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Blue 3D 250GB

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

Average Bench: 86.9% (365th of 1058)

Based on 18,859 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM50, WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM
Poor: 61%Average: 86.9% Great: 105%

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Very good average bench

The WD Blue 3D 250GB averaged just 13.1% 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 232MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 39.7MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 3D 250GB is 43.7%. 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 185MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 244MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 18,859 samples)
Rank 36586.9%
Min Avg Max
332 Read 459 513
197 Write 339 484
160 Mixed 244 340
95.2 SusWrite 185 223
68.3% 307 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.8 4K Read 32.2 40.8
39.9 4K Write 79.7 116
21.4 4K Mixed 39.7 52.8
142% 50.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
200 DQ Read 345 381
129 DQ Write 260 326
103 DQ Mixed 232 282
192% 279 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
30GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 190 193 165 194 192 MB/s
89% Excellent
Read 512
Write 340
Mixed 202
SusWrite 190
69% 311 MB/s
4K Read 32.3
4K Write 95.9
4K Mixed 32.8
142% 53.7 MB/s
DQ Read 374
DQ Write 263
DQ Mixed 270
215% 303 MB/s
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61130WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 198 167 81 117 112 MB/s
83.5% Excellent
Read 497
Write 334
Mixed 260
SusWrite 143
68% 308 MB/s
4K Read 31.3
4K Write 60.7
4K Mixed 38.5
129% 43.5 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 286
DQ Mixed 244
206% 302 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 49,499,898 SSDs tested.

 Prices

MSRP ≈ $80 @ launch in Jul '17
AmazonUS $3919 mins
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Typical Blue 3D 250GB Builds (Compare 100,094 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 99%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 95%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $251Bench 82%, 1,019,302 samples24,352x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $415Bench 81%, 467,627 samples15,124x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $294Bench 84%, 696,534 samples13,177x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 118%, 551,178 samples7,586x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $390Bench 89%, 508,135 samples7,095x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 104%, 407,956 samples6,949x
SSD
Blue 3D 250GBWD  $39Bench 87%, 18,859 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $88Bench 85%, 287,774 samples8,230x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $67Bench 85%, 566,994 samples7,726x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $74Bench 83%, 538,368 samples5,271x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $1,018

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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

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 i5-12600K $300Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11600K $220Nvidia RTX 3070 $500Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i7-11700K $315Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $67SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $74SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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