WD WDS240G2G0A

Green 240GB (2018)

Green 240GB (2018)
BENCHMARKS (41,125)
MKT (0.8%)
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BUY • $38

Effective Speed -114%Effective Speed -114%Average User Bench -108%Read -8%, Write -31%, 4K Read -83%, 4K Write -178%, Mixed -46%, 4K Mixed -207%, SusWrite -200%Peak Lab Bench -93%Read -9%, Write -26%, 4K Read -80%, 4K Write -180%, Mixed -26%, 4K Mixed -188%, SusWrite -143%Value & Sentiment +51% User Rating -36%, Market Share 31%, Price 229%, Value -22%Nice To Haves -292%DQ Read -205%, DQ Write -262%, DQ Mixed -616%, ADQ Read -205%, ADQ Write -305%, ADQ Mixed -679%, Age 96%, AS-SSD Total -161%

Average Bench: 46.2% (853^rd of 1016)

Based on 41,125 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WDS240G2G0A-00JH30

Poor: 36%Average: 46.2% Great: 55%

Popular builds with this SSD

Below average average bench

The WD Green 240GB (2018) averaged 53.8% 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 424MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.5MB/s

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 240GB (2018) is just 19.9%. 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 100MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 71.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 41,125 samples)

Rank 85346.2%

Min	Avg	Max
334	Read 424	461
140	Write 314	385
132	Mixed 245	328
42.5	SusWrite 100	161
60.2% 271 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.5	4K Read 18.5	23.1
15	4K Write 32.2	44.2
6.72	4K Mixed 14.7	19.8
63.9% 21.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
25.1	DQ Read 103	120
23.5	DQ Write 71.4	98.8
11.4	DQ Mixed 32.3	44.3
38.9% 68.8 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 1 hr ago.

122GB free

Firmware: UF450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 107 140 141 147 147 MB/s

50% Above average

Write 277

Mixed 204

SusWrite 160

60% 273 MB/s

4K Read 17.5

4K Write 27

4K Mixed 14.8

60% 19.8 MB/s

DQ Read 118

DQ Write 67.9

DQ Mixed 40.3

44% 75.2 MB/s

NLD-User, 53 mins ago.

153GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF220400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 122 134 135 110 119 MB/s

46.8% Average

Write 351

Mixed 179

SusWrite 150

61% 272 MB/s

4K Read 19.4

4K Write 37.6

4K Mixed 7.3

59% 21.4 MB/s

DQ Read 116

DQ Write 91.5

DQ Mixed 32.4

44% 80.1 MB/s

PER-User, 1 min ago.

34GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 1.5 2.4 24 184 56 MB/s

43.7% Average

Write 375

Mixed 329

SusWrite 73.8

68% 305 MB/s

4K Read 13.2

4K Write 25.9

4K Mixed 16.9

55% 18.7 MB/s

DQ Read 119

DQ Write 67

DQ Mixed 27.7

38% 71.1 MB/s

DEU-User, 52 mins ago.

74GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 8.1 3.1 16 66 135 MB/s

43.1% Average

Write 361

Mixed 212

SusWrite 67.6

59% 265 MB/s

4K Read 17.5

4K Write 25.1

4K Mixed 17.2

62% 19.9 MB/s

DQ Read 77.7

DQ Write 65.3

DQ Mixed 41.1

39% 61.4 MB/s

COL-User, 53 mins ago.

68GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 46 58 2 53 38 MB/s

41.9% Average

Write 222

Mixed 141

SusWrite 75

47% 216 MB/s

4K Read 16.7

4K Write 25.1

4K Mixed 14.2

57% 18.7 MB/s

DQ Read 98.1

DQ Write 40

DQ Mixed 12.6

24% 50.2 MB/s

COL-User, 1 hr ago.

68GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UF450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 36 1.3 1.5 8.3 28 MB/s

33.1% Below average

Write 287

Mixed 196

SusWrite 42.2

50% 223 MB/s

4K Read 11.7

4K Write 16.8

4K Mixed 14.3

45% 14.3 MB/s

DQ Read 52

DQ Write 24.2

DQ Mixed 40.5

29% 38.9 MB/s

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 62%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $105

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $355Bench 93%, 383,533 samples	9,636x
Core i5-8600KIntel $245Bench 91%, 141,514 samples	6,561x
Core i5-8400Intel $200Bench 79%, 133,331 samples	4,363x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $277Bench 57%, 752,023 samples	4,571x
GTX 1070Nvidia $346Bench 79%, 759,017 samples	3,209x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 104%, 564,777 samples	3,173x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $38Bench 46%, 41,125 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 83%, 266,645 samples	2,160x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 10,177 samples	777x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $70Bench 87%, 97,491 samples	742x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $838

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $155	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $43
Intel Core i5-9600K $218	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $370	Nvidia RTX 2060 $340	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $204

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $42	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $643	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS240G2G0A

Green 240GB (2018)

Average Bench: 46.2% (853^rd of 1016)

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $105

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WD WDS240G2G0A

Green 240GB (2018)

Average Bench: 46.2% (853rd of 1016)

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