Hover over the Performance dashboard metric value to view the actual unit dashboard value. In this case the value displayed is in miliseconds.
Average Write Time:
The average time spent (ms) writing a data block from the database buffer to the disk. The DBWR writes data blocks to datafiles (for example, flushing dirty data buffers from the SGA to the datafiles).
* On most disks this metric should not exceed 20 milliseconds and readings above 40 milliseconds may indicate either a device bottleneck, or poorly configured disks or storage sub-systems.
The metric is calculated as follows:
(Datafile write)
1000 * -----------------------------------------------
(Physical writes - Physical writes direct)