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Green 240GB (2018)

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

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Average Bench: 43.4% (835th of 992)

Based on 12,539 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WDS240G2G0A-00JH30
Poor: 31%Average: 43.4% Great: 52%

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Below average average bench

The WD Green 240GB (2018) averaged 56.5% 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 420MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.1MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 240GB (2018) is 20.8%. 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 85.2MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 64.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12,539 samples)
Rank 83543.4%
Min Avg Max
328 Read 420 460
102 Write 290 376
36 Mixed 221 319
38.8 SusWrite 85.2 135
56.4% 254 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.4 4K Read 18.1 22.8
3.7 4K Write 27.1 41.7
5.21 4K Mixed 14.3 19.1
60% 19.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.3 DQ Read 99 119
13.4 DQ Write 64.9 88.1
11.1 DQ Mixed 32.2 41.4
37.4% 65.3 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF450000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 84 122 137 133 128 MB/s
55.6% Above average
Read 444
Write 362
Mixed 314
SusWrite 159
72% 320 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 43.6
4K Mixed 18
80% 28.1 MB/s
DQ Read 117
DQ Write 62.6
DQ Mixed 41
44% 73.6 MB/s
115GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF450000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 13 5.7 210 82 97 MB/s
50.3% Above average
Read 448
Write 281
Mixed 253
SusWrite 96.2
60% 270 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 29.3
4K Mixed 18.6
72% 23.3 MB/s
DQ Read 114
DQ Write 85.1
DQ Mixed 41
47% 80.2 MB/s
84GB free
Firmware: UF450000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 100 125 122 129 124 MB/s
50.3% Above average
Read 437
Write 312
Mixed 260
SusWrite 157
65% 291 MB/s
4K Read 11.8
4K Write 36.3
4K Mixed 17.7
60% 21.9 MB/s
DQ Read 118
DQ Write 87.1
DQ Mixed 42.2
48% 82.4 MB/s
171GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF450000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 3.1 7.9 24 156 70 MB/s
44.9% Average
Read 432
Write 368
Mixed 289
SusWrite 82.3
65% 293 MB/s
4K Read 19.1
4K Write 23.5
4K Mixed 16.8
63% 19.8 MB/s
DQ Read 97.2
DQ Write 52.5
DQ Mixed 40.1
39% 63.3 MB/s
129GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF450000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 23 50 32 65 121 MB/s
43.7% Average
Read 432
Write 319
Mixed 200
SusWrite 78.6
57% 257 MB/s
4K Read 16.6
4K Write 31.3
4K Mixed 14.7
61% 20.9 MB/s
DQ Read 78.5
DQ Write 69.6
DQ Mixed 27.8
34% 58.6 MB/s
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF450000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 19 36 8.2 64 82 MB/s
33.8% Below average
Read 374
Write 320
Mixed 276
SusWrite 65
58% 259 MB/s
4K Read 9.4
4K Write 26.4
4K Mixed 10.6
42% 15.5 MB/s
DQ Read 41.7
DQ Write 53
DQ Mixed 40.3
32% 45 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 12,966,448 SSDs tested.

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Typical Green 240GB (2018) Builds (Compare 18,988 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $107

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $370Bench 107%, 256,826 samples6,249x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $260Bench 102%, 98,916 samples4,380x
Core i5-8400Intel  $185Bench 89%, 75,483 samples2,884x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $230Bench 71%, 516,221 samples3,107x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 123%, 459,370 samples2,082x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $364Bench 98%, 526,975 samples2,034x
SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WDBench 43%, 12,539 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $105Bench 87%, 168,565 samples1,400x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 7,420 samples532x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $115Bench 91%, 49,642 samples481x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 102% - Outstanding Total price: $812

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Poor

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faster ssd are unnecessary

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Go for a samsung 850 evo

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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $370Nvidia GTX 1070 $364Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $75
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $120Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $230Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $105
Intel Core i5-8600K $260Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $105SanDisk Extreme 64GB $43
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $761SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $45Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $110SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12
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