WD WDS240G2G0A

Green 240GB (2018)

Green 240GB (2018)
BENCHMARKS (173,879)
MKT (0.6%)
BUILDS
(4)
BUY • $37

Effective Speed -113%Effective Speed -113%Average Score -105%Read -8%, Write -23%, 4K Read -82%, 4K Write -162%, Mixed -41%, 4K Mixed -217%, SusWrite -205%Peak Score -89%Read -10%, Write -26%, 4K Read -79%, 4K Write -168%, Mixed -26%, 4K Mixed -189%, SusWrite -122%Value & Sentiment +73% User Rating -11%, Market Share 139%, Price 191%, Value -27%Nice To Haves -302%DQ Read -206%, DQ Write -246%, DQ Mixed -618%, ADQ Read -238%, ADQ Write -286%, ADQ Mixed -697%, Age 30%, AS-SSD Total -158%

Average Bench: 45.3% (902^nd of 1058)

Based on 173,879 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WDS240G2G0A-00JH30

Poor: 35%Average: 45.3% Great: 56%

Popular builds with this SSD

Below average average bench

The WD Green 240GB (2018) averaged 54.6% 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. Sequential Read Speed 424MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.4MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 240GB (2018) is 21.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD Green 240GB (2018) performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 92.5MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 73.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 173,879 samples)

Rank 90245.3%

Min	Avg	Max
343	Read 424	461
182	Write 325	386
127	Mixed 246	328
41.7	SusWrite 92.5	167
60.5% 272 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.5	4K Read 18.4	23.5
15.7	4K Write 33.2	45.3
6.43	4K Mixed 13.8	19.6
63.2% 21.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.1	DQ Read 97.2	120
20.5	DQ Write 73.8	102
10.6	DQ Mixed 31.2	44.3
38.1% 67.4 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

KWT-User, 1 hr ago.

223GB free

Firmware: UF400400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 150 140 141 141 142 MB/s

58.4% Above average

Write 387

Mixed 327

SusWrite 176

75% 336 MB/s

4K Read 24.9

4K Write 42.2

4K Mixed 17

82% 28 MB/s

DQ Read 120

DQ Write 109

DQ Mixed 33.9

48% 87.8 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

58GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF870400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 22 20 21 24 42 MB/s

40.3% Average

Write 274

Mixed 213

SusWrite 50.9

55% 248 MB/s

4K Read 22.5

4K Write 20.5

4K Mixed 6.5

53% 16.5 MB/s

DQ Read 117

DQ Write 62.4

DQ Mixed 27.8

37% 68.9 MB/s

USA-User, 56 mins ago.

183GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF220400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 104 129 121 121 83 MB/s

36.3% Below average

Write 308

Mixed 165

SusWrite 124

54% 240 MB/s

4K Read 8.8

4K Write 17.8

4K Mixed 7.1

32% 11.2 MB/s

DQ Read 113

DQ Write 94

DQ Mixed 32.8

44% 79.9 MB/s

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Gaming 59%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 49%

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System: Cyberpowerpc C SERIES

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel $140Bench 86%, 310,481 samples	3,891x
Core i7-8700Intel $310Bench 88%, 355,950 samples	1,172x
Core i7-9700FIntel $261Bench 92%, 54,646 samples	522x

GPU
GTX 1660Nvidia $215Bench 69%, 224,407 samples	2,443x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $220Bench 71%, 379,688 samples	845x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,387,999 samples	611x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $37Bench 45%, 173,879 samples	2,084x

RAM
DDR4 3000 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 4,291 samples	516x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 14,270 samples	501x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	308x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $392

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scowi3

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Terrible

3 months ago.

Low power drive with low performance. Probably only worth considering for use in a laptop.

KidOo

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Poor

4 years ago.

Go for a samsung 850 evo

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Good

2 years ago.

Big improvement from HDD

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Intel Core i5-12600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $446	Crucial MX500 250GB $42
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3050 $292	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i7-12700K $378	Nvidia RTX 3070 $536	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $60	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $62	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $453	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $17

WD WDS240G2G0A

Green 240GB (2018)

Average Bench: 45.3% (902^nd of 1058)

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Green 240GB (2018)

Average Bench: 45.3% (902nd of 1058)

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