WD WDS240G2G0A

Green 240GB (2018)

Green 240GB (2018)
BENCHMARKS (24,052)
MKT (0.8%)
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BUY • $40

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

120GB 240GB 480GB

Effective Speed -133%Effective Speed -133%Average User Bench -129%Read -11%, Write -41%, 4K Read -103%, 4K Write -228%, Mixed -56%, 4K Mixed -218%, SusWrite -245%Peak Lab Bench -108%Read -11%, Write -31%, 4K Read -95%, 4K Write -200%, Mixed -29%, 4K Mixed -209%, SusWrite -179%Value & Sentiment +22% User Rating -62%, Market Share -31%, Price 228%, Value -46%Nice To Haves -312%DQ Read -220%, DQ Write -297%, DQ Mixed -658%, ADQ Read -232%, ADQ Write -349%, ADQ Mixed -700%, Age 137%, AS-SSD Total -177%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 44.8% (840^th of 1003)

Based on 24,052 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WDS240G2G0A-00JH30

Poor: 34%Average: 44.8% Great: 54%

Popular builds with this SSD

Below average average bench

The WD Green 240GB (2018) averaged 55.1% 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 18MB/s

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 240GB (2018) is just 19.7%. 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 92.1MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 67.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 24,052 samples)

Rank 84044.8%

Min	Avg	Max
337	Read 422	460
131	Write 298	374
90.9	Mixed 234	323
44.3	SusWrite 92.1	150
58% 261 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.3	4K Read 18	23.1
7.09	4K Write 28.8	42.4
8.7	4K Mixed 15.3	19.7
62.1% 20.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.3	DQ Read 101	120
19.8	DQ Write 67.6	91.1
13.8	DQ Mixed 34.3	44.3
39% 67.5 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

CAN-User, 1 min ago.

171GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF500000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 85 36 68 130 100 MB/s

48.9% Average

Write 274

Mixed 224

SusWrite 104

57% 257 MB/s

4K Read 19.6

4K Write 36

4K Mixed 16.2

70% 23.9 MB/s

DQ Read 117

DQ Write 91.7

DQ Mixed 44.7

50% 84.3 MB/s

VNM-User, 37 mins ago.

134GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 1.7 27 52 28 94 MB/s

46.1% Average

Write 340

Mixed 201

SusWrite 65.7

57% 256 MB/s

4K Read 21.2

4K Write 39.3

4K Mixed 17.3

75% 25.9 MB/s

DQ Read 103

DQ Write 20.2

DQ Mixed 40.1

35% 54.6 MB/s

USA-User, 43 mins ago.

120GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 2.8 42 31 75 30 MB/s

42.8% Average

Write 347

Mixed 93.5

SusWrite 70.3

53% 241 MB/s

4K Read 19

4K Write 23.8

4K Mixed 10.5

55% 17.8 MB/s

DQ Read 110

DQ Write 80.3

DQ Mixed 29.1

40% 73.3 MB/s

AUS-User, 13 mins ago.

181GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 19 50 49 105 99 MB/s

41.8% Average

Write 321

Mixed 258

SusWrite 82

60% 268 MB/s

4K Read 21.1

4K Write 37.8

4K Mixed 9.3

64% 22.7 MB/s

DQ Read 23.6

DQ Write 64.8

DQ Mixed 41

32% 43.1 MB/s

USA-User, 33 mins ago.

193GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF500000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 1.5 7.5 12 79 162 MB/s

40.7% Average

Write 295

Mixed 275

SusWrite 72.1

58% 262 MB/s

4K Read 13.6

4K Write 21.4

4K Mixed 15.6

52% 16.9 MB/s

DQ Read 107

DQ Write 70.6

DQ Mixed 43.4

45% 73.5 MB/s

COL-User, 56 mins ago.

101GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF360000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 55 7.5 76 62 42 MB/s

36.1% Below average

Write 149

Mixed 205

SusWrite 47.7

42% 190 MB/s

4K Read 17.7

4K Write 14.8

4K Mixed 17.7

57% 16.7 MB/s

DQ Read 19.6

DQ Write 24.6

DQ Mixed 20.4

16% 21.5 MB/s

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 74%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $168

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $350Bench 107%, 328,671 samples	7,546x
Core i5-8600KIntel $260Bench 102%, 116,390 samples	5,206x
Core i5-8400Intel $199Bench 89%, 103,557 samples	3,489x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $250Bench 70%, 635,304 samples	3,700x
GTX 1070Nvidia $400Bench 97%, 637,429 samples	2,521x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 120%, 529,146 samples	2,505x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $40Bench 45%, 24,052 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 87%, 230,653 samples	1,696x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 8,486 samples	619x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $70Bench 88%, 62,591 samples	581x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $876

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $350	Nvidia GTX 1070 $400	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $127	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $250	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $103
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X $248	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $709	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $70	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $606	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $78	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

WD WDS240G2G0A

Green 240GB (2018)

Average Bench: 44.8% (840^th of 1003)

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WD WDS240G2G0A

Green 240GB (2018)

Average Bench: 44.8% (840th of 1003)

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $168

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