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WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB

WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB
BENCHMARKS (8,516)
MKT (0.4%)
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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Effective Speed -128%Effective Speed -128%Average User Bench -123%Read -10%, Write -36%, 4K Read -100%, 4K Write -221%, Mixed -48%, 4K Mixed -225%, SusWrite -221%Peak Lab Bench -105%Read -10%, Write -30%, 4K Read -88%, 4K Write -209%, Mixed -28%, 4K Mixed -206%, SusWrite -162%Value & Sentiment -112%User Rating -67%, Market Share -156%Nice To Haves -297%DQ Read -209%, DQ Write -298%, DQ Mixed -638%, ADQ Read -228%, ADQ Write -344%, ADQ Mixed -680%, Age 190%, AS-SSD Total -172%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 44% (841^st of 1000)

Based on 8,516 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0

Poor: 32%Average: 44% Great: 53%

Popular builds with this SSD

Below average average bench

The WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB averaged 55.9% 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 421MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 17.2MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB is 20.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 93.5MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 68.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8,516 samples)

Rank 84144%

Min	Avg	Max
336	Read 421	460
159	Write 306	375
133	Mixed 241	321
45.9	SusWrite 93.5	150
58.9% 265 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
7.9	4K Read 17.2	22.8
4.8	4K Write 28.8	41.2
5.74	4K Mixed 14.1	19.2
59.4% 20 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30.3	DQ Read 100	119
19.9	DQ Write 68.3	89.6
13.4	DQ Mixed 34.7	44.5
39.3% 67.8 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

ZAF-User, 2 hrs ago.

158GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UJ450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 3.9 5 3.1 4.2 67 MB/s

47.2% Average

Write 348

Mixed 225

SusWrite 43.1

58% 260 MB/s

4K Read 22.9

4K Write 37.8

4K Mixed 18.3

78% 26.3 MB/s

DQ Read 116

DQ Write 68

DQ Mixed 40.6

44% 74.9 MB/s

ROU-User, 2 hrs ago.

95GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UJ450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 7.8 54 5.9 4.1 14 MB/s

46.3% Average

Write 272

Mixed 319

SusWrite 42.5

58% 263 MB/s

4K Read 22.2

4K Write 36

4K Mixed 18.3

76% 25.5 MB/s

DQ Read 109

DQ Write 65.4

DQ Mixed 39.9

42% 71.5 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 hrs ago.

143GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UJ450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 3.7 2.7 49 7.6 2.7 MB/s

45.2% Average

Write 366

Mixed 328

SusWrite 40.6

66% 294 MB/s

4K Read 20.3

4K Write 30.9

4K Mixed 16.9

69% 22.7 MB/s

DQ Read 114

DQ Write 71.3

DQ Mixed 40.1

44% 75.2 MB/s

AUT-User, 1 hr ago.

202GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UJ190000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 112 125 127 140 131 MB/s

42.7% Average

Write 327

Mixed 276

SusWrite 120

63% 283 MB/s

4K Read 14.8

4K Write 25.2

4K Mixed 13.1

53% 17.7 MB/s

DQ Read 115

DQ Write 24.9

DQ Mixed 35.3

35% 58.5 MB/s

RUS-User, 2 hrs ago.

202GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UJ500000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 2.3 49 19 138 112 MB/s

41.6% Average

Write 310

Mixed 6.7

SusWrite 81.6

46% 209 MB/s

4K Read 21.5

4K Write 18.3

4K Mixed 11.1

56% 17 MB/s

DQ Read 40.2

DQ Write 66.7

DQ Mixed 25.5

27% 44.1 MB/s

IND-User, 37 mins ago.

184GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UJ500000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 3.1 3.8 2.7 112 130 MB/s

39.9% Below average

Write 298

Mixed 273

SusWrite 72.1

57% 255 MB/s

4K Read 20.8

4K Write 34.6

4K Mixed 8.7

61% 21.4 MB/s

DQ Read 60.8

DQ Write 69

DQ Mixed 44.6

39% 58.1 MB/s

BRA-User, 1 hr ago.

79GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UJ450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 4 9.6 11 3.8 21 MB/s

32.7% Below average

Write 228

Mixed 246

SusWrite 39.5

49% 220 MB/s

4K Read 8.3

4K Write 31.1

4K Mixed 8.3

40% 15.9 MB/s

DQ Read 105

DQ Write 68.6

DQ Mixed 27.9

37% 67.2 MB/s

IND-User, 40 mins ago.

192GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UJ500000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 43 24 68 129 111 MB/s

28.9% Poor

Write 72.7

Mixed 7

SusWrite 68.1

31% 146 MB/s

4K Read 16.4

4K Write 0.8

4K Mixed 1.3

27% 6.17 MB/s

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Typical WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB Builds (Compare 11,237 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 39%

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Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $62

CPU
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $84Bench 75%, 39,208 samples	2,004x
Ryzen 3 1200AMD $60Bench 69%, 25,690 samples	1,394x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $108Bench 82%, 165,555 samples	1,346x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $145Bench 38%, 354,124 samples	1,904x
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 26,325 samples	975x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $208Bench 70%, 570,243 samples	955x

SSD
WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GBWDCBench 44%, 8,516 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 42%, 22,909 samples	386x
1x8GBAdataBench 38%, 8,055 samples	381x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GBAdataBench 42%, 6,957 samples	279x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $291

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boingk

level
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Good

2 months ago.

A great budget M.2 solution that costs no more than most 240GB SSD's, however be aware that an SSD like Kingston's A400 240GB will perform much better. The M.2 payoff is its small size, making it an ideal addition to HTPC's or small form factor builds.

rxpdesign

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Average

6 months ago.

Decent for the low price

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Age: 15 months

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Intel Core i7-8700K $356	Nvidia GTX 1070 $314	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $92
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $145	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $208	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $99
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $108	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $90	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $651	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $73	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $95	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

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WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB

Average Bench: 44% (841st of 1000)

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Average Bench

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $62

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Average Bench: 44% (841^st of 1000)