WD WDS250G1B0A

Blue 250GB

Blue 250GB
BENCHMARKS (23,178)
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Effective Speed -21%Effective Speed -21%Average Score -29%Read -4%, Write -18%, 4K Read -13%, 4K Write -15%, Mixed -44%, 4K Mixed -21%, SusWrite -89%Peak Score -17%Read -1%, Write -1%, 4K Read -7%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed -20%, 4K Mixed -13%, SusWrite -74%Value & Sentiment -186%User Rating -11%, Market Share -717%, Price 26%, Value -44%Nice To Haves -9%DQ Read 5%, DQ Write -18%, DQ Mixed -30%, ADQ Read 2%, ADQ Write -17%, ADQ Mixed -19%, Age 8%, AS-SSD Total -3%

Average Bench: 81.3% (453^rd of 1058)

Based on 23,178 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS250G1B0A-00H9H0, WD WDS250G1B0A-00H9, WDC WDS2 50G1B0A-00H9H0, WDC WDS2 50G1B0A-00H9, WDC WDS250G1B0A-00H9

Poor: 59%Average: 81.3% Great: 102%

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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 37.1MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 250GB is 42.7%. 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 159MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 250MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 23,178 samples)

Rank 45381.3%

Min	Avg	Max
325	Read 443	504
189	Write 342	481
166	Mixed 250	352
74.7	SusWrite 159	222
66.4% 298 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.9	4K Read 30.3	40.1
35.3	4K Write 74.8	114
21.9	4K Mixed 37.1	51.4
133% 47.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
197	DQ Read 328	385
114	DQ Write 245	303
126	DQ Mixed 218	255
182% 264 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

140GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 177 168 167 169 172 MB/s

99.7% Outstanding

Write 240

Mixed 200

SusWrite 175

61% 278 MB/s

4K Read 40.4

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 47.2

180% 65.8 MB/s

DQ Read 351

DQ Write 276

DQ Mixed 256

207% 294 MB/s

ZAF-User, 8 hrs ago.

97GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 203 198 198 193 199 MB/s

98.9% Outstanding

Write 457

Mixed 266

SusWrite 200

78% 349 MB/s

4K Read 35.7

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 52.2

176% 64 MB/s

DQ Read 327

DQ Write 252

DQ Mixed 249

197% 276 MB/s

POL-User, 4 hrs ago.

332GB free

Firmware: X41100WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 201 202 190 194 190 MB/s

97.8% Outstanding

Write 479

Mixed 348

SusWrite 200

86% 382 MB/s

4K Read 37.3

4K Write 89.5

4K Mixed 47.5

165% 58.1 MB/s

DQ Read 359

DQ Write 291

DQ Mixed 206

187% 285 MB/s

POL-User, 4 hrs ago.

99GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41100WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 159 109 99 115 92 MB/s

81.7% Excellent

Write 335

Mixed 233

SusWrite 128

65% 293 MB/s

4K Read 36.4

4K Write 79.1

4K Mixed 32.1

138% 49.2 MB/s

DQ Read 348

DQ Write 245

DQ Mixed 244

196% 279 MB/s

USA-User, 5 hrs ago.

75GB free

Firmware: X41100WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 195 188 190 180 175 MB/s

81.3% Excellent

Write 444

Mixed 321

SusWrite 196

80% 359 MB/s

4K Read 30.4

4K Write 50.4

4K Mixed 36

119% 38.9 MB/s

DQ Read 327

DQ Write 269

DQ Mixed 248

199% 281 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

99GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X41110WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 149 94 134 93 113 MB/s

74% Very good

Write 186

Mixed 230

SusWrite 129

56% 255 MB/s

4K Read 26.4

4K Write 49.4

4K Mixed 32.7

108% 36.2 MB/s

DQ Read 333

DQ Write 267

DQ Mixed 217

185% 272 MB/s

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Gaming 92%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 78%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 87%, 520,481 samples	1,487x
Core i5-7600KIntel $212Bench 82%, 181,238 samples	449x
Core i7-7700Intel $327Bench 80%, 216,368 samples	275x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 831,064 samples	746x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,201,235 samples	349x
GTX 1070Nvidia $400Bench 80%, 1,127,629 samples	342x

SSD
Blue 250GBWD $90Bench 81%, 23,178 samples	1x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 17,394 samples	254x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 74%, 98,339 samples	184x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $95Bench 81%, 510,924 samples	116x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $919

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $220	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-11600K $259	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-11700K $380	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $95	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS250G1B0A

Blue 250GB

Average Bench: 81.3% (453^rd of 1058)

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Blue 250GB

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