WD WDS240G2G0A

Green 240GB (2018)

Green 240GB (2018)
BENCHMARKS (58,326)
MKT (0.9%)
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BUY • $39

Effective Speed -112%Effective Speed -112%Average Score -105%Read -8%, Write -28%, 4K Read -81%, 4K Write -173%, Mixed -45%, 4K Mixed -220%, SusWrite -181%Peak Score -90%Read -9%, Write -25%, 4K Read -76%, 4K Write -165%, Mixed -28%, 4K Mixed -188%, SusWrite -141%Value & Sentiment +63% User Rating -33%, Market Share 71%, Price 232%, Value -21%Nice To Haves -296%DQ Read -205%, DQ Write -253%, DQ Mixed -620%, ADQ Read -216%, ADQ Write -296%, ADQ Mixed -705%, Age 83%, AS-SSD Total -158%

Average Bench: 46% (864^th of 1026)

Based on 58,326 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WDS240G2G0A-00JH30

Poor: 35%Average: 46% Great: 55%

Popular builds with this SSD

Below average average bench

The WD Green 240GB (2018) averaged 54.0% 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 18.4MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 240GB (2018) is 20.2%. 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 105MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 72.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 58,326 samples)

Rank 86446%

Min	Avg	Max
340	Read 423	460
161	Write 320	387
140	Mixed 246	323
49.2	SusWrite 105	162
60.9% 274 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.6	4K Read 18.4	23.3
13.1	4K Write 32.1	45.5
6.7	4K Mixed 13.9	19.6
62.7% 21.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
24.9	DQ Read 101	120
21.5	DQ Write 72.6	101
12.1	DQ Mixed 31.5	44.1
38.5% 68.4 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

ZAF-User, 15 mins ago.

90GB free

Firmware: UF450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 130 92 112 112 110 MB/s

54.6% Above average

Write 268

Mixed 294

SusWrite 159

65% 292 MB/s

4K Read 19.9

4K Write 39.9

4K Mixed 17.7

74% 25.8 MB/s

DQ Read 116

DQ Write 88.3

DQ Mixed 40.1

47% 81.5 MB/s

KWT-User, 7 mins ago.

96GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF220400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 93 140 141 129 138 MB/s

53% Above average

Write 354

Mixed 305

SusWrite 136

69% 309 MB/s

4K Read 22.5

4K Write 38.9

4K Mixed 15.6

75% 25.7 MB/s

DQ Read 119

DQ Write 92.6

DQ Mixed 33.2

45% 81.6 MB/s

AUS-User, 5 mins ago.

185GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF400400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 133 134 135 141 129 MB/s

45.7% Average

Write 273

Mixed 268

SusWrite 143

59% 266 MB/s

4K Read 15.9

4K Write 31.5

4K Mixed 13.5

58% 20.3 MB/s

DQ Read 117

DQ Write 73.2

DQ Mixed 18

34% 69.3 MB/s

IDN-User, 30 mins ago.

76GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF220400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 113 141 137 102 122 MB/s

43.8% Average

Write 381

Mixed 159

SusWrite 136

62% 280 MB/s

4K Read 17.9

4K Write 30.9

4K Mixed 9.6

56% 19.5 MB/s

DQ Read 37

DQ Write 25

DQ Mixed 17.2

17% 26.4 MB/s

BRA-User, 36 mins ago.

116GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF220400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 86 97 92 100 104 MB/s

43.2% Average

Write 99.3

Mixed 192

SusWrite 114

43% 195 MB/s

4K Read 19.2

4K Write 29.3

4K Mixed 10.6

58% 19.7 MB/s

DQ Read 93.6

DQ Write 97

DQ Mixed 32.2

42% 74.3 MB/s

MEX-User, 11 mins ago.

56GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF510000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 5 2.9 31 13 138 MB/s

36.9% Below average

Write 311

Mixed 260

SusWrite 60.5

56% 250 MB/s

4K Read 14.4

4K Write 37.6

4K Mixed 7.4

51% 19.8 MB/s

DQ Read 113

DQ Write 59.7

DQ Mixed 43.8

44% 72.1 MB/s

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 59%

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System: Cyberpowerpc C SERIES

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel $165Bench 88%, 90,982 samples	1,470x
Core i7-8700Intel $310Bench 91%, 172,127 samples	1,167x
Core i7-8700KIntel $350Bench 95%, 454,731 samples	255x

GPU
GTX 1660Nvidia $200Bench 62%, 71,750 samples	1,126x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $267Bench 57%, 789,870 samples	789x
GTX 1660-TiNvidia $280Bench 74%, 116,327 samples	283x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $39Bench 46%, 58,326 samples	1,068x

RAM
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 9,115 samples	634x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 12,625 samples	346x
DDR4 2666 2OZ 1x8GBUnknownBench 43%, 1,130 samples	211x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $404

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $165	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-9600K $196	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $365	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $500	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $240

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $681	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS240G2G0A

Green 240GB (2018)

Average Bench: 46% (864^th of 1026)

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Green 240GB (2018)

Average Bench: 46% (864th of 1026)

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Average Bench: 46% (864^th of 1026)