WD WDS250G2B0A

Blue 3D 250GB

▲ Blue 3D 250GB
BENCHMARKS (8,900)
MKT (0.1%)
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BUY • $50

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

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Effective Speed -13%Effective Speed -13%Average User Bench -21%Read -0%, Write -18%, 4K Read -1%, 4K Write -12%, Mixed -42%, 4K Mixed -8%, SusWrite -66%Peak Lab Bench -16%Read 2%, Write -1%, 4K Read 4%, 4K Write -4%, Mixed -17%, 4K Mixed -1%, SusWrite -95%Value & Sentiment -95%User Rating -46%, Market Share -423%, Price 71%, Value 18%Nice To Haves +12% DQ Read 4%, DQ Write -8%, DQ Mixed 2%, ADQ Read 5%, ADQ Write -11%, ADQ Mixed 6%, Age 101%, AS-SSD Total -0%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 85.4% (325^th of 1003)

Based on 8,900 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM50, WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM

Poor: 60%Average: 85.4% Great: 105%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The WD Blue 3D 250GB averaged just 14.5% 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 230MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 38.6MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 3D 250GB is 44.7%. 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 187MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 238MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8,900 samples)

Rank 32585.4%

Min	Avg	Max
350	Read 456	510
183	Write 343	478
145	Mixed 238	335
92.4	SusWrite 187	216
68.2% 306 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.9	4K Read 31.4	40.5
40.3	4K Write 78.9	117
20.9	4K Mixed 38.6	52.1
139% 49.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
37	DQ Read 329	381
98.3	DQ Write 259	326
51.5	DQ Mixed 230	279
189% 272 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 48 mins ago.

74GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61130WD

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

101% Outstanding

Write 300

Mixed 234

SusWrite 198

68% 305 MB/s

4K Read 38.6

4K Write 102

4K Mixed 49.3

176% 63.4 MB/s

DQ Read 362

DQ Write 289

DQ Mixed 243

204% 298 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

47GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 119 124 86 131 66 MB/s

88.3% Excellent

Write 324

Mixed 247

SusWrite 114

65% 294 MB/s

4K Read 36.4

4K Write 97.8

4K Mixed 36.1

153% 56.8 MB/s

DQ Read 370

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 262

219% 318 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

167GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 196 205 204 200 201 MB/s

84.4% Excellent

Write 315

Mixed 216

SusWrite 202

68% 307 MB/s

4K Read 23.3

4K Write 63.9

4K Mixed 38.6

119% 41.9 MB/s

DQ Read 377

DQ Write 289

DQ Mixed 232

201% 299 MB/s

USA-User, 5 hrs ago.

203GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 212 210 209 208 205 MB/s

79.7% Very good

Write 438

Mixed 314

SusWrite 216

80% 360 MB/s

4K Read 27.2

4K Write 47

4K Mixed 31.7

107% 35.3 MB/s

DQ Read 369

DQ Write 285

DQ Mixed 275

220% 310 MB/s

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Gaming 72%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $168

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $350Bench 107%, 328,671 samples	7,546x
Core i5-8600KIntel $260Bench 102%, 116,390 samples	5,206x
Core i5-8400Intel $199Bench 89%, 103,557 samples	3,489x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $250Bench 70%, 635,304 samples	3,700x
GTX 1070Nvidia $400Bench 97%, 637,429 samples	2,521x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 120%, 529,146 samples	2,505x

SSD
Blue 3D 250GBWD $50Bench 85%, 8,900 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 87%, 230,653 samples	1,696x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 8,486 samples	619x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $70Bench 88%, 62,591 samples	581x

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Value: 108% - Outstanding

Total price: $886

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

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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

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OdinSonSS

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Excellent

14 months ago.

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

fernimix

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Excellent

5 days ago.

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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $350	Nvidia GTX 1070 $400	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $127	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $250	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $103
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X $248	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $709	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $70	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $606	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $78	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

WD WDS250G2B0A

Blue 3D 250GB

Average Bench: 85.4% (325^th of 1003)

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $168

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WD WDS250G2B0A

Blue 3D 250GB

Average Bench: 85.4% (325th of 1003)

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

Strengths

Average consistency

Weaknesses

Average Bench

Market Share (See Leaders)

Prices

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $168

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Average Bench: 85.4% (325^th of 1003)