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WD WDS250G2B0A

Blue 3D 250GB

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

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Average Bench: 87.6% (224th of 959)

Based on 3,322 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM50, WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM
Poor: 60%Average: 87.6% 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 230MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 39.3MB/s

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 192MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 242MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,322 samples)
Rank 22487.6%
Min Avg Max
343 Read 461 513
205 Write 357 483
169 Mixed 242 333
130 SusWrite 192 212
69.7% 313 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.6 4K Read 32.1 41.5
40 4K Write 83 121
20.3 4K Mixed 39.3 52.5
143% 51.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
128 DQ Read 337 381
116 DQ Write 266 329
44.2 DQ Mixed 230 280
192% 278 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
48GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61130WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 173 184 131 150 127 MB/s
83.4% Excellent
Read 486
Write 458
Mixed 212
SusWrite 165
74% 330 MB/s
4K Read 30
4K Write 60.9
4K Mixed 37.1
125% 42.7 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 289
DQ Mixed 252
211% 307 MB/s
131GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61130WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 191 187 185 182 184 MB/s
77.9% Very good
Read 432
Write 338
Mixed 228
SusWrite 181
66% 295 MB/s
4K Read 32.4
4K Write 69.8
4K Mixed 32.7
128% 45 MB/s
DQ Read 259
DQ Write 214
DQ Mixed 224
171% 232 MB/s
32GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61130WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 191 188 131 139 101 MB/s
77.7% Very good
Read 350
Write 325
Mixed 220
SusWrite 156
59% 263 MB/s
4K Read 37.8
4K Write 88.7
4K Mixed 33.7
147% 53.4 MB/s
DQ Read 248
DQ Write 193
DQ Mixed 191
151% 210 MB/s
55GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61130WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 156 139 146 135 122 MB/s
57.5% Above average
Read 320
Write 223
Mixed 154
SusWrite 146
47% 211 MB/s
4K Read 14.3
4K Write 68.1
4K Mixed 22.3
86% 34.9 MB/s
DQ Read 219
DQ Write 204
DQ Mixed 141
125% 188 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 9,117,614 SSDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $80 @ launch in Jul '17
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Typical Blue 3D 250GB Builds (Compare 11,057 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 82%
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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $104

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $370Bench 107%, 140,102 samples3,754x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $260Bench 102%, 55,336 samples2,540x
Core i5-8400Intel  $205Bench 89%, 40,393 samples1,862x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $249Bench 71%, 340,369 samples1,910x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $450Bench 124%, 306,559 samples1,336x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $713Bench 153%, 205,419 samples1,183x
SSD
Blue 3D 250GBWD  $55Bench 88%, 3,322 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $140Bench 84%, 96,690 samples721x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 4,724 samples386x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 2,283 samples311x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $918

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

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Excellent

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

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Intel Core i7-8700K $370Nvidia GTX 1070 $350Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $100
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $155Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $249Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $98
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