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WDBN CE2500PNC-WRSN 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 78.3% (517th of 1074)

Based on 24 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WDBN CE2500PNC-WRSN
Poor: 55%Average: 78.3% Great: 99%

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Good average bench

The WDC WDBN CE2500PNC-WRSN 250GB averaged 21.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WDC WDBN CE2500PNC-WRSN 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 128MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 30.5MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDBN CE2500PNC-WRSN 250GB is 44.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WDC WDBN CE2500PNC-WRSN 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 165MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 261MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 24 samples)
Rank 51778.3%
Min Avg Max
322 Read 405 475
92.9 Write 299 474
176 Mixed 261 426
90.7 SusWrite 165 212
63% 283 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19 4K Read 30.5 38.7
7.2 4K Write 70 92.9
11.6 4K Mixed 31.7 48.7
124% 44.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
48.6 DQ Read 247 277
45.3 DQ Write 213 245
24.9 DQ Mixed 128 232
124% 196 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
119GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X411
SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 201 204 184 187 203 MB/s
88.2% Excellent
Read 407
Write 213
Mixed 176
SusWrite 196
55% 248 MB/s
4K Read 38.7
4K Write 91.9
4K Mixed 44.9
165% 58.5 MB/s
DQ Read 223
DQ Write 188
DQ Mixed 180
142% 197 MB/s
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X411
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 125 119 122 84 114 MB/s
74.9% Very good
Read 379
Write 238
Mixed 251
SusWrite 120
55% 247 MB/s
4K Read 34.2
4K Write 70.1
4K Mixed 37.1
136% 47.1 MB/s
DQ Read 250
DQ Write 216
DQ Mixed 208
163% 225 MB/s
159GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X411
SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 194 176 176 165 198 MB/s
66.3% Good
Read 367
Write 244
Mixed 203
SusWrite 185
56% 250 MB/s
4K Read 23.8
4K Write 47.5
4K Mixed 28.2
97% 33.2 MB/s
DQ Read 259
DQ Write 197
DQ Mixed 196
155% 217 MB/s
100GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X411
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 130 115 104 104 105 MB/s
47.9% Average
Read 476
Write 161
Mixed 208
SusWrite 110
52% 239 MB/s
4K Read 37.3
4K Write 7.5
4K Mixed 12.5
76% 19.1 MB/s
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Typical WDBN CE2500PNC-WRSN 250GB Builds (Compare 1,067 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 34%
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Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 28%
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Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples567x
FX-8320AMD  $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples138x
FX-6300AMD  $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples80x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples67x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples62x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples60x
SSD
WDBN CE2500PNC-WRSN 250GBWDCBench 78%, 24 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples37x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples24x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples18x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 65% - Good Total price: $530

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