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WDS250G1B0A- 250GB

WDS250G1B0A- 250GB
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Effective Speed -40%Effective Speed -40%Average Score -48%Read -11%, Write -46%, 4K Read -23%, 4K Write -38%, Mixed -72%, 4K Mixed -54%, SusWrite -95%Peak Score -21%Read -4%, Write -5%, 4K Read -13%, 4K Write -2%, Mixed -32%, 4K Mixed -20%, SusWrite -72%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -27%DQ Read 1%, DQ Write -18%, DQ Mixed -30%, ADQ Read -33%, ADQ Write -54%, ADQ Mixed -90%, Age 13%, AS-SSD Total -6%

Average Bench: 70.5% (662^nd of 1072)

Based on 79 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WDS250G1B0A-

Poor: 41%Average: 70.5% Great: 94%

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Good average bench

The WDC WDS250G1B0A- 250GB averaged 29.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 137MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.9MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDS250G1B0A- 250GB is 52.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WDC WDS250G1B0A- 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 152MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 209MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 79 samples)

Rank 66270.5%

Min	Avg	Max
297	Read 413	487
130	Write 278	464
95.7	Mixed 209	321
53.8	SusWrite 152	225
58.5% 263 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.2	4K Read 27.9	37.9
21.1	4K Write 63.7	120
11.9	4K Mixed 29.3	48.5
114% 40.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.6	DQ Read 245	370
53.1	DQ Write 187	303
32.1	DQ Mixed 137	254
124% 190 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 2 years ago.

232GB free

Firmware: X411

SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 191 193 194 189 184 MB/s

77.3% Very good

Write 467

Mixed 336

SusWrite 225

85% 381 MB/s

4K Read 26.1

4K Write 76.6

4K Mixed 27.5

115% 43.4 MB/s

DQ Read 77.3

DQ Write 317

DQ Mixed 107

108% 167 MB/s

USA-User, 7 months ago.

170GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 10WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 175 190 189 189 188 MB/s

69.6% Good

Write 276

Mixed 202

SusWrite 187

62% 278 MB/s

4K Read 21.7

4K Write 60.6

4K Mixed 28.4

101% 36.9 MB/s

DQ Read 254

DQ Write 154

DQ Mixed 224

162% 211 MB/s

USA-User, 8 months ago.

11GB free

Firmware: X411

SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 146 115 140 92 123 MB/s

59.4% Above average

Write 171

Mixed 122

SusWrite 129

43% 195 MB/s

4K Read 22.1

4K Write 62

4K Mixed 24.3

98% 36.1 MB/s

DQ Read 60.4

DQ Write 278

DQ Mixed 75.2

85% 138 MB/s

CAN-User, 2 years ago.

149GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X411

SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 175 178 182 171 175 MB/s

41.2% Average

Write 290

Mixed 206

SusWrite 178

54% 241 MB/s

4K Read 13.2

4K Write 21.1

4K Mixed 14.4

50% 16.2 MB/s

DQ Read 46.3

DQ Write 100

DQ Mixed 41.9

41% 62.8 MB/s

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Typical WDS250G1B0A- 250GB Builds (Compare 2,857 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 13%

Tree trunk

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 12%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell Precision T3600

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,063x
Xeon E5-1650 0Intel $230Bench 73%, 10,189 samples	447x
Xeon E5-1603 0IntelBench 60%, 3,589 samples	238x

GPU
Quadro 2000NvidiaBench 6%, 15,855 samples	162x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	138x
Quadro 4000NvidiaBench 7%, 8,609 samples	117x

SSD
WDS250G1B0A- 250GBWDCBench 71%, 79 samples	1x

RAM
M393B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsung-00CEBench 85%, 1,049 samples	147x
HMT351R7CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynix-00ADBench 83%, 808 samples	130x
HMT31GR7CFR4C-PB 4x8GBHynix-00ADBench 78%, 761 samples	74x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $345

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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