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WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB

WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB
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Effective Speed -127%Effective Speed -127%Average Score -140%Read -10%, Write -70%, 4K Read -87%, 4K Write -199%, Mixed -71%, 4K Mixed -197%, SusWrite -349%Peak Score -121%Read -11%, Write -64%, 4K Read -84%, 4K Write -199%, Mixed -44%, 4K Mixed -195%, SusWrite -249%Value & Sentiment -213%User Rating -13%, Market Share -413%Nice To Haves -322%DQ Read -208%, DQ Write -315%, DQ Mixed -681%, ADQ Read -214%, ADQ Write -354%, ADQ Mixed -660%, Age 35%, AS-SSD Total -180%

Average Bench: 43.5% (917^th of 1059)

Based on 30,897 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0

Poor: 33%Average: 43.5% Great: 52%

Popular builds with this SSD

Below average average bench

The WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB averaged 56.5% 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. Sequential Read Speed 417MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.4MB/s

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB is just 18.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 66.2MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 63.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 30,897 samples)

Rank 91743.5%

Min	Avg	Max
335	Read 417	456
78.9	Write 238	296
46	Mixed 210	294
35	SusWrite 66.2	111
51.5% 233 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.72	4K Read 18.4	23.4
12.1	4K Write 29.4	40.9
7.44	4K Mixed 15.2	19.8
62.8% 21 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
48.6	DQ Read 104	119
24.3	DQ Write 63.5	86.2
13.1	DQ Mixed 34.2	42.4
38.8% 67.1 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

MEX-User, 1 day ago.

62GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI500000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 136 55 67 58 59 MB/s

50.4% Above average

Write 295

Mixed 289

SusWrite 101

63% 284 MB/s

4K Read 19.3

4K Write 33.7

4K Mixed 19.3

72% 24.1 MB/s

DQ Read 113

DQ Write 75.3

DQ Mixed 38.9

44% 75.6 MB/s

RUS-User, 13 hrs ago.

14GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI510000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 23 79 3.1 32 43 MB/s

50.4% Above average

Write 213

Mixed 186

SusWrite 54

50% 227 MB/s

4K Read 23.6

4K Write 38.1

4K Mixed 19.7

81% 27.1 MB/s

DQ Read 114

DQ Write 79.9

DQ Mixed 41.4

46% 78.5 MB/s

USA-User, 17 hrs ago.

41GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 0400

SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 47 40 58 48 43 MB/s

46.8% Average

Write 313

Mixed 295

SusWrite 60.1

62% 281 MB/s

4K Read 21

4K Write 38.5

4K Mixed 14.4

71% 24.6 MB/s

DQ Read 114

DQ Write 63.2

DQ Mixed 30.7

38% 69.4 MB/s

FRA-User, 6 hrs ago.

39GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI510000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 4.4 10 107 42 62 MB/s

46.7% Average

Write 279

Mixed 273

SusWrite 74.8

59% 264 MB/s

4K Read 20.1

4K Write 32.9

4K Mixed 18.3

71% 23.8 MB/s

DQ Read 82.6

DQ Write 59

DQ Mixed 32.9

35% 58.2 MB/s

AUS-User, 18 hrs ago.

59GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI510000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 6.8 112 57 60 46 MB/s

46.3% Average

Write 286

Mixed 204

SusWrite 68.3

56% 252 MB/s

4K Read 22.3

4K Write 32.3

4K Mixed 13.3

68% 22.6 MB/s

DQ Read 113

DQ Write 73.4

DQ Mixed 41.8

45% 76 MB/s

USA-User, 19 hrs ago.

43GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI510000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 1.9 57 74 87 77 MB/s

43.3% Average

Write 269

Mixed 251

SusWrite 72.2

55% 249 MB/s

4K Read 16.7

4K Write 31.6

4K Mixed 16.7

63% 21.7 MB/s

DQ Read 87.6

DQ Write 62.2

DQ Mixed 39.4

39% 63.1 MB/s

AUS-User, 18 hrs ago.

88GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI510000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 7.3 63 116 73 71 MB/s

42.5% Average

Write 137

Mixed 151

SusWrite 86.8

41% 189 MB/s

4K Read 16.4

4K Write 31.6

4K Mixed 13.8

59% 20.6 MB/s

DQ Read 116

DQ Write 67.6

DQ Mixed 41.2

44% 74.9 MB/s

ROU-User, 12 hrs ago.

89GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 23 7.4 36 83 64 MB/s

41.1% Average

Write 243

Mixed 153

SusWrite 71.2

47% 214 MB/s

4K Read 16.5

4K Write 28.8

4K Mixed 14.5

59% 19.9 MB/s

DQ Read 113

DQ Write 39

DQ Mixed 27.3

33% 59.9 MB/s

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Typical WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB Builds (Compare 10,923 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 46%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 42%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $75

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $194Bench 73%, 326,117 samples	2,431x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $138Bench 83%, 752,007 samples	1,792x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $188Bench 74%, 106,192 samples	736x

GPU
RX 580AMD $213Bench 55%, 853,084 samples	910x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 46%, 415,950 samples	674x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $220Bench 71%, 404,070 samples	637x

SSD
WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GBWDCBench 43%, 30,897 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $53Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	630x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	410x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $53Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	280x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $535

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Intel Core i5-12600K $278	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $415	Crucial MX500 250GB $38
Intel Core i5-12400F $170	Nvidia RTX 3070 $550	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i7-12700K $397	Nvidia RTX 3050 $280	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $53	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $60	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $453	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $17

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WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB

Average Bench: 43.5% (917^th of 1059)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $75

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WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB

Average Bench: 43.5% (917th of 1059)

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Average Bench: 43.5% (917^th of 1059)