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WD Blue SSD: A great mainstream SSD from the storage giant

By Kenny Yeo - 6 Aug 2017

CrystalDiskMark Results

CrystalDiskMark 5.0.2 Results

CrystalDiskMark is an easy-to-run and quick utility to use to gauge a drive’s performance. It measures sequential read and write performance and random read and write speeds of random 4KB and 4KB (queue depth 32) data.

The WD Blue SSD performed really well on CrystalDiskMark. Beginning with sequential read and write, the WD Blue SSD racked up the highest speeds. Of course, some of this might have to do with the advantage of having 1TB of capacity, but nonetheless, it is a good showing. 4K read and write performance was stellar too, as the WD Blue SSD, once again, recorded the highest read and write speeds. On the more intensive 4K, 32 queue depth workload, the WD Blue SSD recorded the highest read speeds, but its write speeds was oddly the lowest. We repeated the test a couple of times and got similar results, its write speeds under heavy loads are not as good as the competition.

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8.0
  • Performance 8
  • Features 6.5
  • Value 8.5
The Good
Good read performance
Incredibly high endurance for a TLC NAND SSD
Competitively priced
Available in two form factors
The Bad
Write performance suffers at high queue depths
No support for hardware encryption
No accessories
Only 3-year warranty despite high rated endurance
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