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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 41.7% (936th of 1072)

Based on 495 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WDS240G2G0A-
Poor: 28%Average: 41.7% Great: 54%

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Below average average bench

The WDC WDS240G2G0A- 240GB averaged 58.2% 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 406MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 15.6MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDS240G2G0A- 240GB is 25.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WDC WDS240G2G0A- 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 99.9MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 80.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 495 samples)
Rank 93641.7%
Min Avg Max
308 Read 406 482
104 Write 301 380
100 Mixed 227 314
43.4 SusWrite 99.9 165
57.5% 258 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.36 4K Read 15.6 22.8
6.38 4K Write 28.1 43.4
5.16 4K Mixed 11.5 18.7
53.3% 18.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23 DQ Read 80.7 121
31.9 DQ Write 83.2 129
7.6 DQ Mixed 25.6 44.6
34.8% 63.2 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
172GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 133 140 138 78 127 MB/s
52% Above average
Read 482
Write 398
Mixed 162
SusWrite 129
65% 293 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 37.4
4K Mixed 12.1
68% 23.8 MB/s
DQ Read 119
DQ Write 95.3
DQ Mixed 33.3
45% 82.5 MB/s
56GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 93 60 36 72 35 MB/s
44.8% Average
Read 477
Write 398
Mixed 175
SusWrite 82.5
63% 283 MB/s
4K Read 9.3
4K Write 37.7
4K Mixed 15.9
54% 21 MB/s
DQ Read 114
DQ Write 56.1
DQ Mixed 32.2
38% 67.3 MB/s
25GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 1.4 1.6 8.3 1.7 2 MB/s
44.6% Average
Read 479
Write 382
Mixed 294
SusWrite 34.3
66% 297 MB/s
4K Read 19.7
4K Write 32.4
4K Mixed 16.9
69% 23 MB/s
DQ Read 52.8
DQ Write 58.5
DQ Mixed 41.3
35% 50.9 MB/s
223GB free
Firmware: UF50
SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 155 151 161 155 147 MB/s
36.7% Below average
Read 254
Write 285
Mixed 183
SusWrite 173
50% 224 MB/s
4K Read 9.1
4K Write 25.8
4K Mixed 10.7
41% 15.2 MB/s
DQ Read 53
DQ Write 98.8
DQ Mixed 24.8
33% 58.9 MB/s
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 2.1 3.5 57 24 12 MB/s
36.1% Below average
Read 375
Write 78.3
Mixed 6.7
SusWrite 20.2
26% 120 MB/s
4K Read 17.8
4K Write 27.9
4K Mixed 10.4
55% 18.7 MB/s
DQ Read 121
DQ Write 42.3
DQ Mixed 13.8
28% 59 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,697,619 SSDs tested

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Gaming 30%
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Desktop 72%
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Workstation 40%
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System: HP Z840 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v41stBench 66%, 1,252 samples132x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v31stBench 63%, 2,624 samples117x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 v41stBench 72%, 529 samples99x
GPU
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples150x
Quadro K4200Nvidia  $820Bench 21%, 7,330 samples103x
Quadro K2200Nvidia  $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples94x
SSD
WDS240G2G0A- 240GBWDCBench 42%, 495 samples1x
RAM
M393A2K40BB1-CRC 8x16GBSamsungBench 113%, 218 samples43x
M393A2G40DB0-CPB 8x16GBSamsungBench 112%, 591 samples39x
M393A1G40DB0-CPB 4x8GBSamsungBench 93%, 970 samples39x
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