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WD WDS250G2X0C

Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 193% (113th of 1080)

Based on 8,648 user benchmarks.  Models: WDS250G2X0C-00L350, NVMe WDS250G2X0C-00L3
Poor: 141%Average: 193% Great: 228%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018) averaged 92.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 711MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 813MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018) is 87.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 414MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 44.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8,648 samples)
Rank 113193%
Min Avg Max
881 Read 1,556 1,733
699 Write 1,372 1,536
619 Mixed 1,229 1,366
304 SusWrite 414 476
255% 1,143 MB/s
Min Avg Max
29.9 4K Read 44.5 50.6
76.4 4K Write 145 223
42 4K Mixed 62.8 78
225% 84.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
475 DQ Read 814 860
291 DQ Write 813 1,257
323 DQ Mixed 711 803
562% 779 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
155GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 547 442 441 443 443 444 MB/s
240% Outstanding
Read 1724
Write 1,532
Mixed 1,350
SusWrite 460
283% 1,266 MB/s
4K Read 52.5
4K Write 242
4K Mixed 82.3
313% 126 MB/s
DQ Read 854
DQ Write 1,257
DQ Mixed 797
676% 970 MB/s
107GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 447 375 387 372 357 MB/s
208% Outstanding
Read 1694
Write 1,535
Mixed 1,348
SusWrite 403
278% 1,245 MB/s
4K Read 47.1
4K Write 168
4K Mixed 69.7
250% 95.1 MB/s
DQ Read 852
DQ Write 894
DQ Mixed 792
618% 846 MB/s
188GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 322 286 380 343 209 MB/s
93.6% Outstanding
Read 737
Write 545
Mixed 693
SusWrite 319
128% 574 MB/s
4K Read 22.7
4K Write 42.6
4K Mixed 29
94% 31.4 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 307
DQ Mixed 292
233% 326 MB/s
184GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 312 406 378 396 387 MB/s
80% Excellent
Read 403
Write 368
Mixed 374
SusWrite 373
86% 380 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 37.1
4K Mixed 25.2
84% 27.7 MB/s
DQ Read 505
DQ Write 175
DQ Mixed 251
209% 310 MB/s
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Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $80Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,097x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $190Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,240x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $177Bench 86%, 635,419 samples3,010x
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RTX 2060Nvidia  $234Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,535x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,342x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $460Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,332x
SSD
Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)WD  $59Bench 193%, 8,648 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,578x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,548x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples966x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $568

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