WD WDS250G2B0A

Blue 3D 250GB

▲ Blue 3D 250GB
BENCHMARKS (13,105)
MKT (0.1%)
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BUY • $45

Effective Speed -6%Effective Speed -6%Average Score -15%Read 4%, Write -12%, 4K Read 6%, 4K Write -4%, Mixed -38%, 4K Mixed 0%, SusWrite -59%Peak Score -11%Read 3%, Write 4%, 4K Read 11%, 4K Write -0%, Mixed -14%, 4K Mixed 4%, SusWrite -81%Value & Sentiment -105%User Rating -23%, Market Share -525%, Price 95%, Value 34%Nice To Haves +13% DQ Read 9%, DQ Write -7%, DQ Mixed 11%, ADQ Read 16%, ADQ Write -7%, ADQ Mixed 17%, Age 61%, AS-SSD Total 3%

Average Bench: 87.7% (330^th of 1040)

Based on 13,105 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM50, WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM

Poor: 62%Average: 87.7% Great: 105%

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Very good average bench

The WD Blue 3D 250GB averaged just 12.3% 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 235MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 40.2MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 3D 250GB is 42.6%. 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 186MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 238MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 13,105 samples)

Rank 33087.7%

Min	Avg	Max
359	Read 465	513
180	Write 347	482
151	Mixed 238	338
99.8	SusWrite 186	224
68.8% 309 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19	4K Read 32.3	41.2
39.2	4K Write 81.4	117
23.2	4K Mixed 40.2	52.2
144% 51.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
213	DQ Read 344	380
111	DQ Write 259	324
84.9	DQ Mixed 235	281
194% 279 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

GBR-User, 3 hrs ago.

37GB free

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 215 198 170 160 197 MB/s

108% Outstanding

Write 493

Mixed 338

SusWrite 208

87% 389 MB/s

4K Read 40.7

4K Write 114

4K Mixed 52.9

190% 69.2 MB/s

DQ Read 379

DQ Write 328

DQ Mixed 283

231% 330 MB/s

FIN-User, 3 hrs ago.

146GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 197 196 204 205 204 MB/s

104% Outstanding

Write 363

Mixed 257

SusWrite 203

74% 334 MB/s

4K Read 41.7

4K Write 103

4K Mixed 51.1

183% 65.2 MB/s

DQ Read 369

DQ Write 269

DQ Mixed 240

201% 293 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

114GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 197 191 200 196 201 MB/s

103% Outstanding

Write 320

Mixed 221

SusWrite 199

69% 311 MB/s

4K Read 40.6

4K Write 114

4K Mixed 46.4

181% 66.9 MB/s

DQ Read 378

DQ Write 302

DQ Mixed 242

208% 307 MB/s

CAN-User, 1 hr ago.

163GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 201 198 204 205 204 MB/s

94.2% Outstanding

Write 340

Mixed 254

SusWrite 206

72% 325 MB/s

4K Read 35.4

4K Write 80

4K Mixed 44.8

153% 53.4 MB/s

DQ Read 370

DQ Write 257

DQ Mixed 264

210% 297 MB/s

USA-User, 52 mins ago.

105GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 154 144 150 157 170 MB/s

82.7% Excellent

Write 351

Mixed 276

SusWrite 156

72% 325 MB/s

4K Read 40.4

4K Write 59

4K Mixed 39.8

144% 46.4 MB/s

DQ Read 247

DQ Write 125

DQ Mixed 210

150% 194 MB/s

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 99%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $228Bench 84%, 548,249 samples	13,292x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $205Bench 83%, 381,540 samples	8,615x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $280Bench 87%, 358,192 samples	6,864x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 123%, 330,358 samples	4,841x
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 106%, 229,056 samples	4,351x
RTX 2060Nvidia $338Bench 93%, 287,987 samples	3,907x

SSD
Blue 3D 250GBWD $45Bench 88%, 13,105 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $78Bench 84%, 157,695 samples	4,417x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $64Bench 86%, 331,692 samples	4,308x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $69Bench 84%, 418,722 samples	3,246x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $991

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

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27 days ago.

OdinSonSS

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Excellent

2 years ago.

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

fernimix

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2

Excellent

16 months ago.

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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $190	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $34
Intel Core i5-9400F $148	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10600K $260	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $190	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $64	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $69	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS250G2B0A

Blue 3D 250GB

Average Bench: 87.7% (330^th of 1040)

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

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WD WDS250G2B0A

Blue 3D 250GB

Average Bench: 87.7% (330th of 1040)

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Average Bench: 87.7% (330^th of 1040)