WD WDS250G1B0A

Blue 250GB

Blue 250GB
BENCHMARKS (10,964)
MKT (0.1%)
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BUY • $43

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

250GB 500GB 1TB

Effective Speed -25%Effective Speed -25%Average User Bench -32%Read -3%, Write -18%, 4K Read -18%, 4K Write -23%, Mixed -44%, 4K Mixed -27%, SusWrite -93%Peak Lab Bench -21%Read -2%, Write -2%, 4K Read -9%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed -20%, 4K Mixed -17%, SusWrite -93%Value & Sentiment -185%User Rating -51%, Market Share -920%, Price 205%, Value 24%Nice To Haves -8%DQ Read -1%, DQ Write -19%, DQ Mixed -32%, ADQ Read -4%, ADQ Write -20%, ADQ Mixed -25%, Age 48%, AS-SSD Total -7%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 83.3% (357^th of 1003)

Based on 10,964 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: 102%

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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 220MB/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 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 165MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 253MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 10,964 samples)

Rank 35783.3%

Min	Avg	Max
352	Read 455	503
208	Write 356	478
172	Mixed 253	348
78.8	SusWrite 165	217
68.4% 307 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.8	4K Read 30.9	41.1
38.1	4K Write 77.1	119
21.3	4K Mixed 38.5	52
137% 48.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
130	DQ Read 321	379
106	DQ Write 252	303
67.7	DQ Mixed 220	254
183% 265 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CAN-User, 2 hrs ago.

79GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 200 188 193 177 108 MB/s

104% Outstanding

Write 480

Mixed 350

SusWrite 202

86% 385 MB/s

4K Read 39.6

4K Write 106

4K Mixed 51.8

182% 65.6 MB/s

DQ Read 368

DQ Write 306

DQ Mixed 228

200% 301 MB/s

CAN-User, 2 hrs ago.

79GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 198 189 191 121 84 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 481

Mixed 349

SusWrite 185

85% 380 MB/s

4K Read 39.4

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 50.9

180% 64.7 MB/s

DQ Read 364

DQ Write 294

DQ Mixed 248

208% 302 MB/s

CAN-User, 2 hrs ago.

79GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 186 154 154 99 80 MB/s

100% Outstanding

Write 464

Mixed 343

SusWrite 166

82% 368 MB/s

4K Read 38.7

4K Write 102

4K Mixed 50.4

177% 63.5 MB/s

DQ Read 365

DQ Write 308

DQ Mixed 250

211% 308 MB/s

CHE-User, 2 hrs ago.

90GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 196 191 194 189 189 MB/s

95.6% Outstanding

Write 473

Mixed 340

SusWrite 218

85% 381 MB/s

4K Read 35.6

4K Write 78.7

4K Mixed 44.3

152% 52.9 MB/s

DQ Read 380

DQ Write 308

DQ Mixed 254

215% 314 MB/s

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Gaming 104%

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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 $349Bench 96%, 292,842 samples	2,193x
Core i5-7600KIntel $229Bench 89%, 93,611 samples	778x
Core i7-7700Intel $320Bench 83%, 95,676 samples	260x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 120%, 529,146 samples	1,163x
GTX 1070Nvidia $400Bench 97%, 637,429 samples	610x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $250Bench 70%, 635,304 samples	533x

SSD
Blue 250GBWD $43Bench 83%, 10,964 samples	1x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 8,486 samples	541x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 38,519 samples	232x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 87%, 230,653 samples	163x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $920

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $350	Nvidia GTX 1070 $400	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $127	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $250	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $103
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X $248	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $709	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $70	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $606	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $78	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

WD WDS250G1B0A

Blue 250GB

Average Bench: 83.3% (357^th of 1003)

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Blue 250GB

Average Bench: 83.3% (357th of 1003)

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