB is 40%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Blue 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 166MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 254MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11,255 samples)

Rank 34583.3%

Min	Avg	Max
344	Read 453	503
191	Write 351	478
172	Mixed 254	344
78.8	SusWrite 166	217
68.2% 306 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.3	4K Read 30.7	40.8
35.8	4K Write 77	117
23	4K Mixed 38.5	52.4
137% 48.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
131	DQ Read 324	382
128	DQ Write 255	303
120	DQ Mixed 224	254
185% 268 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CAN-User, 10 hrs ago.

114GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 193 194 198 196 193 MB/s

94.6% Outstanding

Write 359

Mixed 194

SusWrite 197

69% 313 MB/s

4K Read 31.2

4K Write 94.3

4K Mixed 46.1

156% 57.2 MB/s

DQ Read 350

DQ Write 272

DQ Mixed 252

204% 291 MB/s

IND-User, 2 hrs ago.

180GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 182 190 192 189 188 MB/s

87.7% Excellent

Write 454

Mixed 258

SusWrite 192

77% 345 MB/s

4K Read 31.9

4K Write 73.3

4K Mixed 40.3

139% 48.5 MB/s

DQ Read 353

DQ Write 274

DQ Mixed 233

196% 287 MB/s

DEU-User, 9 hrs ago.

32GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41100WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 170 128 87 55 63 MB/s

80.4% Excellent

Write 443

Mixed 311

SusWrite 125

76% 340 MB/s

4K Read 30.3

4K Write 60.6

4K Mixed 36.8

125% 42.6 MB/s

DQ Read 363

DQ Write 297

DQ Mixed 252

210% 304 MB/s

CAN-User, 2 hrs ago.

156GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 187 140 141 115 177 MB/s

78.5% Very good

Write 457

Mixed 319

SusWrite 161

80% 359 MB/s

4K Read 32.1

4K Write 56.9

4K Mixed 32.1

120% 40.4 MB/s

DQ Read 259

DQ Write 280

DQ Mixed 224

181% 254 MB/s

CAN-User, 10 hrs ago.

47GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41000WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 185 185 129 78 38 MB/s

75.4% Very good

Write 376

Mixed 275

SusWrite 151

67% 301 MB/s

4K Read 29.1

4K Write 68.8

4K Mixed 37.7

129% 45.2 MB/s

DQ Read 230

DQ Write 220

DQ Mixed 203

158% 218 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

162GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41100WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 191 191 184 191 196 MB/s

73.7% Very good

Write 308

Mixed 284

SusWrite 196

69% 310 MB/s

4K Read 27.2

4K Write 44.7

4K Mixed 30.5

104% 34.1 MB/s

DQ Read 276

DQ Write 235

DQ Mixed 250

189% 254 MB/s

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 69%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $359Bench 96%, 285,559 samples	2,039x
Core i5-7600KIntel $238Bench 90%, 100,693 samples	722x
Core i7-7700Intel $323Bench 84%, 91,920 samples	241x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 123%, 449,288 samples	1,097x
GTX 1070Nvidia $314Bench 98%, 573,744 samples	564x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $208Bench 70%, 570,243 samples	494x

SSD
Blue 250GBWD $45Bench 83%, 11,255 samples	1x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 8,008 samples	509x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 77%, 34,842 samples	217x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $90Bench 86%, 166,861 samples	152x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $932

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $356	Nvidia GTX 1070 $314	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $92
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $108	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $208	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $99
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $145	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $90	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $651	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $73	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $95	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

WD WDS250G1B0A

Blue 250GB

Average Bench: 83.3% (345^th of 1000)

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Blue 250GB

Average Bench: 83.3% (345th of 1000)

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