WD WDS250G2B0A

Blue 3D 250GB

▲ Blue 3D 250GB
BENCHMARKS (4,874)
MKT (0.2%)
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Controller: Marvell 88SS1074. Memory: SanDisk 3D TLC. Release date: Q3 2017.

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Effective Speed -10%Effective Speed -10%Average User Bench -18%Read 3%, Write -11%, 4K Read 1%, 4K Write -13%, Mixed -37%, 4K Mixed -7%, SusWrite -59%Peak Lab Bench -13%Read 3%, Write 3%, 4K Read 5%, 4K Write -4%, Mixed -15%, 4K Mixed -0%, SusWrite -82%Value & Sentiment -57%User Rating -49%, Market Share -297%, Price 86%, Value 30%Nice To Haves +18% DQ Read 8%, DQ Write -5%, DQ Mixed 3%, ADQ Read 15%, ADQ Write -9%, ADQ Mixed 6%, Age 123%, AS-SSD Total 2%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 86.8% (273^rd of 980)

Based on 4,874 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM50, WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM

Poor: 62%Average: 86.8% Great: 105%

Popular builds with this SSD

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 234MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 38.8MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Blue 3D 250GB is 42.5%. 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 244MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4,874 samples)

Rank 27386.8%

Min	Avg	Max
358	Read 462	512
199	Write 358	482
166	Mixed 244	336
119	SusWrite 192	221
70% 314 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.7	4K Read 31.4	40.7
37.1	4K Write 79.5	120
21.2	4K Mixed 38.8	52.4
139% 49.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
162	DQ Read 343	381
132	DQ Write 268	331
72.1	DQ Mixed 234	281
194% 281 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CAN-User, 3 hrs ago.

126GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 203 196 204 191 194 MB/s

101% Outstanding

Write 478

Mixed 240

SusWrite 201

80% 356 MB/s

4K Read 39.7

4K Write 108

4K Mixed 47.1

178% 65 MB/s

DQ Read 378

DQ Write 248

DQ Mixed 227

192% 284 MB/s

CAN-User, 2 hrs ago.

181GB free

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 195 195 194 193 193 MB/s

98.7% Outstanding

Write 239

Mixed 226

SusWrite 206

64% 289 MB/s

4K Read 37

4K Write 97

4K Mixed 49

170% 61 MB/s

DQ Read 374

DQ Write 248

DQ Mixed 263

209% 295 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 hr ago.

170GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 194 199 201 201 197 MB/s

98% Outstanding

Write 247

Mixed 275

SusWrite 200

64% 289 MB/s

4K Read 38.7

4K Write 100

4K Mixed 49

174% 62.6 MB/s

DQ Read 372

DQ Write 279

DQ Mixed 272

218% 307 MB/s

USA-User, 5 hrs ago.

212GB free (System drive)

Firmware: X61190WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 199 196 195 198 196 MB/s

97.6% Outstanding

Write 473

Mixed 329

SusWrite 212

84% 377 MB/s

4K Read 32.2

4K Write 103

4K Mixed 44.4

160% 59.8 MB/s

DQ Read 378

DQ Write 320

DQ Mixed 286

231% 328 MB/s

AUS-User, 6 hrs ago.

140GB free

Firmware: X61130WD

SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 199 200 200 200 199 MB/s

83.4% Excellent

Write 401

Mixed 271

SusWrite 208

73% 328 MB/s

4K Read 31.3

4K Write 70.4

4K Mixed 39.3

135% 47 MB/s

DQ Read 279

DQ Write 238

DQ Mixed 241

185% 253 MB/s

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Gaming 73%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 82%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $109

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $360Bench 108%, 222,994 samples	5,401x
Core i5-8600KIntel $260Bench 102%, 81,416 samples	3,783x
Core i5-8400Intel $194Bench 89%, 60,494 samples	2,464x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $250Bench 71%, 459,273 samples	2,683x
GTX 1080Nvidia $498Bench 122%, 359,442 samples	1,848x
GTX 1070Nvidia $350Bench 98%, 465,493 samples	1,722x

SSD
Blue 3D 250GBWD $50Bench 87%, 4,874 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $115Bench 87%, 148,112 samples	1,143x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 7,111 samples	482x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $125Bench 92%, 46,217 samples	426x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $884

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

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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $360	Nvidia GTX 1070 $350	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $70
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $159	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $250	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $89
Intel Core i5-8600K $260	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $700	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $115	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $43
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $780	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $125	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

WD WDS250G2B0A

Blue 3D 250GB

Average Bench: 86.8% (273^rd of 980)

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $109

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WD WDS250G2B0A

Blue 3D 250GB

Average Bench: 86.8% (273rd of 980)

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $109

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Average Bench: 86.8% (273^rd of 980)