WD WDS120G1G0A

Green 120GB (2016)

Green 120GB (2016)
BENCHMARKS (21,990)
MKT (0%)
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BUY • $55

Effective Speed -87%Effective Speed -87%Average Score -118%Read -17%, Write -126%, 4K Read -63%, 4K Write -39%, Mixed -96%, 4K Mixed -165%, SusWrite -322%Peak Score -64%Read -5%, Write -22%, 4K Read -42%, 4K Write -13%, Mixed -17%, 4K Mixed -140%, SusWrite -210%Value & Sentiment -152%User Rating -11%, Market Share -447%, Price 68%, Value -219%Nice To Haves -250%DQ Read -81%, DQ Write -22%, DQ Mixed -836%, ADQ Read -109%, ADQ Write -68%, ADQ Mixed -853%, Age 7%, AS-SSD Total -42%

Average Bench: 52.8% (874^th of 1071)

Based on 21,990 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS120G1G0A-00SS50, WDC WDS120G1G0A-, WD WDS120G1G0A-00SS, WDC WDS1 20G1G0A-00SS50, WDC WDS120G1G0A-00SS

Poor: 36%Average: 52.8% Great: 71%

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Average average bench

The WD Green 120GB (2016) averaged 47.2% 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 63MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 21MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 120GB (2016) is 34.8%. 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 70.2MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 27.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 21,990 samples)

Rank 87452.8%

Min	Avg	Max
287	Read 390	484
20.5	Write 179	399
29.8	Mixed 183	361
29.2	SusWrite 70.2	125
45.2% 205 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.12	4K Read 21	30.2
16.4	4K Write 63	108
5.08	4K Mixed 17	24.3
87% 33.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
101	DQ Read 156	203
47	DQ Write 172	293
7.22	DQ Mixed 27.3	35.4
58.3% 118 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 15 hrs ago.

6GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 65 19 16 8.7 19 MB/s

58.9% Above average

Write 82.8

Mixed 128

SusWrite 28.7

36% 167 MB/s

4K Read 21.5

4K Write 82.8

4K Mixed 22.1

105% 42.1 MB/s

DQ Read 159

DQ Write 234

DQ Mixed 26.8

68% 140 MB/s

MYS-User, 7 hrs ago.

66GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 80 86 86 76 84 MB/s

57.8% Above average

Write 354

Mixed 182

SusWrite 85.7

57% 257 MB/s

4K Read 25.3

4K Write 73.3

4K Mixed 16.4

98% 38.3 MB/s

DQ Read 141

DQ Write 202

DQ Mixed 21.7

58% 121 MB/s

ARG-User, 13 hrs ago.

69GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 32 38 43 74 51 MB/s

56% Above average

Write 88.1

Mixed 345

SusWrite 53.3

52% 237 MB/s

4K Read 24.2

4K Write 32.6

4K Mixed 21.5

82% 26.1 MB/s

DQ Read 205

DQ Write 216

DQ Mixed 35.2

75% 152 MB/s

NZL-User, 1 day ago.

46GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 89 51 60 64 80 MB/s

55.1% Above average

Write 48.9

Mixed 128

SusWrite 70.1

34% 157 MB/s

4K Read 20.5

4K Write 76.2

4K Mixed 20.3

97% 39 MB/s

DQ Read 149

DQ Write 138

DQ Mixed 34.2

56% 107 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

9GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 37 42 41 64 35 MB/s

44.9% Average

Write 56.8

Mixed 32.3

SusWrite 48

28% 131 MB/s

4K Read 21.4

4K Write 33.8

4K Mixed 17

72% 24.1 MB/s

DQ Read 143

DQ Write 74.4

DQ Mixed 34.5

45% 83.9 MB/s

BRA-User, 1 day ago.

51GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 57 67 60 64 59 MB/s

39% Below average

Write 266

Mixed 297

SusWrite 65.6

49% 218 MB/s

4K Read 14.9

4K Write 30.3

4K Mixed 15.9

59% 20.4 MB/s

DQ Read 147

DQ Write 174

DQ Mixed 34.5

61% 118 MB/s

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 38%

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Motherboard: Asus H110-PLUS

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $309Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	883x
Core i5-6400Intel $170Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	60x
Core i5-6500Intel $138Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	52x

GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	441x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $146Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	52x
RTX 3060Nvidia $290Bench 100%, 301,333 samples	50x

SSD
Green 120GB (2016)WD $55Bench 53%, 21,990 samples	301x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 76%, 26,065 samples	548x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	72x
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GBTeamBench 73%, 9,275 samples	14x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $482

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $315	Nvidia RTX 3060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12600K $225	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $300	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $86
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $800	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	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) $67	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS120G1G0A

Green 120GB (2016)

Average Bench: 52.8% (874^th of 1071)

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Green 120GB (2016)

Average Bench: 52.8% (874th of 1071)

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