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WDS2 50G1B0B-00AS 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 59.8% (802nd of 1072)

Based on 7 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WDS2 50G1B0B-00AS
Poor: 57%Average: 59.8% Great: 64%

Average average bench

The WDC WDS2 50G1B0B-00AS 250GB averaged 40.1% 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 109MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 26.6MB/s

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDS2 50G1B0B-00AS 250GB is just 6.79%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the WDC WDS2 50G1B0B-00AS 250GB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 120MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 207MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 7 samples)
Rank 80259.8%
Min Avg Max
329 Read 373 460
217 Write 342 451
225 Mixed 264 284
183 SusWrite 207 236
66.5% 297 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.1 4K Read 20.8 22.8
37.4 4K Write 38.4 39.2
21.8 4K Mixed 26.6 29.2
85.8% 28.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
110 DQ Read 120 127
42.5 DQ Write 122 155
37.7 DQ Mixed 109 134
85.4% 117 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
107GB free
Firmware: X411
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 206 190 191 190 191 MB/s
60.6% Good
Read 460
Write 451
Mixed 282
SusWrite 192
78% 346 MB/s
4K Read 22.1
4K Write 38.6
4K Mixed 25.7
87% 28.8 MB/s
DQ Read 110
DQ Write 42.5
DQ Mixed 37.7
38% 63.3 MB/s
119GB free
Firmware: X411
SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 166 185 182 183 146 MB/s
58.2% Above average
Read 357
Write 217
Mixed 252
SusWrite 183
56% 252 MB/s
4K Read 17.1
4K Write 38.8
4K Mixed 28.6
83% 28.2 MB/s
DQ Read 127
DQ Write 155
DQ Mixed 127
100% 136 MB/s
215GB free
Firmware: X411
SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 203 201 200 200 200 MB/s
57.9% Above average
Read 372
Write 385
Mixed 270
SusWrite 206
69% 308 MB/s
4K Read 21.5
4K Write 37.4
4K Mixed 21.8
80% 26.9 MB/s
DQ Read 117
DQ Write 144
DQ Mixed 126
96% 129 MB/s
217GB free
Firmware: X411
SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 202 199 197 196 198 MB/s
57.3% Above average
Read 329
Write 230
Mixed 225
SusWrite 203
55% 247 MB/s
4K Read 17.8
4K Write 39.2
4K Mixed 29.2
85% 28.7 MB/s
DQ Read 125
DQ Write 81.8
DQ Mixed 82.3
67% 96.4 MB/s

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