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WD WDS240G2G0A

Green 240GB (2018)

Green 240GB (2018)
BENCHMARKS (156,194)
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Effective Speed -1,100%Effective Speed -1,100%Average Score -1,202%Read -886%, Write -1,351%, 4K Read -375%, 4K Write -532%, Mixed -1,226%, 4K Mixed -700%, SusWrite -3,346%Peak Score -1,318%Read -1,191%, Write -1,563%, 4K Read -702%, 4K Write -735%, Mixed -1,345%, 4K Mixed -1,011%, SusWrite -2,676%Value & Sentiment -554%User Rating -34%, Market Share -109%, Price 261%, Value -2,333%Nice To Haves -2,222%DQ Read -1,834%, DQ Write -1,743%, DQ Mixed -4,629%, ADQ Read -1,594%, ADQ Write -1,586%, ADQ Mixed -4,552%, Age -332%, AS-SSD Total -1,505%

Average Bench: 45.4% (922^nd of 1080)

Based on 156,194 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WDS240G2G0A-00JH30

Poor: 34%Average: 45.4% Great: 55%

Popular builds with this SSD

Below average average bench

The WD Green 240GB (2018) averaged 54.5% 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 425MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.5MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 240GB (2018) is 20.7%. 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 91.8MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 74.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 156,194 samples)

Rank 92245.4%

Min	Avg	Max
345	Read 425	460
168	Write 322	387
131	Mixed 244	324
41.7	SusWrite 91.8	165
60.2% 271 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10	4K Read 18.5	23.5
15.2	4K Write 32.8	45.3
6.21	4K Mixed 13.8	19.6
63.2% 21.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21.5	DQ Read 101	120
25.5	DQ Write 74.4	103
9.96	DQ Mixed 31.9	44.4
39% 69.1 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

155GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF400400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 123 104 112 81 87 MB/s

52.6% Above average

Write 385

Mixed 316

SusWrite 121

71% 318 MB/s

4K Read 22

4K Write 41

4K Mixed 16.5

76% 26.5 MB/s

DQ Read 118

DQ Write 78

DQ Mixed 19.9

36% 71.9 MB/s

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

118GB free

Firmware: UF220400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 137 106 136 124 86 MB/s

48.1% Average

Write 370

Mixed 22.7

SusWrite 145

52% 237 MB/s

4K Read 21.8

4K Write 26.4

4K Mixed 11.9

62% 20 MB/s

DQ Read 101

DQ Write 98.7

DQ Mixed 33.1

43% 77.7 MB/s

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

50GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF510000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 4 10 4.6 4.3 4 MB/s

44% Average

Write 358

Mixed 317

SusWrite 31

65% 291 MB/s

4K Read 21

4K Write 38.1

4K Mixed 12

67% 23.7 MB/s

DQ Read 113

DQ Write 67.1

DQ Mixed 43.5

45% 74.7 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

70GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF400400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 79 67 87 69 85 MB/s

42.7% Average

Write 138

Mixed 188

SusWrite 94.3

47% 216 MB/s

4K Read 17.7

4K Write 9.3

4K Mixed 13.8

50% 13.6 MB/s

DQ Read 116

DQ Write 62.3

DQ Mixed 18.3

32% 65.5 MB/s

AUS-User, 2 hrs ago.

72GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF400400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 91 23 26 23 19 MB/s

42.3% Average

Write 334

Mixed 154

SusWrite 62.9

53% 241 MB/s

4K Read 20.1

4K Write 37.4

4K Mixed 9.2

62% 22.2 MB/s

DQ Read 113

DQ Write 72.7

DQ Mixed 35.8

42% 73.9 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

39GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF400400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 81 87 75 15 54 MB/s

36.8% Below average

Write 356

Mixed 310

SusWrite 83.3

66% 298 MB/s

4K Read 15.8

4K Write 19.4

4K Mixed 5.7

42% 13.6 MB/s

DQ Read 66.3

DQ Write 30.7

DQ Mixed 34.4

29% 43.8 MB/s

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 52%

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System: Cyberpowerpc C SERIES

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel $85Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	2,515x
Core i7-8700Intel $140Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	733x
Core i7-9700FIntel $269Bench 92%, 54,980 samples	391x

GPU
GTX 1660Nvidia $209Bench 68%, 230,793 samples	1,408x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $218Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	574x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	340x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $51Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	1,071x

RAM
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 14,178 samples	252x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	189x
DDR4 3000 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 4,421 samples	188x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $345

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Terrible

2 years ago.

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

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Poor

6 years ago.

Go for a samsung 850 evo

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4 years ago.

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Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $125
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WD WDS240G2G0A

Green 240GB (2018)

Average Bench: 45.4% (922^nd of 1080)

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Green 240GB (2018)

Average Bench: 45.4% (922nd of 1080)

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Average Bench: 45.4% (922^nd of 1080)