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WDS2 50G2B0A-00SM50 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 74.7% (580th of 1072)

Based on 128 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WDS2 50G2B0A-00SM50
Poor: 50%Average: 74.7% Great: 94%

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Good average bench

The WDC WDS2 50G2B0A-00SM50 250GB averaged 25.2% 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. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 159MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29.3MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDS2 50G2B0A-00SM50 250GB is 44.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WDC WDS2 50G2B0A-00SM50 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 186MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 216MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 128 samples)
Rank 58074.7%
Min Avg Max
317 Read 419 489
141 Write 286 434
139 Mixed 216 286
86.4 SusWrite 186 223
61.6% 277 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.2 4K Read 29.3 38
31 4K Write 65.7 94.9
16.3 4K Mixed 32.7 47.3
121% 42.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
67.2 DQ Read 226 309
59.6 DQ Write 188 270
39.2 DQ Mixed 159 245
132% 191 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
57GB free
Firmware: X611
SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 226 220 218 219 219 MB/s
93.3% Outstanding
Read 489
Write 441
Mixed 291
SusWrite 238
82% 365 MB/s
4K Read 37.1
4K Write 85.4
4K Mixed 46.4
161% 56.3 MB/s
DQ Read 225
DQ Write 190
DQ Mixed 201
152% 205 MB/s
57GB free
Firmware: X611
SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 218 219 220 221 222 MB/s
92.5% Outstanding
Read 493
Write 455
Mixed 284
SusWrite 222
81% 364 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 84.7
4K Mixed 46.9
160% 56.1 MB/s
DQ Read 225
DQ Write 189
DQ Mixed 202
152% 205 MB/s
83GB free
Firmware: 2501
SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 211 212 214 215 215 MB/s
64.9% Good
Read 379
Write 311
Mixed 177
SusWrite 214
60% 270 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 36.9
4K Mixed 24.9
96% 30.3 MB/s
DQ Read 163
DQ Write 173
DQ Mixed 3.5
48% 113 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,647,787 SSDs tested

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Typical WDS2 50G2B0A-00SM50 250GB Builds (Compare 636 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 20%
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Desktop 64%
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Workstation 16%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P - $248

CPU
FX-6300AMD  $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples196x
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples161x
FX-8320AMD  $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples117x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples47x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples41x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples29x
SSD
WDS2 50G2B0A-00SM50 250GBWDCBench 75%, 128 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 43%, 4,751 samples20x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples17x
F3 DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 41%, 3,080 samples11x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 102% - Outstanding Total price: $364

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