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WD WDS240G2G0A

Green 240GB (2018)

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 46.7% (867th of 1034)

Based on 84,519 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WDS240G2G0A-00JH30
Poor: 35%Average: 46.7% Great: 56%

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Below average average bench

The WD Green 240GB (2018) averaged 53.2% 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 426MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.7MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 240GB (2018) is 20.6%. 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 107MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 76MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 84,519 samples)
Rank 86746.7%
Min Avg Max
344 Read 426 459
187 Write 332 387
144 Mixed 255 328
46.1 SusWrite 107 167
62.3% 280 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.1 4K Read 18.7 23.5
15.9 4K Write 33.6 45.4
6.4 4K Mixed 14 19.6
64.2% 22.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27.3 DQ Read 102 120
24.3 DQ Write 76 103
10.6 DQ Mixed 31.4 44.3
39.2% 70 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
22GB free
Firmware: UF510000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 70 108 115 118 116 MB/s
53.8% Above average
Read 448
Write 327
Mixed 294
SusWrite 130
67% 300 MB/s
4K Read 19.5
4K Write 40.4
4K Mixed 19.7
76% 26.5 MB/s
DQ Read 113
DQ Write 95.1
DQ Mixed 43.9
49% 84.1 MB/s
80GB free
Firmware: UF360000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 121 115 88 87 50 MB/s
49.7% Average
Read 405
Write 251
Mixed 268
SusWrite 94.8
56% 255 MB/s
4K Read 21.5
4K Write 39.7
4K Mixed 19.1
78% 26.8 MB/s
DQ Read 116
DQ Write 63.5
DQ Mixed 33.2
40% 70.9 MB/s
158GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF450000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 2.6 3.5 19 197 59 MB/s
48.4% Average
Read 453
Write 233
Mixed 322
SusWrite 79.4
60% 272 MB/s
4K Read 21.1
4K Write 30.9
4K Mixed 16.3
69% 22.8 MB/s
DQ Read 117
DQ Write 87.6
DQ Mixed 27.4
41% 77.3 MB/s
173GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF430400
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 113 139 134 135 106 MB/s
48% Average
Read 439
Write 334
Mixed 292
SusWrite 131
67% 299 MB/s
4K Read 21.8
4K Write 42.7
4K Mixed 6.2
64% 23.6 MB/s
DQ Read 120
DQ Write 90.9
DQ Mixed 18.9
38% 76.8 MB/s
134GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF500000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 163 80 61 38 76 MB/s
42.8% Average
Read 390
Write 279
Mixed 261
SusWrite 75.4
56% 251 MB/s
4K Read 18
4K Write 23.4
4K Mixed 15.4
59% 18.9 MB/s
DQ Read 116
DQ Write 84.4
DQ Mixed 36.7
45% 79 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 31,533,658 SSDs tested.

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Typical Green 240GB (2018) Builds (Compare 2,663 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 55%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 46%
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System: Cyberpowerpc C SERIES

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel  $140Bench 87%, 131,661 samples1,450x
Core i7-8700Intel  $298Bench 90%, 205,433 samples441x
Core i7-9700FIntel  $260Bench 94%, 16,660 samples188x
GPU
GTX 1660Nvidia  $210Bench 63%, 90,618 samples982x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $230Bench 70%, 95,075 samples256x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $267Bench 57%, 1,036,779 samples248x
SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD  $34Bench 47%, 84,519 samples852x
RAM
DDR4 3000 1x8GBUnknownBench 43%, 1,154 samples242x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 10,031 samples192x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 1x8GBUnknownBench 47%, 3,081 samples139x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $384

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