Blue SN550 M.2 PCI-E NVMe SSD, 250GB
Product Info
WD Blue SN550 250GB NVMe SSD: Next-Gen NVMe SSD Achieves Optimal Performance to Content Creators and PC Enthusiasts
Put NVMe™ Power at the Heart of Your PC
The WD Blue™ SN550 NVMe™ SSD delivers top tier performance for gaming and hardware enthusiasts looking to upgrade their gaming or custom PC. The WD Blue™ SN550 NVMe™ SSD rivals some of the best performing drives on the market to help give gamers that competitive edge.
Put NVMe™ power at the heart of your PC for lightning-fast, ultra-responsive performance. The WD Blue™ SN550 NVMe™ SSD can deliver over 4 times the speed of our best SATA SSDs. Whether you're working, creating, casually gaming, or processing large amounts of data, take advantage of this powerful internal drive's high speeds to do more, faster. Available in capacities up to 1TB* in an affordable M.2 2280 form factor, there’s no time like now to make the change to NVMe.
- Boost your system's performance with next-gen NVMe™ SSDs
- Over 4x faster than our SATA SSDs at up to 2,400 MB/s*
- Slimline M.2 2280 form factor
- Fueled by Western Digital in-house controller and 3D NAND
- Western Digital-designed controller and firmware for optimized performance
- Western Digital SSD Dashboard constantly monitors the health of your SSD
- 5 Year Manufacturer Limited Warranty
* Based on read speed, unless otherwise specified. As used for transfer rate, 1 MB/s = one million bytes per second. Based on internal testing; performance may vary depending on host device, usage conditions, drive capacity, and other factors.
Features
Powerful Internal Speeds to Do More, Faster
Whether working, creating, casual gaming or processing large amounts of data, the WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD can deliver over four times the speed of Western Digital's fastest SATA drives. With boosted internal speeds, this brings a better overall computing experience for multitaskers and resource-heavy application users who want a fast and responsive system to tackle tough workloads. In addition, an upgraded thermal design enables ultra-responsive PC performance and sustained performance during intense use.
The Right Storage for Your Next PC
NVMe™ goes mainstream with a powerful, cost-effective storage solution that adds to the reliability of an SSD
Boost Your Performance
Get breakneck sequential read speeds up to 2,400 MB/s* to improve your productivity no matter what you're doing or creating.
* Based on read speed, unless otherwise specified. As used for transfer rate, 1 MB/s = one million bytes per second. Based on internal testing; performance may vary depending on host device, usage conditions, drive capacity, and other factors.
Think Small
Build powerful small-form factor PCs with a slim single-sided M.2 2280 PCIe® Gen3 x4 NVMe™ SSD.
Do More with Less
Scalable NVMe™ hardware, accelerated architecture for high performance and low power draw.
Do More, Faster
Western Digital-designed controller and firmware paired with our latest 3D NAND for optimized, consistent performance.
Continuing the Legacy
Thousands of hours of hardware, firmware and validation testing combine to advance the award-winning WD Blue™ heritage of quality and reliability
5-year Limited Warranty
Tested in the Western Digital F.I.T. Lab for compatibility, WD Blue™ SN550 NVMe™ SSDs are certified to work with a wide range of high-performance PC configurations and motherboards. And with a 5-year limited warranty, you get reliable storage for the long haul.
Specifications
| Make and Model | Western Digital Blue SN550 NVMe M.2 SSD |
|---|---|
| Part Number | WDS250G2B0C |
| Unformatted Capacity | 250GB |
| Sequential Bandwidth | Read: up to 2,400MB/s Write: up to 950MB/s |
| Random IOPS | Reads: up to 170,000 IOPS Writes: up to 135,000 IOPS |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| MTBF | 1.7 Million Hours |
| Endurance | Total Bytes Written: 150TB Written |
| Temperature | Operating: 0 ~ 70°C (32 ~ 158°F) Non-Operating: -55 ~ 85°C (-67 ~ 185°F) |
| Shock | 1,500G @0.5 ms half sine |
| Vibration | Operating: 5.0 gRMS, 10~2000 Hz, 3 axes Non-operating: 4.9 gRMS, 7~800 Hz, 3 axes |
| Compliance | BSMI, CAN ICES-3(B)/NMB-3(B), CE, FCC, KCC, Morocco, RCM, TUV, UL, VC |
| Power | Maximum Operating power: 3.5W Average Active power: 75mW Low Power: 20mW Sleep: 5mW |
| Dimensions (LxWxH) | 80 x 22 x 2.38mm |
| Weight | 6.5g |
1. Backwards compatible with PCIe Gen3 x2, PCIe Gen2 x4, PCIe Gen2 x2, and PCIe Gen2 x1
2. Test Conditions: Performance is based on the CrystalDiskMark 6.0.2 benchmark using a 1000MB LBA range ASUS Z270A desktop with Intel® i7-7700K 3.4GHz, 8GB 2133MHz DDR4. Windows 10 Pro 64-bit 19H1 using Microsoft StorNVMe driver, secondary drive. Performance may vary based on host device. 1 MB = 1,000,000 bytes. IOPS = input/output operations per second.
