WD WDS240G2G0A

Green 240GB (2018)

Green 240GB (2018)
BENCHMARKS (15,726)
MKT (0.8%)
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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

120GB 240GB 480GB

Effective Speed -130%Effective Speed -130%Average User Bench -128%Read -10%, Write -40%, 4K Read -93%, 4K Write -237%, Mixed -55%, 4K Mixed -215%, SusWrite -245%Peak Lab Bench -105%Read -10%, Write -30%, 4K Read -87%, 4K Write -205%, Mixed -27%, 4K Mixed -202%, SusWrite -171%Value & Sentiment +9% User Rating -70%, Market Share -26%, Price 174%, Value -41%Nice To Haves -305%DQ Read -206%, DQ Write -296%, DQ Mixed -643%, ADQ Read -227%, ADQ Write -344%, ADQ Mixed -695%, Age 141%, AS-SSD Total -171%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 43.6% (841^st of 1000)

Based on 15,726 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WDS240G2G0A-00JH30

Poor: 32%Average: 43.6% Great: 53%

Popular builds with this SSD

Below average average bench

The WD Green 240GB (2018) averaged 56.3% 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 419MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 17.8MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 240GB (2018) is 20.3%. 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 87.2MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 68.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 15,726 samples)

Rank 84143.6%

Min	Avg	Max
330	Read 419	459
135	Write 297	375
85.9	Mixed 230	322
39.2	SusWrite 87.2	145
57.3% 258 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.3	4K Read 17.8	22.9
5.64	4K Write 27.4	41.7
7.7	4K Mixed 14.5	19.4
60% 19.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.9	DQ Read 100	120
22.2	DQ Write 68.1	90
13.4	DQ Mixed 33.9	44.2
38.9% 67.4 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

143GB free

Firmware: UF450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 135 160 164 157 161 MB/s

55.4% Above average

Write 341

Mixed 319

SusWrite 195

71% 319 MB/s

4K Read 20.7

4K Write 43.6

4K Mixed 15.4

74% 26.6 MB/s

DQ Read 118

DQ Write 87.2

DQ Mixed 41.4

48% 82.3 MB/s

GTM-User, 14 mins ago.

146GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF500000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 2.3 14 55 81 144 MB/s

47% Average

Write 340

Mixed 269

SusWrite 77.2

62% 280 MB/s

4K Read 20.2

4K Write 28.7

4K Mixed 17.3

68% 22.1 MB/s

DQ Read 115

DQ Write 72.2

DQ Mixed 44.7

46% 77.3 MB/s

PAN-User, 28 mins ago.

92GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 13 11 34 51 89 MB/s

46.4% Average

Write 314

Mixed 226

SusWrite 69.4

58% 259 MB/s

4K Read 16.7

4K Write 34

4K Mixed 18.6

67% 23.1 MB/s

DQ Read 119

DQ Write 74.6

DQ Mixed 1.1

27% 64.8 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

186GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF500000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 5.1 2.3 4 44 115 MB/s

45.4% Average

Write 347

Mixed 284

SusWrite 58.7

63% 283 MB/s

4K Read 20.1

4K Write 40

4K Mixed 13.2

69% 24.4 MB/s

DQ Read 89.5

DQ Write 86.6

DQ Mixed 31.6

39% 69.2 MB/s

USA-User, 20 mins ago.

127GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF500000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 1.9 64 62 138 132 MB/s

45.4% Average

Write 350

Mixed 295

SusWrite 95.4

64% 288 MB/s

4K Read 21.5

4K Write 33.9

4K Mixed 11.1

65% 22.2 MB/s

DQ Read 113

DQ Write 76.1

DQ Mixed 43.5

46% 77.5 MB/s

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Gaming 72%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 75%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $114

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $356Bench 107%, 289,974 samples	6,923x
Core i5-8600KIntel $260Bench 102%, 110,124 samples	4,827x
Core i5-8400Intel $192Bench 89%, 91,096 samples	3,211x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $208Bench 70%, 570,243 samples	3,421x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 123%, 449,288 samples	2,298x
GTX 1070Nvidia $314Bench 98%, 573,744 samples	2,298x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $39Bench 44%, 15,726 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $90Bench 86%, 166,861 samples	1,565x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 8,008 samples	580x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $86Bench 91%, 51,870 samples	538x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $807

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faster ssd are unnecessary

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14 months ago.

Go for a samsung 850 evo

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Intel Core i7-8700K $356	Nvidia GTX 1070 $314	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $92
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $145	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $208	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $99
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $108	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $90	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $651	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $73	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $85	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

WD WDS240G2G0A

Green 240GB (2018)

Average Bench: 43.6% (841^st of 1000)

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Green 240GB (2018)

Average Bench: 43.6% (841st of 1000)

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