WD

M.2 128GB

M.2 128GB
BENCHMARKS (28)
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Effective Speed -66%Effective Speed -66%Average Score -72%Read -11%, Write -19%, 4K Read -36%, 4K Write -43%, Mixed -17%, 4K Mixed -309%, SusWrite -66%Peak Score -24%Read -3%, Write -17%, 4K Read -13%, 4K Write -1%, Mixed -17%, 4K Mixed -100%, SusWrite -17%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -280%DQ Read -172%, DQ Write -10%, DQ Mixed -681%, ADQ Read -214%, ADQ Write -18%, ADQ Mixed -1,269%, Age 176%, AS-SSD Total -48%

Average Bench: 59.4% (807^th of 1072)

Based on 28 user benchmarks. Model: WD M.2 128GB

Poor: 37%Average: 59.4% Great: 73%

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Average average bench

The WD M.2 128GB averaged 40.6% 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. 4K Random Read Speed 25.2MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 245MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD M.2 128GB is 35.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD M.2 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 19MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 104MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 28 samples)

Rank 80759.4%

Min	Avg	Max
287	Read 412	492
215	Write 342	413
211	Mixed 306	362
33.4	SusWrite 179	330
69.3% 310 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.7	4K Read 25.2	38.2
32.5	4K Write 61.1	121
0.2	4K Mixed 11	29.2
84.7% 32.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
34.7	DQ Read 104	135
9	DQ Write 245	326
12.2	DQ Mixed 19	42.4
58.9% 123 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

BGD-User, 8 months ago.

75GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HCS1A25E

SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 342 144 55 35 39 MB/s

62.3% Good

Write 355

Mixed 254

SusWrite 154

68% 306 MB/s

4K Read 32

4K Write 67.1

4K Mixed 10.4

97% 36.5 MB/s

DQ Read 117

DQ Write 198

DQ Mixed 12.6

50% 109 MB/s

BGD-User, 17 months ago.

64GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FW201105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 90 37 61 47 38 MB/s

57.8% Above average

Write 356

Mixed 317

SusWrite 79.7

68% 303 MB/s

4K Read 30.1

4K Write 64.5

4K Mixed 12.3

96% 35.6 MB/s

DQ Read 115

DQ Write 212

DQ Mixed 16.5

54% 114 MB/s

BGD-User, 15 months ago.

27GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FW201105

SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 33 94 35 26 47 MB/s

53.5% Above average

Write 294

Mixed 300

SusWrite 51.1

58% 262 MB/s

4K Read 31.7

4K Write 64.4

4K Mixed 11.6

97% 35.9 MB/s

DQ Read 108

DQ Write 196

DQ Mixed 15.9

50% 107 MB/s

USA-User, 19 months ago.

65GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0324A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 77 77 99 65 65 MB/s

52.7% Above average

Write 289

Mixed 264

SusWrite 105

58% 260 MB/s

4K Read 18.6

4K Write 62.8

4K Mixed 13.4

79% 31.6 MB/s

DQ Read 76.7

DQ Write 280

DQ Mixed 24.9

64% 127 MB/s

BGD-User, 8 months ago.

76GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HCS1A25E

SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 267 248 163 51 42 MB/s

50.3% Above average

Write 322

Mixed 261

SusWrite 162

63% 283 MB/s

4K Read 23.6

4K Write 44

4K Mixed 7.3

68% 25 MB/s

DQ Read 95.5

DQ Write 163

DQ Mixed 15.8

44% 91.3 MB/s

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Desktop 44%

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Workstation 4%

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System: HP EliteBook 840 G1

CPU
Core i5-4300UIntelBench 44%, 36,631 samples	163x
Core i7-4600UIntelBench 49%, 26,548 samples	70x
Core i5-4200UIntel $281Bench 43%, 64,450 samples	49x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	319x
Radeon HD 8750MAMDBench 6%, 409 samples	4x
Radeon HD 8500M/8700MAMDBench 6%, 604 samples	3x

SSD
M.2 128GBWDBench 59%, 28 samples	1x

RAM
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 40,451 samples	20x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples	15x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples	13x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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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) $37	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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Average Bench: 59.4% (807^th of 1072)

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