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 +83% Read 192%, Write 116%, 4K Read 36%, 4K Write 71%, Mixed 152%, 4K Mixed 46%, SusWrite -35%Peak Score +74% Read 194%, Write 92%, 4K Read 27%, 4K Write 79%, Mixed 135%, 4K Mixed 38%, SusWrite -48%Value & Sentiment +19% User Rating -11%, Market Share -122%, Price 102%, Value 108%Nice To Haves +123% DQ Read 86%, DQ Write 159%, DQ Mixed 75%, ADQ Read 103%, ADQ Write 149%, ADQ Mixed 107%, Age 199%, AS-SSD Total 107%

Average Bench: 170% (120^th of 1058)

Based on 11,440 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS250G2B0C-00PXH0, NVMe WDC WDS250G2B0C-

Poor: 121%Average: 170% Great: 200%

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Outstanding average bench

The WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB averaged 70.0% 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 535MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 712MB/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 79.1%. 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 220MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 874MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11,440 samples)

Rank 120170%

Min	Avg	Max
779	Read 1,350	1,488
616	Write 874	931
586	Mixed 908	997
161	SusWrite 220	260
186% 838 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.4	4K Read 46.8	54.8
80.8	4K Write 148	213
41.2	4K Mixed 65.7	80.2
234% 87 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
514	DQ Read 654	684
230	DQ Write 712	927
227	DQ Mixed 535	579
444% 634 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

AUS-User, 3 hrs ago.

197GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 220 220 219 184 210 MB/s

197% Outstanding

Write 916

Mixed 999

SusWrite 235

202% 909 MB/s

4K Read 54.3

4K Write 192

4K Mixed 77.9

284% 108 MB/s

DQ Read 676

DQ Write 921

DQ Mixed 570

494% 723 MB/s

LVA-User, 5 mins ago.

206GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 219 219 220 220 221 MB/s

194% Outstanding

Write 916

Mixed 930

SusWrite 233

197% 891 MB/s

4K Read 51.9

4K Write 186

4K Mixed 77.2

276% 105 MB/s

DQ Read 683

DQ Write 920

DQ Mixed 570

495% 725 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

79GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 197 125 127 118 122 MB/s

174% Outstanding

Write 782

Mixed 960

SusWrite 172

187% 846 MB/s

4K Read 50.3

4K Write 158

4K Mixed 67.9

247% 92 MB/s

DQ Read 678

DQ Write 611

DQ Mixed 548

437% 612 MB/s

TUR-User, 2 hrs ago.

121GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 281 161 157 158 159 MB/s

154% Outstanding

Write 713

Mixed 655

SusWrite 203

143% 646 MB/s

4K Read 47.3

4K Write 136

4K Mixed 65.1

227% 82.6 MB/s

DQ Read 682

DQ Write 715

DQ Mixed 565

462% 654 MB/s

THA-User, 3 hrs ago.

119GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 232 145 136 131 131 MB/s

91.5% Outstanding

Write 341

Mixed 348

SusWrite 173

69% 307 MB/s

4K Read 41.7

4K Write 81.1

4K Mixed 42.2

160% 55 MB/s

DQ Read 405

DQ Write 371

DQ Mixed 514

351% 430 MB/s

AZE-User, 7 hrs ago.

71GB free

Firmware: 211000WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 188 165 155 157 158 MB/s

48.3% Average

Write 765

Mixed 184

SusWrite 167

76% 335 MB/s

4K Read 13

4K Write 83

4K Mixed 20.8

90% 38.9 MB/s

DQ Read 9.4

DQ Write 73.4

DQ Mixed 159

88% 80.7 MB/s

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System: Microelectronics G162

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $297Bench 81%, 541,373 samples	392x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $309Bench 87%, 669,386 samples	4x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $385Bench 99%, 133,354 samples	2x

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RX 580AMD $220Bench 54%, 782,613 samples	325x
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 105%, 363,665 samples	15x
RX 5600-XTAMD $300Bench 88%, 82,341 samples	7x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBWD $61Bench 170%, 11,440 samples	196x

RAM
GKE800UD102408-2666 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 3,564 samples	289x
BL8G26C16U4B.8FD GKE800UD102408-2666 BL8G26C16U4B.8FD GKE800UD102408-2666 32GBUnknownBench 85%, 20 samples	10x
BL16G32C16U4BL.M16FE 2x16GBUnknownBench 95%, 641 samples	7x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $578

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11400F $260	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i7-11700K $380	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $77	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $72	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 1058)

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System: Microelectronics G162

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Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB

Average Bench: 170% (120th of 1058)

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