WD WDS120G1G0A

Green 120GB (2016)

Green 120GB (2016)
BENCHMARKS (15,537)
MKT (0.1%)
BUILDS
(2)
BUY • $50

Effective Speed -86%Effective Speed -86%Average Score -116%Read -16%, Write -118%, 4K Read -63%, 4K Write -37%, Mixed -93%, 4K Mixed -167%, SusWrite -321%Peak Score -67%Read -3%, Write -20%, 4K Read -47%, 4K Write -8%, Mixed -15%, 4K Mixed -142%, SusWrite -236%Value & Sentiment -97%User Rating -11%, Market Share -404%, Price 153%, Value -128%Nice To Haves -252%DQ Read -76%, DQ Write -21%, DQ Mixed -843%, ADQ Read -109%, ADQ Write -70%, ADQ Mixed -864%, Age 8%, AS-SSD Total -40%

Average Bench: 53.4% (854^th of 1058)

Based on 15,537 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS120G1G0A-00SS50, WDC WDS120G1G0A-, WD WDS120G1G0A-00SS, WDC WDS1 20G1G0A-00SS50, WDC WDS120G1G0A-00SS

Poor: 36%Average: 53.4% Great: 70%

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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 63.9MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 21.3MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Green 120GB (2016) is 34%. 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 70.9MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 27MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 15,537 samples)

Rank 85453.4%

Min	Avg	Max
287	Read 398	491
34.2	Write 187	406
43	Mixed 187	369
32.1	SusWrite 70.9	115
46.4% 211 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.3	4K Read 21.3	29.2
17	4K Write 63.9	110
2.9	4K Mixed 17	24
87.9% 34.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
106	DQ Read 155	209
37.6	DQ Write 169	295
4.66	DQ Mixed 27	35.1
57.6% 117 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 11 hrs ago.

51GB free

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 86 86 86 67 96 MB/s

76.2% Very good

Write 409

Mixed 382

SusWrite 107

78% 350 MB/s

4K Read 28.9

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 24.5

133% 54.1 MB/s

DQ Read 160

DQ Write 311

DQ Mixed 33.9

83% 168 MB/s

USA-User, 8 hrs ago.

44GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 55 51 64 48 51 MB/s

71.4% Very good

Write 369

Mixed 371

SusWrite 62.5

72% 323 MB/s

4K Read 30

4K Write 107

4K Mixed 23.3

132% 53.5 MB/s

DQ Read 197

DQ Write 218

DQ Mixed 4.1

59% 140 MB/s

BRA-User, 11 hrs ago.

111GB free

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 137 84 80 73 78 MB/s

53.1% Above average

Write 362

Mixed 348

SusWrite 114

70% 311 MB/s

4K Read 14.3

4K Write 39.6

4K Mixed 16.4

64% 23.4 MB/s

DQ Read 156

DQ Write 290

DQ Mixed 34.3

79% 160 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 hrs ago.

21GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 59 51 38 30 30 MB/s

40.8% Average

Write 150

Mixed 105

SusWrite 47.1

37% 168 MB/s

4K Read 23

4K Write 41.2

4K Mixed 0.2

57% 21.5 MB/s

DQ Read 145

DQ Write 217

DQ Mixed 35

67% 132 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 49,336,811 SSDs tested.

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Gaming 47%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: Asus H110-PLUS

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $327Bench 79%, 213,507 samples	1,604x
Core i5-6400Intel $182Bench 69%, 165,687 samples	134x
Core i5-7400Intel $205Bench 72%, 217,562 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $230Bench 53%, 551,942 samples	986x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,286,087 samples	115x
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 80%, 1,199,785 samples	90x

SSD
Green 120GB (2016)WD $50Bench 53%, 15,537 samples	630x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 75%, 24,440 samples	1,123x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $60Bench 71%, 95,202 samples	166x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $298Bench 86%, 124,966 samples	33x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $607

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $300	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11600K $220	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i7-11700K $300	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

WD WDS120G1G0A

Green 120GB (2016)

Average Bench: 53.4% (854^th of 1058)

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Green 120GB (2016)

Average Bench: 53.4% (854th of 1058)

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