WD WDS120G1G0A

Green 120GB (2016)

Green 120GB (2016)
BENCHMARKS (13,002)
MKT (0.1%)
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BUY • $33

Effective Speed -82%Effective Speed -82%Average User Bench -117%Read -13%, Write -135%, 4K Read -54%, 4K Write -34%, Mixed -94%, 4K Mixed -171%, SusWrite -320%Peak Lab Bench -64%Read -2%, Write -26%, 4K Read -39%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed -15%, 4K Mixed -138%, SusWrite -220%Value & Sentiment -32%User Rating -38%, Market Share -355%, Price 320%, Value -57%Nice To Haves -246%DQ Read -71%, DQ Write -23%, DQ Mixed -826%, ADQ Read -103%, ADQ Write -75%, ADQ Mixed -869%, Age 38%, AS-SSD Total -39%

Average Bench: 54.4% (789^th of 1011)

Based on 13,002 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS120G1G0A-00SS50, WDC WDS120G1G0A-, WD WDS120G1G0A-00SS, WDC WDS1 20G1G0A-00SS50, WDC WDS120G1G0A-00SS

Poor: 37%Average: 54.4% Great: 71%

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Average average bench

The WD Green 120GB (2016) averaged 45.5% 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 68.1MB/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 33.8%. 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 70.9MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 26.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 13,002 samples)

Rank 78954.4%

Min	Avg	Max
289	Read 406	492
26.4	Write 176	385
29.4	Mixed 186	362
32.9	SusWrite 70.9	122
46.1% 210 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.8	4K Read 22	30
16	4K Write 68.1	114
3.86	4K Mixed 16.8	23.9
90.9% 35.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
94.2	DQ Read 155	214
45.5	DQ Write 168	291
4.28	DQ Mixed 26.3	34.3
57.2% 116 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

TUR-User, 1 hr ago.

56GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 91 64 70 61 64 MB/s

67.4% Good

Write 325

Mixed 202

SusWrite 70.3

59% 266 MB/s

4K Read 29.1

4K Write 127

4K Mixed 16.6

133% 57.6 MB/s

DQ Read 140

DQ Write 155

DQ Mixed 2.2

42% 99.1 MB/s

POL-User, 14 mins ago.

111GB free

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 165 91 96 96 87 MB/s

67% Good

Write 384

Mixed 351

SusWrite 132

70% 314 MB/s

4K Read 19.2

4K Write 111

4K Mixed 18.1

111% 49.4 MB/s

DQ Read 199

DQ Write 299

DQ Mixed 34.9

86% 178 MB/s

NLD-User, 17 mins ago.

72GB free

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 102 96 96 87 96 MB/s

62.7% Good

Write 121

Mixed 191

SusWrite 99.3

46% 208 MB/s

4K Read 23.3

4K Write 85.7

4K Mixed 19.9

106% 43 MB/s

DQ Read 143

DQ Write 238

DQ Mixed 29.2

68% 137 MB/s

USA-User, 51 mins ago.

24GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 72 70 53 83 55 MB/s

59.5% Above average

Write 268

Mixed 206

SusWrite 72.8

51% 228 MB/s

4K Read 23.7

4K Write 106

4K Mixed 14.7

111% 48 MB/s

DQ Read 157

DQ Write 228

DQ Mixed 23

65% 136 MB/s

USA-User, 3 mins ago.

29GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 47 44 38 64 41 MB/s

50.5% Above average

Write 142

Mixed 156

SusWrite 50.6

41% 188 MB/s

4K Read 22.1

4K Write 32.3

4K Mixed 22.1

79% 25.5 MB/s

DQ Read 177

DQ Write 137

DQ Mixed 20.6

52% 111 MB/s

ZAF-User, 40 mins ago.

77GB free

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 77 131 83 86 86 MB/s

46.7% Average

Write 201

Mixed 121

SusWrite 90.9

49% 225 MB/s

4K Read 15.5

4K Write 42.3

4K Mixed 7.5

56% 21.8 MB/s

DQ Read 170

DQ Write 93.5

DQ Mixed 33.1

51% 98.7 MB/s

URY-User, 24 mins ago.

38GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 139 73 160 249 257 MB/s

44.5% Average

Write 7.7

Mixed 119

SusWrite 157

34% 158 MB/s

4K Read 14.1

4K Write 30.2

4K Mixed 12.6

54% 19 MB/s

DQ Read 145

DQ Write 74.4

DQ Mixed 2.4

30% 74 MB/s

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Gaming 53%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus H110-PLUS

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $289Bench 76%, 122,764 samples	1,736x
Core i5-6500Intel $190Bench 63%, 125,674 samples	137x
Core i5-7400Intel $182Bench 63%, 116,357 samples	119x

GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $187Bench 54%, 310,616 samples	1,342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $280Bench 57%, 768,624 samples	159x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 32%, 464,235 samples	127x

SSD
Green 120GB (2016)WD $33Bench 54%, 13,002 samples	921x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 76%, 13,892 samples	1,367x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $59Bench 71%, 57,239 samples	201x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GBAdataBench 41%, 9,235 samples	49x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $509

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $244	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 2060 $324	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $360	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $54

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $76	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

WD WDS120G1G0A

Green 120GB (2016)

Average Bench: 54.4% (789^th of 1011)

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Green 120GB (2016)

Average Bench: 54.4% (789th of 1011)

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