WD WDS250G2B0A

Blue 3D 250GB

▲ Blue 3D 250GB
BENCHMARKS (9,467)
MKT (0.1%)
BUILDS
(3)
BUY • $49

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Controller: Marvell 88SS1074. Memory: SanDisk 3D TLC. Release date: Q3 2017.

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Effective Speed -11%Effective Speed -11%Average User Bench -19%Read 0%, Write -15%, 4K Read 2%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed -38%, 4K Mixed -5%, SusWrite -69%Peak Lab Bench -14%Read 2%, Write -0%, 4K Read 6%, 4K Write 1%, Mixed -17%, 4K Mixed 2%, SusWrite -91%Value & Sentiment -66%User Rating -42%, Market Share -356%, Price 103%, Value 29%Nice To Haves +12% DQ Read 4%, DQ Write -8%, DQ Mixed 3%, ADQ Read 7%, ADQ Write -9%, ADQ Mixed 6%, Age 94%, AS-SSD Total 0%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 87% (308^th of 1011)

Based on 9,467 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM50, WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM

Poor: 61%Average: 87% Great: 105%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The WD Blue 3D 250GB averaged just 13.0% 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 231MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 39.5MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 3D 250GB is 44%. 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 186MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 244MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 9,467 samples)

Rank 30887%

Min	Avg	Max
351	Read 460	512
210	Write 354	482
148	Mixed 244	335
103	SusWrite 186	220
69.2% 311 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.9	4K Read 32	41.2
36.8	4K Write 81.5	122
22.6	4K Mixed 39.5	53.1
142% 51 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
138	DQ Read 336	381
109	DQ Write 263	326
59.4	DQ Mixed 231	282
192% 277 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

ECU-User, 58 mins ago.

178GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 195 197 198 204 196 MB/s

101% Outstanding

Write 484

Mixed 359

SusWrite 215

88% 392 MB/s

4K Read 38.3

4K Write 89.5

4K Mixed 47.7

167% 58.5 MB/s

DQ Read 375

DQ Write 328

DQ Mixed 282

230% 328 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

186GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 189 200 196 199 197 MB/s

80.7% Excellent

Write 404

Mixed 210

SusWrite 197

72% 323 MB/s

4K Read 31.4

4K Write 62.8

4K Mixed 28.9

118% 41 MB/s

DQ Read 377

DQ Write 240

DQ Mixed 233

194% 283 MB/s

BEL-User, 4 hrs ago.

90GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 190 160 174 191 152 MB/s

71.5% Very good

Write 414

Mixed 265

SusWrite 184

74% 331 MB/s

4K Read 23.3

4K Write 34.8

4K Mixed 25.8

87% 28 MB/s

DQ Read 380

DQ Write 290

DQ Mixed 278

223% 316 MB/s

BEL-User, 4 hrs ago.

88GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 187 183 182 194 159 MB/s

69.9% Good

Write 279

Mixed 297

SusWrite 190

67% 300 MB/s

4K Read 22.3

4K Write 34.3

4K Mixed 25.9

85% 27.5 MB/s

DQ Read 372

DQ Write 280

DQ Mixed 232

199% 295 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 17,667,530 SSDs tested.

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Typical Blue 3D 250GB Builds (Compare 25,786 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 58%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 67%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $110

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $340Bench 92%, 341,147 samples	8,229x
Core i5-8600KIntel $270Bench 91%, 117,839 samples	5,632x
Core i5-8400Intel $200Bench 79%, 113,059 samples	3,788x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $240Bench 56%, 642,931 samples	3,998x
GTX 1070Nvidia $409Bench 79%, 656,806 samples	2,747x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 100%, 491,016 samples	2,719x

SSD
Blue 3D 250GBWD $49Bench 87%, 9,467 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $70Bench 86%, 236,250 samples	1,859x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 9,847 samples	677x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $73Bench 88%, 75,687 samples	645x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $809

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

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OdinSonSS

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Excellent

16 months ago.

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

fernimix

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Excellent

2 months ago.

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

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Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1660 $220	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $70
Intel Core i5-9600K $225	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $278	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $105
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 $195	Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super) $429	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $203

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $70	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $606	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $64	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

WD WDS250G2B0A

Blue 3D 250GB

Average Bench: 87% (308^th of 1011)

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $110

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WD WDS250G2B0A

Blue 3D 250GB

Average Bench: 87% (308th of 1011)

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

Strengths

Average consistency

Weaknesses

Average Bench

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Prices

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $110

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Average Bench: 87% (308^th of 1011)