WD WDS240G2G0A

Green 240GB (2018)

Green 240GB (2018)
BENCHMARKS (145,663)
MKT (0.6%)
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BUY • $38

Effective Speed -118%Effective Speed -118%Average Score -111%Read -9%, Write -25%, 4K Read -89%, 4K Write -172%, Mixed -46%, 4K Mixed -229%, SusWrite -211%Peak Score -94%Read -10%, Write -26%, 4K Read -84%, 4K Write -171%, Mixed -31%, 4K Mixed -201%, SusWrite -135%Value & Sentiment +77% User Rating -9%, Market Share 98%, Price 246%, Value -27%Nice To Haves -308%DQ Read -206%, DQ Write -248%, DQ Mixed -648%, ADQ Read -222%, ADQ Write -285%, ADQ Mixed -733%, Age 33%, AS-SSD Total -159%

Average Bench: 45.4% (903^rd of 1058)

Based on 145,663 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WDS240G2G0A-00JH30

Poor: 35%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 423MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.3MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 240GB (2018) is 20.4%. 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 95.7MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 75.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 145,663 samples)

Rank 90345.4%

Min	Avg	Max
338	Read 423	459
159	Write 323	386
132	Mixed 247	323
41.3	SusWrite 95.7	164
60.5% 272 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.52	4K Read 18.3	23.5
14.2	4K Write 32.3	44.9
6.02	4K Mixed 13.8	19.4
62.5% 21.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22	DQ Read 101	120
31.4	DQ Write 75.5	103
12.6	DQ Mixed 31.2	44.2
38.8% 69.3 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

GBR-User, 22 mins ago.

71GB free

Firmware: UF450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 17 167 130 121 108 MB/s

54.4% Above average

Write 299

Mixed 294

SusWrite 144

66% 298 MB/s

4K Read 20.7

4K Write 37.6

4K Mixed 18.6

75% 25.6 MB/s

DQ Read 120

DQ Write 86.5

DQ Mixed 40.6

47% 82.2 MB/s

KWT-User, 55 mins ago.

132GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF220400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 127 123 78 107 106 MB/s

49.9% Average

Write 358

Mixed 294

SusWrite 134

68% 303 MB/s

4K Read 23.4

4K Write 40.7

4K Mixed 9.8

70% 24.6 MB/s

DQ Read 116

DQ Write 98.7

DQ Mixed 32.3

45% 82.4 MB/s

AUT-User, 49 mins ago.

191GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF300000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 117 137 110 146 119 MB/s

49.9% Average

Write 155

Mixed 174

SusWrite 119

47% 214 MB/s

4K Read 22.7

4K Write 35.2

4K Mixed 18.3

76% 25.4 MB/s

DQ Read 91.1

DQ Write 50.2

DQ Mixed 40.7

38% 60.7 MB/s

VNM-User, 22 mins ago.

127GB free

Firmware: UF510000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 65 128 125 138 109 MB/s

47.4% Average

Write 316

Mixed 244

SusWrite 139

64% 286 MB/s

4K Read 21

4K Write 26.5

4K Mixed 10

59% 19.2 MB/s

DQ Read 117

DQ Write 66.5

DQ Mixed 43.8

46% 75.8 MB/s

RUS-User, 54 mins ago.

154GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF400400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 121 129 140 95 134 MB/s

39.2% Below average

Write 289

Mixed 256

SusWrite 128

54% 243 MB/s

4K Read 20.6

4K Write 28.8

4K Mixed 7.9

57% 19.1 MB/s

DQ Read 59.1

DQ Write 86.8

DQ Mixed 19.3

30% 55.1 MB/s

SAU-User, 1 hr ago.

35GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF510000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 3.5 49 1.9 17 136 MB/s

33.1% Below average

Write 317

Mixed 288

SusWrite 64.3

59% 265 MB/s

4K Read 7.6

4K Write 21.4

4K Mixed 6.5

31% 11.8 MB/s

DQ Read 117

DQ Write 79.5

DQ Mixed 33.9

43% 76.7 MB/s

GBR-User, 18 mins ago.

20GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF300000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 8.4 58 2.9 27 24 MB/s

31.3% Below average

Write 95.3

Mixed 58.9

SusWrite 22

28% 129 MB/s

4K Read 13.9

4K Write 10.1

4K Mixed 13.9

44% 12.6 MB/s

DQ Read 78.1

DQ Write 37.8

DQ Mixed 41.8

35% 52.6 MB/s

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

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System: Cyberpowerpc C SERIES

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel $161Bench 86%, 280,363 samples	3,399x
Core i7-8700Intel $294Bench 88%, 309,263 samples	1,016x
Core i7-9700FIntel $307Bench 93%, 42,025 samples	433x

GPU
GTX 1660Nvidia $230Bench 69%, 197,047 samples	2,174x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 70%, 316,750 samples	731x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,237,858 samples	533x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $38Bench 45%, 145,663 samples	1,877x

RAM
DDR4 3000 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 3,844 samples	483x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 14,576 samples	440x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,389 samples	269x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $428

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Go for a samsung 850 evo

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Intel Core i5-12600K $295	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $50
Intel Core i5-12400F $184	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i5-11600K $245	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS240G2G0A

Green 240GB (2018)

Average Bench: 45.4% (903^rd of 1058)

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WD WDS240G2G0A

Green 240GB (2018)

Average Bench: 45.4% (903rd of 1058)

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