WD WDS120G1G0A

Green 120GB (2016)

Green 120GB (2016)
BENCHMARKS (21,990)
MKT (0%)
BUILDS
(2)
BUY • $84

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 -276%User Rating -11%, Market Share -789%, Price 12%, Value -317%Nice To Haves -251%DQ Read -81%, DQ Write -22%, DQ Mixed -836%, ADQ Read -109%, ADQ Write -68%, ADQ Mixed -853%, Age 5%, AS-SSD Total -42%

Average Bench: 52.8% (875^th of 1072)

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 87552.8%

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%

ARG-User, 13 hrs ago.

37GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 87 41 99 58 60 MB/s

63.6% Good

Write 402

Mixed 170

SusWrite 74.5

62% 282 MB/s

4K Read 23.6

4K Write 88.8

4K Mixed 21.3

110% 44.6 MB/s

DQ Read 142

DQ Write 184

DQ Mixed 34

62% 120 MB/s

MEX-User, 22 hrs ago.

111GB free

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 86 77 86 83 86 MB/s

58.8% Above average

Write 373

Mixed 349

SusWrite 103

70% 313 MB/s

4K Read 19

4K Write 64.6

4K Mixed 17.8

86% 33.8 MB/s

DQ Read 140

DQ Write 305

DQ Mixed 35.3

80% 160 MB/s

USA-User, 12 hrs ago.

13GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 34 42 42 35 38 MB/s

48.6% Average

Write 126

Mixed 126

SusWrite 44.1

39% 178 MB/s

4K Read 16.7

4K Write 78.3

4K Mixed 6

74% 33.7 MB/s

DQ Read 204

DQ Write 178

DQ Mixed 35

69% 139 MB/s

USA-User, 14 hrs ago.

6GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Z3311000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 36 22 41 38 58 MB/s

34.8% Below average

Write 22.2

Mixed 52.9

SusWrite 40.4

23% 107 MB/s

4K Read 15.7

4K Write 22.8

4K Mixed 12.8

52% 17.1 MB/s

DQ Read 85.7

DQ Write 96.7

DQ Mixed 13.4

32% 65.3 MB/s

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 38%

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Motherboard: Asus H110-PLUS

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,186x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	84x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	71x

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GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	572x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	77x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	73x

SSD
Green 120GB (2016)WD $84Bench 53%, 21,990 samples	381x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 76%, 26,065 samples	728x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	96x
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 24,860 samples	20x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $370

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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WD WDS120G1G0A

Green 120GB (2016)

Average Bench: 52.8% (875^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 52.8% (875th of 1072)

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