New
Western Digital Blue
Capacity 250GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 550 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 100 TBW
53 Overall Score
Price $139
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong social proof (96th percentile) 96th
Cons
- Below average capacity (13th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Owner sentiment has held steady over time
85/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 8 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 250 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 550 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 525 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 95000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 81000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 100 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1750000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Western Digital Blue | Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 | Team Group MP44L | SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 | Corsair MP600 Elite | PNY CS2241 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 250GB | 1TB | 500GB | 500GB | 1TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 550 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 5,100 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | false | false | false | - |
| Endurance | 100 TBW | 600 TBW | 160 TBW | 300 TBW | 1200 TBW | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital Blue | 37.9 | 42 | 52.7 | 12.5 | 98.2 | 95.5 |
| Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 Compare | 90.8 | 96.2 | 99 | 54.9 | 82.6 | 95.5 |
| Team Group MP44L Compare | 70.2 | 86.1 | 78.4 | 26.4 | 75.6 | 88 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 Compare | 91.3 | 95.9 | 52.7 | 26.4 | 87.5 | 44.3 |
| Corsair MP600 Elite Compare | 83.2 | 61.2 | 52.7 | 54.9 | 93.4 | 95.5 |
| PNY CS2241 Compare | 69.7 | 61.2 | 52.7 | 54.9 | 56.9 | 88 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Price History
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Usage Scores
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