WD WDS250G1B0A

Blue 250GB

Blue 250GB
BENCHMARKS (26,761)
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Effective Speed -24%Effective Speed -24%Average Score -32%Read -4%, Write -19%, 4K Read -14%, 4K Write -25%, Mixed -47%, 4K Mixed -24%, SusWrite -88%Peak Score -19%Read -1%, Write -2%, 4K Read -8%, 4K Write -8%, Mixed -21%, 4K Mixed -14%, SusWrite -80%Value & Sentiment -140%User Rating -14%, Market Share -511%, Price 19%, Value -55%Nice To Haves -12%DQ Read 4%, DQ Write -18%, DQ Mixed -30%, ADQ Read 1%, ADQ Write -26%, ADQ Mixed -25%, Age 5%, AS-SSD Total -4%

Average Bench: 79.5% (491^st of 1072)

Based on 26,761 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS250G1B0A-00H9H0, WD WDS250G1B0A-00H9, WDC WDS2 50G1B0A-00H9H0, WDC WDS2 50G1B0A-00H9, WDC WDS250G1B0A-00H9

Poor: 59%Average: 79.5% Great: 100%

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Good average bench

The WD Blue 250GB averaged 20.5% 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 208MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36.2MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 250GB is 41.4%. 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 244MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 26,761 samples)

Rank 49179.5%

Min	Avg	Max
318	Read 439	501
181	Write 340	475
134	Mixed 244	351
69.8	SusWrite 158	215
65.8% 295 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.9	4K Read 30	39.9
21.4	4K Write 70.2	113
20.3	4K Mixed 36.2	51.2
129% 45.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
219	DQ Read 328	382
37.7	DQ Write 230	303
72.8	DQ Mixed 208	254
175% 256 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

CAN-User, 3 days ago.

185GB free

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 200 189 192 192 193 MB/s

98.4% Outstanding

Write 485

Mixed 351

SusWrite 228

88% 391 MB/s

4K Read 36.1

4K Write 85.6

4K Mixed 46.7

160% 56.1 MB/s

DQ Read 358

DQ Write 305

DQ Mixed 254

211% 306 MB/s

USA-User, 5 days ago.

127GB free

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 203 203 202 207 200 MB/s

93.1% Outstanding

Write 463

Mixed 359

SusWrite 235

87% 388 MB/s

4K Read 35.4

4K Write 81.4

4K Mixed 45.6

155% 54.1 MB/s

DQ Read 165

DQ Write 316

DQ Mixed 208

167% 230 MB/s

LVA-User, 4 days ago.

233GB free

Firmware: X41100WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 209 171 196 191 172 MB/s

83.1% Excellent

Write 406

Mixed 345

SusWrite 212

80% 358 MB/s

4K Read 29.2

4K Write 52.9

4K Mixed 34.9

117% 39 MB/s

DQ Read 372

DQ Write 304

DQ Mixed 255

214% 311 MB/s

ITA-User, 2 days ago.

140GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41100WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 181 184 179 162 160 MB/s

78.3% Very good

Write 411

Mixed 254

SusWrite 179

72% 323 MB/s

4K Read 27.3

4K Write 51.8

4K Mixed 34.4

113% 37.8 MB/s

DQ Read 368

DQ Write 275

DQ Mixed 252

207% 298 MB/s

IND-User, 2 days ago.

34GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41100WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 180 140 110 146 118 MB/s

72.9% Very good

Write 415

Mixed 179

SusWrite 143

66% 299 MB/s

4K Read 26

4K Write 53

4K Mixed 30.7

107% 36.6 MB/s

DQ Read 346

DQ Write 228

DQ Mixed 245

194% 273 MB/s

POL-User, 3 days ago.

163GB free

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 205 196 195 193 193 MB/s

69.8% Good

Write 434

Mixed 277

SusWrite 200

72% 318 MB/s

4K Read 24

4K Write 55.7

4K Mixed 30.7

105% 36.8 MB/s

DQ Read 182

DQ Write 290

DQ Mixed 34

83% 169 MB/s

PRT-User, 2 days ago.

107GB free

Firmware: X41100WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 177 173 169 168 161 MB/s

62.4% Good

Write 192

Mixed 228

SusWrite 174

52% 232 MB/s

4K Read 19.1

4K Write 45

4K Mixed 20.7

79% 28.3 MB/s

DQ Read 356

DQ Write 281

DQ Mixed 189

177% 275 MB/s

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 75%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,169x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	337x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	244x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	563x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	270x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	255x

SSD
Blue 250GBWD $81Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	58x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	212x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	121x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	66x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $722

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS250G1B0A

Blue 250GB

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Blue 250GB

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