WD WDS250G1B0A

Blue 250GB

Blue 250GB
BENCHMARKS (14,459)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed -21%Effective Speed -21%Average Score -28%Read -1%, Write -17%, 4K Read -10%, 4K Write -23%, Mixed -41%, 4K Mixed -20%, SusWrite -87%Peak Score -17%Read 0%, Write -1%, 4K Read -2%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed -18%, 4K Mixed -10%, SusWrite -80%Value & Sentiment -84%User Rating -26%, Market Share -489%, Price 160%, Value 21%Nice To Haves -6%DQ Read 4%, DQ Write -17%, DQ Mixed -25%, ADQ Read -1%, ADQ Write -18%, ADQ Mixed -17%, Age 28%, AS-SSD Total -3%

Average Bench: 81.2% (426^th of 1026)

Based on 14,459 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS250G1B0A-00H9H0, WD WDS250G1B0A-00H9, WDC WDS2 50G1B0A-00H9H0, WDC WDS2 50G1B0A-00H9, WDC WDS250G1B0A-00H9

Poor: 59%Average: 81.2% Great: 101%

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Very good average bench

The WD Blue 250GB averaged just 18.7% 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 218MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 37.2MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 250GB is 41.8%. 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 160MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 256MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 14,459 samples)

Rank 42681.2%

Min	Avg	Max
346	Read 454	504
192	Write 354	478
158	Mixed 256	352
75	SusWrite 160	218
68.2% 306 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.4	4K Read 30.3	40.4
35.3	4K Write 72.1	114
21.4	4K Mixed 37.2	51.2
132% 46.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
164	DQ Read 318	381
114	DQ Write 245	304
113	DQ Mixed 218	254
180% 260 MB/s

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HUN-User, 3 hrs ago.

162GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 196 196 195 194 198 MB/s

84.3% Excellent

Write 432

Mixed 297

SusWrite 204

79% 355 MB/s

4K Read 32.1

4K Write 64.2

4K Mixed 38.7

132% 45 MB/s

DQ Read 266

DQ Write 242

DQ Mixed 228

178% 245 MB/s

FRA-User, 5 mins ago.

232GB free

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 176 173 175 177 176 MB/s

69.6% Good

Write 378

Mixed 259

SusWrite 207

69% 310 MB/s

4K Read 29.4

4K Write 57.6

4K Mixed 36.4

122% 41.1 MB/s

DQ Read 32.4

DQ Write 111

DQ Mixed 44.5

42% 62.7 MB/s

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 70%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 88%, 398,634 samples	3,286x
Core i5-7600KIntel $251Bench 84%, 141,656 samples	1,141x
Core i7-7700Intel $327Bench 80%, 158,419 samples	444x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 105%, 717,873 samples	1,687x
GTX 1070Nvidia $350Bench 79%, 877,118 samples	914x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $267Bench 57%, 853,453 samples	808x

SSD
Blue 250GBWD $50Bench 81%, 14,459 samples	1x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 13,530 samples	762x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 66,669 samples	350x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 82%, 363,384 samples	238x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $969

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $195	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9400F $156	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $340	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $510	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $69	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $681	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

WD WDS250G1B0A

Blue 250GB

Average Bench: 81.2% (426^th of 1026)

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Blue 250GB

Average Bench: 81.2% (426th of 1026)

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