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Western Digital WD Blue 250GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 250GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 2,400 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 150 TBW
58 Overall Score
Price CA$278
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (88th percentile) 88th
- Strong random (77th percentile) 77th
- Strong endurance (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average capacity (13th percentile)
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The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 250 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 2400 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 950 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 170000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 135000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 150 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1700000 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital WD Blue | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Corsair MP700 Elite | Team Group MP44 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 250GB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 2,400 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | false | false |
| Endurance | 150 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital WD Blue | 55.8 | 77.3 | 52.9 | 12.5 | 70.4 | 88 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97 | 99 | 78.3 | 85.4 | 95.5 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.4 | 99 | 78.3 | 82.4 | 95.5 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.9 | 93.8 | 93.9 | 78.3 | 93.6 | 95.5 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.7 | 96.6 | 89.1 | 78.3 | 86.6 | 38.4 |
| Team Group MP44 Compare | 93.1 | 88.2 | 78.5 | 92.6 | 76.5 | 0 |
Price
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