WD WDS240G2G0A

Green 240GB (2018)

Green 240GB (2018)
BENCHMARKS (95,833)
MKT (0.8%)
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BUY • $37

Effective Speed -111%Effective Speed -111%Average Score -104%Read -8%, Write -26%, 4K Read -79%, 4K Write -162%, Mixed -45%, 4K Mixed -223%, SusWrite -185%Peak Score -88%Read -9%, Write -25%, 4K Read -73%, 4K Write -160%, Mixed -29%, 4K Mixed -186%, SusWrite -137%Value & Sentiment +74% User Rating -11%, Market Share 102%, Price 231%, Value -25%Nice To Haves -294%DQ Read -205%, DQ Write -251%, DQ Mixed -620%, ADQ Read -214%, ADQ Write -279%, ADQ Mixed -692%, Age 65%, AS-SSD Total -157%

Average Bench: 46.2% (876^th of 1040)

Based on 95,833 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WDS240G2G0A-00JH30

Poor: 36%Average: 46.2% Great: 56%

Popular builds with this SSD

Below average average bench

The WD Green 240GB (2018) averaged 53.7% 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 18.6MB/s

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 240GB (2018) is just 20%. 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 74.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 95,833 samples)

Rank 87646.2%

Min	Avg	Max
342	Read 425	460
177	Write 324	387
139	Mixed 247	322
45.8	SusWrite 105	166
61.2% 275 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.9	4K Read 18.6	23.7
15.9	4K Write 33.2	46.3
6.1	4K Mixed 13.7	19.6
63.3% 21.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
27.9	DQ Read 100	120
26.1	DQ Write 74.4	102
11.1	DQ Mixed 31.5	44.2
38.7% 68.6 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 44 mins ago.

223GB free

Firmware: UF400400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 148 144 140 137 131 MB/s

48.7% Average

Write 356

Mixed 297

SusWrite 171

69% 308 MB/s

4K Read 17.9

4K Write 33.4

4K Mixed 10.2

58% 20.5 MB/s

DQ Read 122

DQ Write 105

DQ Mixed 35.5

48% 87.6 MB/s

USA-User, 4 mins ago.

46GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF500000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 81 15 139 85 8 MB/s

46.3% Average

Write 298

Mixed 270

SusWrite 74.3

60% 269 MB/s

4K Read 18.3

4K Write 34.1

4K Mixed 18.8

70% 23.7 MB/s

DQ Read 85.4

DQ Write 41.6

DQ Mixed 43.1

37% 56.7 MB/s

USA-User, 35 mins ago.

133GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF220400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 119 98 68 84 84 MB/s

46% Average

Write 382

Mixed 307

SusWrite 121

70% 314 MB/s

4K Read 21.1

4K Write 34.7

4K Mixed 5.9

58% 20.6 MB/s

DQ Read 113

DQ Write 90.9

DQ Mixed 32.7

43% 79 MB/s

GBR-User, 54 mins ago.

125GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 3 17 64 101 53 MB/s

45% Average

Write 86.3

Mixed 192

SusWrite 81.8

42% 193 MB/s

4K Read 20.3

4K Write 29.3

4K Mixed 13.8

64% 21.1 MB/s

DQ Read 118

DQ Write 84

DQ Mixed 26.6

40% 76.3 MB/s

ROU-User, 41 mins ago.

142GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF430400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 142 130 131 112 129 MB/s

40.5% Average

Write 351

Mixed 299

SusWrite 135

67% 299 MB/s

4K Read 15

4K Write 22.4

4K Mixed 5.2

41% 14.2 MB/s

DQ Read 117

DQ Write 64.6

DQ Mixed 36.3

42% 72.6 MB/s

IND-User, 37 mins ago.

172GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF510000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 31 7 13 10 146 MB/s

38.1% Below average

Write 245

Mixed 225

SusWrite 67.4

50% 226 MB/s

4K Read 14.1

4K Write 23.2

4K Mixed 14.1

52% 17.1 MB/s

DQ Read 75.5

DQ Write 75.9

DQ Mixed 43.7

42% 65 MB/s

USA-User, 44 mins ago.

32GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF400400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 72 29 21 16 21 MB/s

36.9% Below average

Write 304

Mixed 184

SusWrite 56.1

54% 245 MB/s

4K Read 16.7

4K Write 8.9

4K Mixed 13.2

47% 12.9 MB/s

DQ Read 48.1

DQ Write 24.9

DQ Mixed 34.7

26% 35.9 MB/s

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 50%

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System: Cyberpowerpc C SERIES

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Core i5-9400FIntel $145Bench 86%, 173,718 samples	2,275x
Core i7-8700Intel $320Bench 90%, 240,258 samples	693x
Core i7-9700FIntel $269Bench 94%, 26,193 samples	263x

GPU
GTX 1660Nvidia $230Bench 69%, 128,457 samples	1,463x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 193,417 samples	455x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,110,464 samples	381x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $37Bench 46%, 95,833 samples	1,302x

RAM
DDR4 3000 1x8GBUnknownBench 41%, 1,947 samples	362x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 10,761 samples	300x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 1x8GBUnknownBench 46%, 4,083 samples	192x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $412

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Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i3-10100F $130	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS240G2G0A

Green 240GB (2018)

Average Bench: 46.2% (876^th of 1040)

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WD WDS240G2G0A

Green 240GB (2018)

Average Bench: 46.2% (876th of 1040)

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