WD WDS240G2G0A

Green 240GB (2018)

Green 240GB (2018)
BENCHMARKS (156,194)
MKT (0.4%)
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Effective Speed -117%Effective Speed -117%Average Score -112%Read -8%, Write -26%, 4K Read -86%, 4K Write -167%, Mixed -47%, 4K Mixed -226%, SusWrite -223%Peak Score -93%Read -10%, Write -25%, 4K Read -83%, 4K Write -170%, Mixed -31%, 4K Mixed -197%, SusWrite -135%Value & Sentiment +48% User Rating -11%, Market Share 108%, Price 154%, Value -58%Nice To Haves -308%DQ Read -206%, DQ Write -248%, DQ Mixed -646%, ADQ Read -223%, ADQ Write -288%, ADQ Mixed -716%, Age 21%, AS-SSD Total -159%

Average Bench: 45.4% (913^th of 1071)

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 91345.4%

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

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

SVK-User, 1 hr ago.

223GB free

Firmware: 0000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 160 131 120 126 119 MB/s

58% Above average

Write 346

Mixed 328

SusWrite 172

74% 330 MB/s

4K Read 21.1

4K Write 40.5

4K Mixed 19.3

78% 27 MB/s

DQ Read 120

DQ Write 96.3

DQ Mixed 45.2

51% 87.2 MB/s

USA-User, 7 hrs ago.

115GB free

Firmware: UF500000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 121 134 108 111 133 MB/s

51.9% Above average

Write 247

Mixed 315

SusWrite 159

64% 288 MB/s

4K Read 17.5

4K Write 34.7

4K Mixed 17.8

68% 23.3 MB/s

DQ Read 120

DQ Write 72.7

DQ Mixed 44.8

47% 79.1 MB/s

AUS-User, 7 mins ago.

223GB free

Firmware: UF500000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 128 86 137 133 143 MB/s

50% Average

Write 342

Mixed 299

SusWrite 150

65% 289 MB/s

4K Read 18.7

4K Write 36.7

4K Mixed 17.5

70% 24.3 MB/s

DQ Read 119

DQ Write 102

DQ Mixed 44.4

51% 88.6 MB/s

KOR-User, 7 hrs ago.

62GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 45 2 38 4 122 MB/s

48.1% Average

Write 372

Mixed 230

SusWrite 68

62% 278 MB/s

4K Read 20.9

4K Write 29.6

4K Mixed 18.2

71% 22.9 MB/s

DQ Read 117

DQ Write 89.9

DQ Mixed 42.1

48% 83 MB/s

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

152GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF400400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 123 118 112 101 94 MB/s

45.8% Average

Write 382

Mixed 316

SusWrite 125

71% 318 MB/s

4K Read 22

4K Write 31.1

4K Mixed 6.1

58% 19.7 MB/s

DQ Read 89.2

DQ Write 88.3

DQ Mixed 2.4

26% 60 MB/s

AUS-User, 1 hr ago.

157GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF300000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 21 119 90 113 79 MB/s

42.6% Average

Write 160

Mixed 166

SusWrite 76.8

44% 199 MB/s

4K Read 17

4K Write 36.3

4K Mixed 14.2

63% 22.5 MB/s

DQ Read 119

DQ Write 25.2

DQ Mixed 32.1

34% 58.7 MB/s

USA-User, 5 hrs ago.

115GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF500000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 2.8 4.3 2.1 18 208 MB/s

41% Average

Write 356

Mixed 304

SusWrite 67.7

63% 282 MB/s

4K Read 11.4

4K Write 26.3

4K Mixed 17.7

54% 18.5 MB/s

DQ Read 114

DQ Write 55.9

DQ Mixed 43.4

43% 71.1 MB/s

VNM-User, 1 hr ago.

28GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 0400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 96 42 36 29 29 MB/s

37.8% Below average

Write 309

Mixed 146

SusWrite 71.4

51% 230 MB/s

4K Read 14.9

4K Write 26.4

4K Mixed 12.9

53% 18.1 MB/s

DQ Read 68.5

DQ Write 5

DQ Mixed 20.8

19% 31.4 MB/s

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Workstation 52%

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System: Cyberpowerpc C SERIES

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel $95Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	2,333x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	686x
Core i7-9700FIntel $289Bench 92%, 54,980 samples	357x

GPU
GTX 1660Nvidia $200Bench 68%, 230,793 samples	1,309x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $238Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	535x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	326x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $36Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	998x

RAM
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 14,178 samples	236x
DDR4 3000 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 4,421 samples	177x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	177x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $331

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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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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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WD WDS240G2G0A

Green 240GB (2018)

Average Bench: 45.4% (913^th of 1071)

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Green 240GB (2018)

Average Bench: 45.4% (913th of 1071)

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