WD WDS250G2B0A

Blue 3D 250GB

▲ Blue 3D 250GB
BENCHMARKS (18,236)
MKT (0%)
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BUY • $57

Effective Speed -11%Effective Speed -11%Average Score -19%Read 0%, Write -16%, 4K Read 2%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed -38%, 4K Mixed -6%, SusWrite -67%Peak Score -14%Read 2%, Write 0%, 4K Read 4%, 4K Write -1%, Mixed -16%, 4K Mixed -1%, SusWrite -84%Value & Sentiment -123%User Rating -10%, Market Share -583%, Price 81%, Value 20%Nice To Haves +4% DQ Read 4%, DQ Write -8%, DQ Mixed 3%, ADQ Read 6%, ADQ Write -10%, ADQ Mixed 7%, Age 32%, AS-SSD Total 0%

Average Bench: 86.3% (370^th of 1058)

Based on 18,236 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM50, WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM

Poor: 61%Average: 86.3% Great: 106%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The WD Blue 3D 250GB averaged just 13.6% 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 229MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 39.3MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 3D 250GB is 44.1%. 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 245MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 18,236 samples)

Rank 37086.3%

Min	Avg	Max
337	Read 458	513
178	Write 343	482
154	Mixed 245	344
102	SusWrite 184	224
68.5% 308 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.5	4K Read 32.4	40.9
41.6	4K Write 79.6	116
22.4	4K Mixed 39.3	52.5
142% 50.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
163	DQ Read 336	381
106	DQ Write 254	327
76.3	DQ Mixed 229	283
189% 273 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

JPN-User, 6 hrs ago.

214GB free

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 203 202 201 204 200 MB/s

110% Outstanding

Write 491

Mixed 353

SusWrite 222

89% 396 MB/s

4K Read 41.3

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 53.6

194% 71.1 MB/s

DQ Read 380

DQ Write 329

DQ Mixed 282

231% 331 MB/s

FRA-User, 1 hr ago.

93GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 205 201 195 201 206 MB/s

88.6% Excellent

Write 402

Mixed 281

SusWrite 206

75% 337 MB/s

4K Read 34.8

4K Write 76.7

4K Mixed 44.1

150% 51.9 MB/s

DQ Read 267

DQ Write 228

DQ Mixed 231

178% 242 MB/s

KOR-User, 4 hrs ago.

93GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 191 200 201 216 216 MB/s

78.1% Very good

Write 350

Mixed 243

SusWrite 208

66% 294 MB/s

4K Read 27.6

4K Write 56.2

4K Mixed 34.7

116% 39.5 MB/s

DQ Read 377

DQ Write 265

DQ Mixed 257

209% 300 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 45,556,901 SSDs tested.

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Gaming 101%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 95%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $270Bench 84%, 967,485 samples	21,916x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $310Bench 81%, 498,192 samples	13,633x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $270Bench 87%, 612,274 samples	11,758x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 118%, 475,163 samples	6,927x
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 105%, 368,187 samples	6,461x
RTX 2060Nvidia $390Bench 88%, 438,836 samples	6,363x

SSD
Blue 3D 250GBWD $57Bench 86%, 18,236 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $98Bench 85%, 245,225 samples	7,381x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 437,643 samples	6,977x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $80Bench 83%, 500,937 samples	4,800x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $1,070

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

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OdinSonSS

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Excellent

3 years ago.

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

fernimix

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Excellent

2 years ago.

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

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Intel Core i5-11600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11400F $260	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	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) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS250G2B0A

Blue 3D 250GB

Average Bench: 86.3% (370^th of 1058)

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

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WD WDS250G2B0A

Blue 3D 250GB

Average Bench: 86.3% (370th of 1058)

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Very good average bench

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Average consistency

Weaknesses

Average Bench

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

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Average Bench: 86.3% (370^th of 1058)