WD WDS250G2B0A

Blue 3D 250GB

▲ Blue 3D 250GB
BENCHMARKS (23,658)
MKT (0%)
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BUY • $100

Effective Speed -11%Effective Speed -11%Average Score -20%Read 1%, Write -16%, 4K Read 1%, 4K Write -8%, Mixed -39%, 4K Mixed -7%, SusWrite -70%Peak Score -15%Read 2%, Write -0%, 4K Read 3%, 4K Write -2%, Mixed -19%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite -86%Value & Sentiment -165%User Rating -7%, Market Share -604%, Price -3%, Value -45%Nice To Haves +4% DQ Read 4%, DQ Write -8%, DQ Mixed 2%, ADQ Read 7%, ADQ Write -9%, ADQ Mixed 8%, Age 24%, AS-SSD Total -0%

Average Bench: 86% (389^th of 1071)

Based on 23,658 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM50, WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM

Poor: 62%Average: 86% Great: 105%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The WD Blue 3D 250GB averaged just 13.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Blue 3D 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 234MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 38.8MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 3D 250GB is 42.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Blue 3D 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 181MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 243MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 23,658 samples)

Rank 38986%

Min	Avg	Max
337	Read 456	512
169	Write 340	481
154	Mixed 243	339
88.1	SusWrite 181	223
68% 305 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.3	4K Read 32.1	40.7
36.6	4K Write 79.2	117
20.7	4K Mixed 38.8	52.1
140% 50 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
211	DQ Read 345	380
119	DQ Write 261	328
125	DQ Mixed 234	282
194% 280 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

CAN-User, 3 hrs ago.

89GB free

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 203 205 200 201 200 MB/s

92.9% Outstanding

Write 470

Mixed 220

SusWrite 211

78% 350 MB/s

4K Read 30.1

4K Write 103

4K Mixed 41.1

153% 58.2 MB/s

DQ Read 303

DQ Write 286

DQ Mixed 278

213% 289 MB/s

TUR-User, 10 hrs ago.

55GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 208 143 92 116 91 MB/s

90.3% Outstanding

Write 446

Mixed 273

SusWrite 139

75% 336 MB/s

4K Read 36.7

4K Write 81

4K Mixed 42.8

153% 53.5 MB/s

DQ Read 370

DQ Write 302

DQ Mixed 266

218% 313 MB/s

ITA-User, 7 hrs ago.

71GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 142 135 133 144 99 MB/s

84.7% Excellent

Write 387

Mixed 222

SusWrite 138

69% 310 MB/s

4K Read 35.7

4K Write 89

4K Mixed 39.6

152% 54.8 MB/s

DQ Read 256

DQ Write 197

DQ Mixed 203

158% 218 MB/s

DEU-User, 8 hrs ago.

106GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 200 198 197 200 201 MB/s

76.8% Very good

Write 376

Mixed 179

SusWrite 202

68% 305 MB/s

4K Read 25.3

4K Write 47.6

4K Mixed 30.7

103% 34.5 MB/s

DQ Read 374

DQ Write 255

DQ Mixed 231

195% 287 MB/s

CAN-User, 1 hr ago.

99GB free

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 197 197 198 200 201 MB/s

66.3% Good

Write 331

Mixed 232

SusWrite 205

66% 297 MB/s

4K Read 20.7

4K Write 38.5

4K Mixed 15.3

71% 24.8 MB/s

DQ Read 377

DQ Write 330

DQ Mixed 279

230% 329 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 63,161,146 SSDs tested.

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Gaming 78%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 73%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $109Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	3,988x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $255Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	2,523x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $220Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,250x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $262Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	1,183x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $500Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,031x
RTX 3070Nvidia $568Bench 148%, 562,666 samples	980x

SSD
Blue 3D 250GBWD $100Bench 86%, 23,658 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $49Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,218x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $67Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,212x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $655

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Controller: Marvell 88SS1074. Memory: SanDisk 3D TLC

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OdinSonSS

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Excellent

4 years ago.

excellent drive for 64 bucks I scored 4th overall on WD Blue SSD

fernimix

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Excellent

3 years ago.

Buena velocidad de transferencia, superando al Samsung 850 Evo 250Gb en algunos aspectos

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Intel Core i5-13600K $320	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $460	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i3-12100F $98	Nvidia RTX 3070 $568	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12600K $233	Nvidia RTX 3050 $298	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $50	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $49	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $417	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS250G2B0A

Blue 3D 250GB

Average Bench: 86% (389^th of 1071)

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

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WD WDS250G2B0A

Blue 3D 250GB

Average Bench: 86% (389th of 1071)

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Very good average bench

Strengths

Average consistency

Weaknesses

Average Bench

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

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Average Bench: 86% (389^th of 1071)