WD WDS250G2B0C

Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB

Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250...
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Effective Speed +73% Effective Speed 73%Average Score +82% Read 185%, Write 114%, 4K Read 38%, 4K Write 73%, Mixed 148%, 4K Mixed 47%, SusWrite -34%Peak Score +72% Read 194%, Write 92%, 4K Read 27%, 4K Write 69%, Mixed 135%, 4K Mixed 36%, SusWrite -49%Value & Sentiment +6% User Rating -13%, Market Share -172%, Price 102%, Value 107%Nice To Haves +130% DQ Read 86%, DQ Write 159%, DQ Mixed 76%, ADQ Read 104%, ADQ Write 152%, ADQ Mixed 108%, Age 250%, AS-SSD Total 106%

Average Bench: 170% (120^th of 1057)

Based on 9,424 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS250G2B0C-00PXH0, NVMe WDC WDS250G2B0C-

Poor: 119%Average: 170% Great: 198%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB averaged 69.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 540MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 721MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB is 79.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 224MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 867MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 9,424 samples)

Rank 120170%

Min	Avg	Max
827	Read 1,319	1488
633	Write 867	930
607	Mixed 893	994
172	SusWrite 224	259
183% 826 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.8	4K Read 47.2	54.4
82.6	4K Write 149	202
40.7	4K Mixed 66.1	79
235% 87.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
512	DQ Read 658	685
262	DQ Write 721	926
238	DQ Mixed 540	581
448% 640 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

MLT-User, 1 hr ago.

97GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 214 165 166 166 166 MB/s

178% Outstanding

Write 903

Mixed 827

SusWrite 212

182% 821 MB/s

4K Read 41.5

4K Write 166

4K Mixed 73.5

245% 93.5 MB/s

DQ Read 678

DQ Write 908

DQ Mixed 577

496% 721 MB/s

GBR-User, 7 hrs ago.

90GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 206 135 130 133 137 MB/s

175% Outstanding

Write 891

Mixed 959

SusWrite 182

192% 864 MB/s

4K Read 46.5

4K Write 157

4K Mixed 63.2

235% 89 MB/s

DQ Read 681

DQ Write 892

DQ Mixed 550

481% 708 MB/s

CAN-User, 16 mins ago.

132GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 204 160 156 157 157 MB/s

164% Outstanding

Write 902

Mixed 946

SusWrite 203

194% 877 MB/s

4K Read 47.6

4K Write 127

4K Mixed 58.6

215% 77.9 MB/s

DQ Read 681

DQ Write 564

DQ Mixed 364

343% 537 MB/s

IRN-User, 1 hr ago.

128GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 222 223 210 197 183 MB/s

161% Outstanding

Write 703

Mixed 694

SusWrite 238

161% 726 MB/s

4K Read 48.8

4K Write 138

4K Mixed 61.5

226% 82.6 MB/s

DQ Read 675

DQ Write 512

DQ Mixed 547

422% 578 MB/s

ARG-User, 2 mins ago.

154GB free

Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 215 215 216 216 217 MB/s

153% Outstanding

Write 884

Mixed 899

SusWrite 255

191% 860 MB/s

4K Read 39.9

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 49.5

179% 64.4 MB/s

DQ Read 641

DQ Write 530

DQ Mixed 546

420% 572 MB/s

GBR-User, 6 hrs ago.

150GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 211 217 213 217 215 MB/s

147% Outstanding

Write 919

Mixed 836

SusWrite 239

176% 792 MB/s

4K Read 40.6

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 59.1

202% 74 MB/s

DQ Read 531

DQ Write 470

DQ Mixed 476

364% 492 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 hr ago.

142GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 270 161 163 162 166 MB/s

134% Outstanding

Write 617

Mixed 556

SusWrite 200

115% 513 MB/s

4K Read 49.8

4K Write 124

4K Mixed 62.7

221% 78.7 MB/s

DQ Read 688

DQ Write 473

DQ Mixed 563

425% 575 MB/s

TUR-User, 49 mins ago.

96GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 207 151 155 167 166 MB/s

110% Outstanding

Write 793

Mixed 625

SusWrite 201

144% 645 MB/s

4K Read 42.7

4K Write 120

4K Mixed 42.7

183% 68.5 MB/s

DQ Read 43.5

DQ Write 107

DQ Mixed 59.4

50% 70.1 MB/s

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System: Microelectronics G162

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $294Bench 81%, 479,643 samples	363x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $306Bench 86%, 524,055 samples	4x
Ryzen 5 3400GAMD $150Bench 72%, 63,753 samples	1x

GPU
RX 580AMD $220Bench 54%, 692,956 samples	307x
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 105%, 350,696 samples	15x
RTX 2060S (Super)Nvidia $480Bench 98%, 228,538 samples	5x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBWD $56Bench 170%, 9,424 samples	183x

RAM
GKE800UD102408-2666 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 3,035 samples	270x
BL8G26C16U4B.8FD GKE800UD102408-2666 BL8G26C16U4B.8FD GKE800UD102408-2666 32GBUnknownBench 86%, 18 samples	9x
BL16G32C16U4BL.M16FE 2x16GBUnknownBench 95%, 558 samples	7x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $570

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Intel Core i5-11400F $220	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-11600K $259	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-11700K $380	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $95	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS250G2B0C

Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB

Average Bench: 170% (120^th of 1057)

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Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB

Average Bench: 170% (120th of 1057)

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