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WD WDS250G2B0A

Blue 3D 250GB

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

Average Bench: 86.2% (368th of 1058)

Based on 16,424 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM50, WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM
Poor: 64%Average: 86.2% Great: 105%

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Very good average bench

The WD Blue 3D 250GB averaged just 13.7% 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

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 3D 250GB is 40.8%. 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 184MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 246MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 16,424 samples)
Rank 36886.2%
Min Avg Max
352 Read 465 513
196 Write 349 481
163 Mixed 246 342
95.9 SusWrite 184 221
69.3% 311 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.1 4K Read 32 40.6
36.8 4K Write 77.6 115
22.5 4K Mixed 38.8 52.2
139% 49.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
202 DQ Read 344 380
104 DQ Write 258 327
100 DQ Mixed 234 282
193% 279 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
186GB free
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 205 203 204 204 202 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 507
Write 481
Mixed 338
SusWrite 224
87% 388 MB/s
4K Read 39.9
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 51.7
189% 69.7 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 329
DQ Mixed 279
230% 329 MB/s
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61130WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 206 206 213 208 208 MB/s
61% Good
Read 434
Write 274
Mixed 190
SusWrite 201
61% 275 MB/s
4K Read 22
4K Write 42.3
4K Mixed 27.4
91% 30.6 MB/s
DQ Read 33.9
DQ Write 98.4
DQ Mixed 43.8
40% 58.7 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 41,899,936 SSDs tested.

 Prices

MSRP ≈ $80 @ launch in Jul '17
AmazonUS $477 days
OutletPCUS $507 months
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Typical Blue 3D 250GB Builds (Compare 79,137 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 101%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 96%
Nuclear submarine

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $234Bench 84%, 753,232 samples19,489x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $310Bench 81%, 440,449 samples12,230x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $305Bench 87%, 506,214 samples10,343x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 118%, 432,191 samples6,337x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 105%, 313,119 samples5,926x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $338Bench 89%, 366,438 samples5,638x
SSD
Blue 3D 250GBWD  $47Bench 86%, 16,424 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $120Bench 83%, 223,106 samples6,580x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 85%, 429,937 samples6,351x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $73Bench 82%, 440,698 samples4,359x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $1,046

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

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Excellent

2 years ago.

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

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Excellent

21 months ago.

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

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Intel Core i5-11400F $180Nvidia RTX 3070 $500Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-11600K $265Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10600K $215Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $38Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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