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WD WDS120G1G0A

Green 120GB (2016)

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 54.2% (796th of 1016)

Based on 14,241 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WDS120G1G0A-00SS50, WDC WDS120G1G0A-, WD WDS120G1G0A-00SS, WDC WDS1 20G1G0A-00SS50, WDC WDS120G1G0A-00SS
Poor: 37%Average: 54.2% Great: 68%

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Average average bench

The WD Green 120GB (2016) averaged 45.8% 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 67.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 22.1MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 120GB (2016) is 31.3%. 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 71MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 27.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14,241 samples)
Rank 79654.2%
Min Avg Max
241 Read 398 490
28.5 Write 186 384
31.8 Mixed 196 361
34.6 SusWrite 71 105
46.8% 213 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.9 4K Read 22.1 29.5
16.5 4K Write 67.8 111
4.88 4K Mixed 16.7 24
90.8% 35.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
88.7 DQ Read 155 208
57.4 DQ Write 171 279
7.4 DQ Mixed 27.3 34.5
58.2% 118 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
24GB free
Firmware: Z3311000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 96 96 87 95 96 MB/s
79.3% Very good
Read 503
Write 353
Mixed 376
SusWrite 129
76% 340 MB/s
4K Read 31.4
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 23.8
138% 56.2 MB/s
DQ Read 176
DQ Write 309
DQ Mixed 33.3
84% 173 MB/s
53GB free
Firmware: Z3311000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 98 135 87 92 96 MB/s
72.8% Very good
Read 472
Write 383
Mixed 363
SusWrite 107
74% 331 MB/s
4K Read 27.8
4K Write 93.7
4K Mixed 24
122% 48.5 MB/s
DQ Read 204
DQ Write 296
DQ Mixed 28.5
84% 176 MB/s
11GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z3311000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 51 64 89 58 70 MB/s
57.6% Above average
Read 460
Write 22.3
Mixed 62.7
SusWrite 66.4
32% 153 MB/s
4K Read 29.6
4K Write 56.4
4K Mixed 20.8
101% 35.6 MB/s
DQ Read 161
DQ Write 65.5
DQ Mixed 33.3
46% 86.7 MB/s
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Typical Green 120GB (2016) Builds (Compare 2,866 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 53%
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Desktop
Desktop 64%
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Workstation
Workstation 47%
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Motherboard: Asus H110-PLUS

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel  $291Bench 76%, 131,104 samples1,878x
Core i5-6500Intel  $185Bench 64%, 133,710 samples142x
Core i5-7400Intel  $182Bench 64%, 120,594 samples131x
GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $170Bench 54%, 310,635 samples1,422x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $277Bench 57%, 752,023 samples171x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 32%, 460,733 samples132x
SSD
Green 120GB (2016)WD  $33Bench 54%, 14,241 samples978x
RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 76%, 12,822 samples1,472x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $64Bench 73%, 54,398 samples221x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GBAdataBench 41%, 9,444 samples51x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $494

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