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WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB

WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB
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Effective Speed -126%Effective Speed -126%Average Score -140%Read -10%, Write -70%, 4K Read -87%, 4K Write -198%, Mixed -71%, 4K Mixed -196%, SusWrite -348%Peak Score -121%Read -11%, Write -64%, 4K Read -84%, 4K Write -199%, Mixed -44%, 4K Mixed -194%, SusWrite -249%Value & Sentiment -182%User Rating -14%, Market Share -350%Nice To Haves -324%DQ Read -208%, DQ Write -316%, DQ Mixed -681%, ADQ Read -214%, ADQ Write -355%, ADQ Mixed -661%, Age 25%, AS-SSD Total -180%

Average Bench: 43.5% (928^th of 1072)

Based on 30,897 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0

Poor: 33%Average: 43.5% Great: 52%

Popular builds with this SSD

Below average average bench

The WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB averaged 56.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 417MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.4MB/s

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB is just 18.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 66.2MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 63.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 30,897 samples)

Rank 92843.5%

Min	Avg	Max
335	Read 417	456
78.9	Write 238	296
46	Mixed 210	294
35	SusWrite 66.2	111
51.5% 233 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.72	4K Read 18.4	23.4
12.1	4K Write 29.4	40.9
7.44	4K Mixed 15.2	19.8
62.8% 21 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
48.6	DQ Read 104	119
24.3	DQ Write 63.5	86.2
13.1	DQ Mixed 34.2	42.4
38.8% 67.1 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

BGR-User, 3 days ago.

110GB free

Firmware: UI450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 119 82 83 83 83 MB/s

51.1% Above average

Write 244

Mixed 260

SusWrite 118

59% 267 MB/s

4K Read 20.6

4K Write 32.6

4K Mixed 17.5

71% 23.6 MB/s

DQ Read 119

DQ Write 86

DQ Mixed 38.4

46% 81.1 MB/s

ARG-User, 1 day ago.

48GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI510000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 63 8.8 24 56 53 MB/s

48.9% Average

Write 296

Mixed 195

SusWrite 56.6

55% 247 MB/s

4K Read 22.6

4K Write 35.9

4K Mixed 19.3

78% 25.9 MB/s

DQ Read 108

DQ Write 74

DQ Mixed 41.6

44% 74.6 MB/s

DEU-User, 20 hrs ago.

35GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI220400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 53 42 30 29 37 MB/s

47.9% Average

Write 312

Mixed 275

SusWrite 54.8

60% 272 MB/s

4K Read 23.1

4K Write 42.7

4K Mixed 15.1

77% 27 MB/s

DQ Read 109

DQ Write 68.2

DQ Mixed 17.5

32% 64.9 MB/s

BEL-User, 2 days ago.

51GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI510000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 3.4 3.1 127 81 84 MB/s

42.9% Average

Write 235

Mixed 206

SusWrite 72.6

52% 235 MB/s

4K Read 17

4K Write 21.4

4K Mixed 16.8

59% 18.4 MB/s

DQ Read 87.8

DQ Write 57.1

DQ Mixed 41.5

39% 62.1 MB/s

ARG-User, 7 mins ago.

23GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 2.4 31 29 97 24 MB/s

42.5% Average

Write 219

Mixed 199

SusWrite 57.1

50% 227 MB/s

4K Read 20.7

4K Write 31

4K Mixed 11.6

63% 21.1 MB/s

DQ Read 89

DQ Write 58.8

DQ Mixed 30.9

35% 59.6 MB/s

IND-User, 3 days ago.

70GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 20 34 28 106 41 MB/s

32.1% Below average

Write 240

Mixed 179

SusWrite 63.9

46% 209 MB/s

4K Read 9.5

4K Write 15.9

4K Mixed 8.5

34% 11.3 MB/s

DQ Read 117

DQ Write 55.2

DQ Mixed 39.3

42% 70.5 MB/s

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Typical WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB Builds (Compare 16,449 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 44%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 40%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $79

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	3,588x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,690x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	1,081x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,285x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	980x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	979x

SSD
WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GBWDCBench 43%, 30,897 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	930x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	593x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	424x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $374

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB

Average Bench: 43.5% (928^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $79

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WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB

Average Bench: 43.5% (928th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 43.5% (928^th of 1072)