WD WDS240G2G0A

Green 240GB (2018)

Green 240GB (2018)
BENCHMARKS (121,495)
MKT (0.8%)
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Effective Speed -119%Effective Speed -119%Average Score -113%Read -10%, Write -26%, 4K Read -89%, 4K Write -174%, Mixed -52%, 4K Mixed -246%, SusWrite -195%Peak Score -93%Read -10%, Write -26%, 4K Read -82%, 4K Write -167%, Mixed -31%, 4K Mixed -198%, SusWrite -139%Value & Sentiment +66% User Rating -11%, Market Share 122%, Price 194%, Value -40%Nice To Haves -314%DQ Read -206%, DQ Write -248%, DQ Mixed -648%, ADQ Read -231%, ADQ Write -288%, ADQ Mixed -771%, Age 40%, AS-SSD Total -159%

Average Bench: 45.2% (902^nd of 1058)

Based on 121,495 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WDS240G2G0A-00JH30

Poor: 33%Average: 45.2% Great: 55%

Popular builds with this SSD

Below average average bench

The WD Green 240GB (2018) averaged 54.7% 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 422MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.2MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 240GB (2018) is 22.4%. 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 103MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 74.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 121,495 samples)

Rank 90245.2%

Min	Avg	Max
338	Read 422	459
207	Write 326	387
119	Mixed 240	323
45.6	SusWrite 103	162
60.6% 273 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8.8	4K Read 18.2	23.6
13.4	4K Write 31.8	44.8
5.8	4K Mixed 13.1	19.5
61.2% 21 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.3	DQ Read 97.4	120
23.4	DQ Write 74.3	103
9.9	DQ Mixed 30.1	44.2
37.6% 67.2 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

CHL-User, 4 mins ago.

164GB free

Firmware: UF450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 93 114 130 128 123 MB/s

58.3% Above average

Write 379

Mixed 284

SusWrite 164

72% 322 MB/s

4K Read 23.7

4K Write 43

4K Mixed 19.7

84% 28.8 MB/s

DQ Read 117

DQ Write 80.5

DQ Mixed 41.5

46% 79.6 MB/s

PHL-User, 19 mins ago.

188GB free

Firmware: UF510000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 169 77 134 134 134 MB/s

51.8% Above average

Write 327

Mixed 298

SusWrite 131

66% 298 MB/s

4K Read 21.2

4K Write 32.8

4K Mixed 17.5

72% 23.8 MB/s

DQ Read 118

DQ Write 88.5

DQ Mixed 44.7

49% 83.7 MB/s

GBR-User, 16 mins ago.

24GB free

Firmware: UF870400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 134 138 133 57 27 MB/s

51.6% Above average

Write 334

Mixed 262

SusWrite 134

66% 295 MB/s

4K Read 21.1

4K Write 36.1

4K Mixed 15.5

71% 24.2 MB/s

DQ Read 113

DQ Write 79.6

DQ Mixed 31.4

41% 74.7 MB/s

DNK-User, 32 mins ago.

97GB free

Firmware: UF510000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 141 130 132 123 118 MB/s

50.7% Above average

Write 352

Mixed 327

SusWrite 146

70% 315 MB/s

4K Read 14.9

4K Write 36.8

4K Mixed 19

66% 23.6 MB/s

DQ Read 118

DQ Write 53

DQ Mixed 44.5

44% 71.9 MB/s

TUR-User, 4 mins ago.

22GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF510000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 26 99 139 40 2 MB/s

47.6% Average

Write 365

Mixed 266

SusWrite 74.6

65% 291 MB/s

4K Read 23.2

4K Write 40.1

4K Mixed 11.4

71% 24.9 MB/s

DQ Read 116

DQ Write 70.9

DQ Mixed 30.4

40% 72.6 MB/s

TUR-User, 21 mins ago.

52GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF400400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 60 44 40 28 27 MB/s

42.6% Average

Write 318

Mixed 176

SusWrite 65.1

54% 244 MB/s

4K Read 16.5

4K Write 36.5

4K Mixed 16.9

66% 23.3 MB/s

DQ Read 4.6

DQ Write 78.7

DQ Mixed 16.8

20% 33.4 MB/s

AUT-User, 20 mins ago.

39GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF400400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 105 80 32 38 26 MB/s

36% Below average

Write 304

Mixed 267

SusWrite 73

55% 246 MB/s

4K Read 15.8

4K Write 20.4

4K Mixed 10.5

48% 15.6 MB/s

DQ Read 106

DQ Write 52.7

DQ Mixed 19.1

30% 59.2 MB/s

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Gaming 59%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 49%

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System: Cyberpowerpc C SERIES

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel $143Bench 86%, 196,316 samples	2,562x
Core i7-8700Intel $330Bench 89%, 270,363 samples	784x
Core i7-9700FIntel $249Bench 93%, 28,566 samples	299x

GPU
GTX 1660Nvidia $230Bench 69%, 135,720 samples	1,667x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 220,032 samples	520x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,119,893 samples	420x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $37Bench 45%, 121,495 samples	1,465x

RAM
DDR4 3000 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 2,733 samples	399x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 11,619 samples	343x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 15,950 samples	204x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $410

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $173	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-11600K $265	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $316	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	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: 45.2% (902^nd of 1058)

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Green 240GB (2018)

Average Bench: 45.2% (902nd of 1058)

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