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WD WDS250G2B0A

Blue 3D 250GB

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

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Average Bench: 87.5% (278th of 992)

Based on 6,483 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM50, WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM
Poor: 63%Average: 87.5% Great: 106%

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Very good average bench

The WD Blue 3D 250GB averaged just 12.5% 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 39.5MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 3D 250GB is 42.2%. 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 192MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 245MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,483 samples)
Rank 27887.5%
Min Avg Max
353 Read 462 513
205 Write 359 484
162 Mixed 245 337
124 SusWrite 192 218
70% 314 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.2 4K Read 32 41
42.3 4K Write 81.5 122
22.4 4K Mixed 39.5 52.1
142% 51 MB/s
Min Avg Max
39.7 DQ Read 336 380
105 DQ Write 267 326
47 DQ Mixed 234 280
194% 279 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
211GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 192 190 188 186 188 MB/s
99.3% Outstanding
Read 507
Write 475
Mixed 275
SusWrite 197
81% 364 MB/s
4K Read 39.1
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 45.7
171% 61.6 MB/s
DQ Read 372
DQ Write 283
DQ Mixed 279
222% 311 MB/s
206GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61130WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 193 199 203 200 204 MB/s
90.7% Outstanding
Read 490
Write 328
Mixed 212
SusWrite 204
68% 309 MB/s
4K Read 32.7
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 34.4
147% 55.8 MB/s
DQ Read 372
DQ Write 274
DQ Mixed 220
193% 289 MB/s
134GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 201 197 204 202 205 MB/s
66.5% Good
Read 432
Write 148
Mixed 184
SusWrite 201
53% 241 MB/s
4K Read 19.2
4K Write 31.2
4K Mixed 22.5
74% 24.3 MB/s
DQ Read 356
DQ Write 263
DQ Mixed 262
209% 294 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 13,031,166 SSDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $80 @ launch in Jul '17
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Typical Blue 3D 250GB Builds (Compare 19,106 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $107

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $370Bench 108%, 243,467 samples6,285x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $260Bench 102%, 87,972 samples4,409x
Core i5-8400Intel  $199Bench 89%, 77,760 samples2,903x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $230Bench 70%, 550,267 samples3,125x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 124%, 407,741 samples2,091x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $370Bench 98%, 526,975 samples2,042x
SSD
Blue 3D 250GBWD  $45Bench 87%, 6,483 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $105Bench 87%, 171,284 samples1,413x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 7,420 samples533x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $115Bench 92%, 48,254 samples482x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 105% - Outstanding Total price: $857

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

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Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

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Excellent

10 months ago.

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

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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $370Nvidia GTX 1070 $370Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $75
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $122Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $230Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $105
Intel Core i5-8600K $260Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97
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Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $716SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $43Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $110SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12
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