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WDC WDS250G1B0C- 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 159% (144th of 1072)

Based on 158 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe WDC WDS250G1B0C-
Poor: 112%Average: 159% Great: 191%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme WDC WDS250G1B0C- 250GB averaged 58.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme WDC WDS250G1B0C- 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 649MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 760MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme WDC WDS250G1B0C- 250GB is 78.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme WDC WDS250G1B0C- 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 370MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 39.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 158 samples)
Rank 144159%
Min Avg Max
571 Read 994 1,252
495 Write 1,016 1,227
452 Mixed 863 1,117
231 SusWrite 370 453
182% 811 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26.3 4K Read 39.9 49
69 4K Write 126 184
39.1 4K Mixed 58.4 73.8
202% 74.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
390 DQ Read 756 859
210 DQ Write 760 1,152
323 DQ Mixed 649 732
518% 722 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
131GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 00WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 297 294 291 292 289 MB/s
128% Outstanding
Read 1072
Write 1183
Mixed 727
SusWrite 298
184% 820 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 64.1
4K Mixed 40.2
130% 44.5 MB/s
DQ Read 684
DQ Write 498
DQ Mixed 556
425% 580 MB/s
28GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 00WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 41 35 32 51 49 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 1,204
Write 57.1
Mixed 110
SusWrite 58.3
75% 357 MB/s
4K Read 37.1
4K Write 61.7
4K Mixed 37.2
136% 45.3 MB/s
DQ Read 863
DQ Write 67
DQ Mixed 565
386% 498 MB/s
80GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 162 130 129 134 136 MB/s
88% Excellent
Read 782
Write 675
Mixed 767
SusWrite 178
134% 600 MB/s
4K Read 36.6
4K Write 11.3
4K Mixed 17.6
84% 21.8 MB/s
DQ Read 845
DQ Write 107
DQ Mixed 82.1
160% 345 MB/s
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Gaming 54%
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Desktop 91%
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Workstation 50%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte H370 AORUS GAMING 3 WIFI - $129

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples401x
Core i5-8400Intel  $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples266x
Core i7-8700KIntel  $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples171x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples157x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples109x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples103x
SSD
WDC WDS250G1B0C- 250GBNvmeBench 159%, 158 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples77x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples65x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples46x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 109% - Outstanding Total price: $489

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