WD WDS250G1B0A

Blue 250GB

Blue 250GB
BENCHMARKS (14,781)
MKT (0.1%)
BUILDS
(1)
BUY • $42

Effective Speed -19%Effective Speed -19%Average User Bench -26%Read -2%, Write -15%, 4K Read -9%, 4K Write -16%, Mixed -41%, 4K Mixed -17%, SusWrite -82%Peak Lab Bench -16%Read 1%, Write -1%, 4K Read -2%, 4K Write -4%, Mixed -18%, 4K Mixed -9%, SusWrite -75%Value & Sentiment -81%User Rating -28%, Market Share -532%, Price 200%, Value 37%Nice To Haves -5%DQ Read 4%, DQ Write -18%, DQ Mixed -25%, ADQ Read 1%, ADQ Write -16%, ADQ Mixed -16%, Age 33%, AS-SSD Total -3%

Average Bench: 83.1% (377^th of 1016)

Based on 14,781 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS250G1B0A-00H9H0, WD WDS250G1B0A-00H9, WDC WDS2 50G1B0A-00H9H0, WDC WDS2 50G1B0A-00H9, WDC WDS250G1B0A-00H9

Poor: 60%Average: 83.1% Great: 102%

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Very good average bench

The WD Blue 250GB averaged just 16.9% 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 216MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 38.4MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 250GB is 42.3%. 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 254MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 14,781 samples)

Rank 37783.1%

Min	Avg	Max
343	Read 451	505
185	Write 358	478
159	Mixed 254	351
75.8	SusWrite 165	223
68.4% 307 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.9	4K Read 30.9	40.9
37.4	4K Write 77.9	118
23.7	4K Mixed 38.4	52.1
137% 49.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
128	DQ Read 318	382
115	DQ Write 250	303
56.5	DQ Mixed 216	254
180% 261 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

156GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41100WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 190 146 104 106 111 MB/s

97.9% Outstanding

Write 303

Mixed 282

SusWrite 136

68% 306 MB/s

4K Read 30.9

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 53.6

180% 68.8 MB/s

DQ Read 335

DQ Write 260

DQ Mixed 227

189% 274 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

24GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41100WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 69 52 91 40 71 MB/s

83% Excellent

Write 216

Mixed 215

SusWrite 80.1

45% 200 MB/s

4K Read 39.7

4K Write 99.9

4K Mixed 47.1

173% 62.2 MB/s

DQ Read 349

DQ Write 245

DQ Mixed 184

168% 259 MB/s

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

166GB free

Firmware: X41000WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 200 192 189 195 193 MB/s

81% Excellent

Write 310

Mixed 240

SusWrite 205

65% 291 MB/s

4K Read 23.7

4K Write 99.1

4K Mixed 35

133% 52.6 MB/s

DQ Read 271

DQ Write 236

DQ Mixed 140

136% 216 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

66GB free

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 203 200 197 194 197 MB/s

72.9% Very good

Write 270

Mixed 192

SusWrite 200

55% 246 MB/s

4K Read 25

4K Write 68.5

4K Mixed 34

118% 42.5 MB/s

DQ Read 277

DQ Write 230

DQ Mixed 215

172% 241 MB/s

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 60%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 87%, 341,238 samples	2,682x
Core i5-7600KIntel $251Bench 83%, 128,494 samples	955x
Core i7-7700Intel $313Bench 76%, 125,863 samples	343x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 105%, 614,460 samples	1,384x
GTX 1070Nvidia $346Bench 79%, 705,740 samples	760x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $270Bench 57%, 746,202 samples	663x

SSD
Blue 250GBWD $42Bench 83%, 14,781 samples	1x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 10,908 samples	644x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 53,554 samples	274x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 84%, 283,637 samples	192x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $961

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $205	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $375	Nvidia RTX 2060 $349	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $249

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $653	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14

WD WDS250G1B0A

Blue 250GB

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Blue 250GB

Average Bench: 83.1% (377th of 1016)

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