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WDC WDS240G2G0A- 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 102% (2nd of 1015)

more Based on 15,164 user benchmarks.  Models: AMD-RAID WDC WDS240G2G0A-, WDS240G2G0A-00JH, WDC WDS240G2G0A-00JH, WDC WDS240G2G0A-00JH30, WDC WDS2 40G2G0A-00JH, WDS240G2G0A-00JH30, WDS240G2G0A-00, WDC WDS2 40G2G0A-00JH30, WDS240G2G0A-00JJ
Poor: 16%Average: 102% Great: 160%

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Outstanding average bench

The Amd-raid WDC WDS240G2G0A- 240GB averaged 1.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Amd-raid WDC WDS240G2G0A- 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 7.47MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 11MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid WDC WDS240G2G0A- 240GB is 145%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid WDC WDS240G2G0A- 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 67.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 146MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 15,164 samples)
Rank 2102%
Min Avg Max
12.9 Read 282 454
12.5 Write 183 362
6 Mixed 146 298
13 SusWrite 67.7 131
126% 170 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 11 21.4
0.2 4K Write 4.26 7.8
0.3 4K Mixed 7.47 18.2
1367% 7.58 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
118GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF870400
SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 47 66 67 123 122 MB/s
152% Outstanding
Read 419
Write 321
Mixed 241
SusWrite 110
202% 273 MB/s
4K Read 3.2
4K Write 6.4
4K Mixed 11.1
1,485% 6.9 MB/s
53GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF450000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 28 20 18 2.5 84 MB/s
123% Outstanding
Read 369
Write 298
Mixed 236
SusWrite 56.6
178% 240 MB/s
4K Read 13.2
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 4.4
1,109% 7.13 MB/s
158GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF870400
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 138 55 56 79 94 MB/s
96.6% Outstanding
Read 246
Write 153
Mixed 172
SusWrite 89
123% 165 MB/s
4K Read 3.6
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 6.2
926% 4.83 MB/s
141GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF400400
SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 75 36 66 57 39 MB/s
96.1% Outstanding
Read 256
Write 194
Mixed 197
SusWrite 76.6
135% 181 MB/s
4K Read 7.9
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 6.3
1,107% 6.13 MB/s
159GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF870400
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 99 45 34 95 123 MB/s
52.1% Above average
Read 93.1
Write 183
Mixed 83.6
SusWrite 87.7
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 2.9
443% 2.3 MB/s
24GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF450000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 21 31 41 32 38 MB/s
29.5% Poor
Read 70.1
Write 24.6
Mixed 34
SusWrite 31.7
30% 40.1 MB/s
4K Read 2.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.6
201% 1.5 MB/s
26GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF500000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.8 1.2 23 50 41 21 MB/s
22.9% Poor
Read 53.1
Write 63.5
Mixed 49.3
SusWrite 23
35% 47.2 MB/s
4K Read 4.7
4K Write 7
4K Mixed 14.2
1,903% 8.63 MB/s
24GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF400400
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.4 17 0.8 0.8 1.7 4.2 MB/s
4.69% Terrible
Read 9.2
Write 15
Mixed 5.5
SusWrite 4.3
6% 8.5 MB/s
4K Read 4.6
4K Write 4.1
4K Mixed 1.8
468% 3.5 MB/s
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Gaming 55%
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Desktop 91%
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Workstation
Workstation 50%
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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $102

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples5,242x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples3,004x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples1,823x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples1,539x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1,367x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia  $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples1,205x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples689x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples478x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples354x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples754x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples390x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples321x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $528

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