WD WDS120G1G0A

Green 120GB (2016)

Green 120GB (2016)
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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

120GB 240GB

Effective Speed -94%Effective Speed -94%Average User Bench -132%Read -18%, Write -155%, 4K Read -65%, 4K Write -41%, Mixed -101%, 4K Mixed -192%, SusWrite -351%Peak Lab Bench -75%Read -4%, Write -25%, 4K Read -49%, 4K Write -13%, Mixed -16%, 4K Mixed -156%, SusWrite -264%Value & Sentiment -105%User Rating -65%, Market Share -591%, Price 310%, Value -73%Nice To Haves -263%DQ Read -81%, DQ Write -28%, DQ Mixed -874%, ADQ Read -123%, ADQ Write -80%, ADQ Mixed -924%, Age 48%, AS-SSD Total -45%

Average Bench: 53.6% (797^th of 1011)

Based on 11,392 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS120G1G0A-00SS50, WDC WDS120G1G0A-, WD WDS120G1G0A-00SS, WDC WDS1 20G1G0A-00SS50, WDC WDS120G1G0A-00SS

Poor: 37%Average: 53.6% Great: 70%

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Average average bench

The WD Green 120GB (2016) averaged 46.4% 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 Write Speed 66.3MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 22MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 120GB (2016) is 32.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD Green 120GB (2016) performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 70.6MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 26.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11,392 samples)

Rank 79753.6%

Min	Avg	Max
292	Read 397	490
34.5	Write 165	390
21.9	Mixed 181	359
32.6	SusWrite 70.6	115
44.7% 203 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.6	4K Read 22	30.2
17.8	4K Write 66.3	112
3.91	4K Mixed 16.6	23.7
89.7% 35 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26.2	DQ Read 149	212
48.9	DQ Write 165	280
7.72	DQ Mixed 26.5	34.4
56.1% 114 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

ROU-User, 5 hrs ago.

42GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 99 48 71 53 72 MB/s

68.4% Good

Write 71

Mixed 246

SusWrite 70.2

46% 209 MB/s

4K Read 26.7

4K Write 98.5

4K Mixed 24.3

124% 49.8 MB/s

DQ Read 169

DQ Write 258

DQ Mixed 21

70% 149 MB/s

USA-User, 8 hrs ago.

85GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 85 93 102 91 89 MB/s

66.4% Good

Write 380

Mixed 188

SusWrite 94.7

62% 281 MB/s

4K Read 27.5

4K Write 77.2

4K Mixed 23.1

112% 42.6 MB/s

DQ Read 158

DQ Write 236

DQ Mixed 6.6

58% 133 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

83GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 93 86 96 91 MB/s

64.5% Good

Write 72.5

Mixed 206

SusWrite 92.6

47% 214 MB/s

4K Read 26

4K Write 81.8

4K Mixed 23.2

112% 43.7 MB/s

DQ Read 195

DQ Write 75.7

DQ Mixed 33.3

52% 101 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

9GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 26 22 20 34 10 MB/s

54.4% Above average

Write 31

Mixed 335

SusWrite 27.2

45% 205 MB/s

4K Read 26.4

4K Write 65.5

4K Mixed 18.4

98% 36.8 MB/s

DQ Read 155

DQ Write 145

DQ Mixed 33.2

57% 111 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

38GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 45 66 48 63 63 MB/s

52.7% Above average

Write 31.8

Mixed 217

SusWrite 62.6

39% 177 MB/s

4K Read 21.9

4K Write 67.3

4K Mixed 20.2

95% 36.5 MB/s

DQ Read 156

DQ Write 50

DQ Mixed 33.2

43% 79.7 MB/s

BRA-User, 4 hrs ago.

57GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 93 88 98 89 102 MB/s

52.2% Above average

Write 336

Mixed 288

SusWrite 99.4

59% 263 MB/s

4K Read 13.3

4K Write 79

4K Mixed 21.2

89% 37.8 MB/s

DQ Read 97.2

DQ Write 168

DQ Mixed 15.6

45% 93.7 MB/s

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 63%

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Workstation 46%

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Motherboard: Asus H110-PLUS

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $304Bench 71%, 113,306 samples	1,631x
Core i5-6500Intel $149Bench 58%, 127,160 samples	134x
Core i5-7400Intel $183Bench 57%, 104,153 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $170Bench 52%, 289,187 samples	1,268x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $230Bench 56%, 706,813 samples	151x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 31%, 401,466 samples	121x

SSD
Green 120GB (2016)WD $33Bench 54%, 11,392 samples	869x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 76%, 11,354 samples	1,287x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $75Bench 72%, 53,992 samples	190x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GBAdataBench 42%, 9,528 samples	46x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $507

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660 $210	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $73
Intel Core i5-9600K $240	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $270	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $107
Intel Core i7-9700K $350	Nvidia RTX 2060 $349	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $200

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $78	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $612	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $70	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14

WD WDS120G1G0A

Green 120GB (2016)

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Average Bench: 53.6% (797th of 1011)

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