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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 | Crucial P5 Plus CT2000P5PSSD8 | Corsair MP600 Elite CSSD-F1000GBMP600ENH | Team Group MP44L | SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 | MSI SPATIUM M560 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 250GB | 2TB | 1TB | 500GB | 500GB | 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 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | - | 6,600 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s | 10,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | - |
| Dram Cache | - | true | false | false | false | - |
| Endurance | - | - | 1200 TBW | 160 TBW | 300 TBW | 1200 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 |
| Crucial P5 Plus CT2000P5PSSD8 Compare | 78.2 | 80.8 | 98.9 | 78.4 | 14.7 | 95 | 23.7 |
| Corsair MP600 Elite CSSD-F1000GBMP600ENH Compare | 83.5 | 61.5 | 53.7 | 54.9 | 93.7 | 95 | 59.4 |
| Team Group MP44L Compare | 70.6 | 86.3 | 78.8 | 26.4 | 69 | 86.8 | 74.7 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 Compare | 81.8 | 93.5 | 53.7 | 26.4 | 88 | 50.5 | 73.4 |
| MSI SPATIUM M560 Compare | 95.3 | 61.5 | 37 | 54.9 | 94.5 | 44.3 | 73.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
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