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Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB SATA III
Capacity 250GB
Interface SATA III
17 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (95th percentile) 95th
Cons
- Below average speed (7th percentile)
- Below average capacity (12th percentile)
- Below average feature (15th percentile)
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 250 |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital Caviar Blue | Samsung 990 Pro MZ-V9P4T0BAM | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Lexar NM1090 PRO | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN7100 | Crucial T705 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 250GB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | - | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | - | 7,450 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s | 13,600 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | SLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 4000 TBW | 2800 TBW | 2400 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital Caviar Blue | 7.3 | 22.4 | 14.6 | 12.4 | 14.7 | 27.1 | 95.3 |
| Samsung 990 Pro MZ-V9P4T0BAM Compare | 93.4 | 97.6 | 93.6 | 92.5 | 85.9 | 99.5 | 7.2 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.7 | 90.5 | 92.5 | 93.4 | 86.8 | 6.5 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO Compare | 97.9 | 98.1 | 97.3 | 92.5 | 75.1 | 57.1 | 10.5 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN7100 Compare | 91.5 | 96 | 53.7 | 78.4 | 91.6 | 95 | 30.8 |
| Crucial T705 Compare | 96.6 | 97.6 | 99.7 | 54.9 | 82.9 | 44.7 | 38.2 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
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