WD WDS120G1G0A

Green 120GB (2016)

Green 120GB (2016)
BENCHMARKS (21,358)
MKT (0.1%)
BUILDS
(2)
BUY • $50

Effective Speed -85%Effective Speed -85%Average Score -123%Read -16%, Write -141%, 4K Read -59%, 4K Write -38%, Mixed -103%, 4K Mixed -169%, SusWrite -333%Peak Score -65%Read -4%, Write -22%, 4K Read -43%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed -13%, 4K Mixed -145%, SusWrite -220%Value & Sentiment -99%User Rating -11%, Market Share -413%, Price 155%, Value -126%Nice To Haves -250%DQ Read -66%, DQ Write -22%, DQ Mixed -836%, ADQ Read -105%, ADQ Write -68%, ADQ Mixed -878%, Age 10%, AS-SSD Total -37%

Average Bench: 53.3% (853^rd of 1058)

Based on 21,358 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS120G1G0A-00SS50, WDC WDS120G1G0A-, WD WDS120G1G0A-00SS, WDC WDS1 20G1G0A-00SS50, WDC WDS120G1G0A-00SS

Poor: 36%Average: 53.3% Great: 71%

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Average average bench

The WD Green 120GB (2016) averaged 46.6% 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 Write Speed 63.3MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 21.7MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 120GB (2016) is 34.7%. 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 68.3MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 26.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 21,358 samples)

Rank 85353.3%

Min	Avg	Max
289	Read 401	487
29.2	Write 169	399
27.9	Mixed 178	374
29.5	SusWrite 68.3	120
44.8% 204 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.92	4K Read 21.7	29.9
15.8	4K Write 63.3	110
4.8	4K Mixed 16.9	23.7
88% 34 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
110	DQ Read 158	222
38.3	DQ Write 171	294
1.37	DQ Mixed 26.6	35.3
58.1% 118 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

TUR-User, 10 hrs ago.

66GB free

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 93 96 96 92 90 MB/s

76.6% Very good

Write 410

Mixed 379

SusWrite 120

78% 350 MB/s

4K Read 30.7

4K Write 106

4K Mixed 24.3

134% 53.6 MB/s

DQ Read 157

DQ Write 312

DQ Mixed 33

82% 167 MB/s

USA-User, 5 hrs ago.

111GB free

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 126 104 90 93 86 MB/s

63% Good

Write 384

Mixed 371

SusWrite 121

76% 341 MB/s

4K Read 22.4

4K Write 92.2

4K Mixed 9.1

94% 41.2 MB/s

DQ Read 142

DQ Write 290

DQ Mixed 32.3

77% 155 MB/s

ARE-User, 1 hr ago.

79GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 92 92 90 89 96 MB/s

56.1% Above average

Write 211

Mixed 199

SusWrite 91.5

49% 220 MB/s

4K Read 19

4K Write 61

4K Mixed 20.4

87% 33.5 MB/s

DQ Read 205

DQ Write 201

DQ Mixed 28.2

69% 145 MB/s

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Gaming 47%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: Asus H110-PLUS

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $260Bench 80%, 212,777 samples	1,431x
Core i5-6400Intel $180Bench 69%, 142,827 samples	122x
Core i5-7400Intel $197Bench 72%, 225,231 samples	100x

GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $230Bench 53%, 506,666 samples	885x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,217,004 samples	105x
RTX 2060Nvidia $390Bench 88%, 438,836 samples	83x

SSD
Green 120GB (2016)WD $50Bench 53%, 21,358 samples	558x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 75%, 22,624 samples	1,003x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $84Bench 71%, 97,199 samples	153x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $339Bench 88%, 110,302 samples	32x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $540

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11400F $260	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i7-11700K $380	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS120G1G0A

Green 120GB (2016)

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WD WDS120G1G0A

Green 120GB (2016)

Average Bench: 53.3% (853rd of 1058)

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