WD WDS250G1B0A

Blue 250GB

Blue 250GB
BENCHMARKS (20,762)
MKT (0.1%)
BUILDS
(1)
BUY • $50

Effective Speed -22%Effective Speed -22%Average Score -31%Read -3%, Write -20%, 4K Read -14%, 4K Write -17%, Mixed -48%, 4K Mixed -22%, SusWrite -92%Peak Score -18%Read -0%, Write -2%, 4K Read -7%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed -20%, 4K Mixed -13%, SusWrite -78%Value & Sentiment -118%User Rating -11%, Market Share -591%, Price 122%, Value 6%Nice To Haves -9%DQ Read 4%, DQ Write -18%, DQ Mixed -30%, ADQ Read 2%, ADQ Write -17%, ADQ Mixed -20%, Age 9%, AS-SSD Total -4%

Average Bench: 81.4% (441^st of 1055)

Based on 20,762 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS250G1B0A-00H9H0, WD WDS250G1B0A-00H9, WDC WDS2 50G1B0A-00H9H0, WDC WDS2 50G1B0A-00H9, WDC WDS250G1B0A-00H9

Poor: 59%Average: 81.4% Great: 102%

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Very good average bench

The WD Blue 250GB averaged just 18.5% 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 219MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 37.1MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 250GB is 43.4%. 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 158MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 246MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 20,762 samples)

Rank 44181.4%

Min	Avg	Max
336	Read 452	505
185	Write 341	477
149	Mixed 246	352
73	SusWrite 158	217
66.6% 299 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.9	4K Read 30.2	40.2
36	4K Write 74.2	113
20.1	4K Mixed 37.1	51.2
132% 47.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
209	DQ Read 330	383
117	DQ Write 246	303
120	DQ Mixed 219	254
182% 265 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 11 mins ago.

83GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 187 166 179 182 166 MB/s

90.6% Outstanding

Write 221

Mixed 219

SusWrite 180

58% 264 MB/s

4K Read 30.4

4K Write 90.4

4K Mixed 45.9

153% 55.6 MB/s

DQ Read 361

DQ Write 291

DQ Mixed 224

195% 292 MB/s

CAN-User, 2 hrs ago.

68GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41100WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 160 179 158 122 88 MB/s

90.5% Outstanding

Write 444

Mixed 238

SusWrite 152

73% 328 MB/s

4K Read 35.3

4K Write 94.9

4K Mixed 42.5

158% 57.6 MB/s

DQ Read 331

DQ Write 273

DQ Mixed 236

195% 280 MB/s

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

38GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41100WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 179 183 66 87 83 MB/s

84% Excellent

Write 459

Mixed 351

SusWrite 148

81% 364 MB/s

4K Read 36.4

4K Write 58.3

4K Mixed 41.6

139% 45.4 MB/s

DQ Read 368

DQ Write 158

DQ Mixed 215

172% 247 MB/s

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Gaming 94%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 80%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 88%, 502,549 samples	1,282x
Core i5-7600KIntel $244Bench 84%, 158,308 samples	400x
Core i7-7700Intel $327Bench 80%, 196,546 samples	229x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 105%, 788,376 samples	658x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,090,662 samples	304x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,087,008 samples	303x

SSD
Blue 250GBWD $50Bench 81%, 20,762 samples	1x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 15,487 samples	228x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 75%, 94,933 samples	155x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $73Bench 82%, 483,535 samples	108x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $879

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $224	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-10400F $148	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $320	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS250G1B0A

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Average Bench: 81.4% (441^st of 1055)

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WD WDS250G1B0A

Blue 250GB

Average Bench: 81.4% (441st of 1055)

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