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WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB

WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB
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Effective Speed -121%Effective Speed -121%Average Score -130%Read -9%, Write -67%, 4K Read -77%, 4K Write -193%, Mixed -64%, 4K Mixed -188%, SusWrite -314%Peak Score -116%Read -10%, Write -64%, 4K Read -75%, 4K Write -186%, Mixed -41%, 4K Mixed -183%, SusWrite -253%Value & Sentiment -127%User Rating -44%, Market Share -210%Nice To Haves -308%DQ Read -208%, DQ Write -309%, DQ Mixed -646%, ADQ Read -207%, ADQ Write -345%, ADQ Mixed -657%, Age 84%, AS-SSD Total -177%

Average Bench: 44.4% (883^rd of 1037)

Based on 17,815 user benchmarks. Model: WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0

Poor: 35%Average: 44.4% Great: 52%

Popular builds with this SSD

Below average average bench

The WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB averaged 55.5% 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 419MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.8MB/s

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB is just 17.3%. 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 72.1MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 65.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 17,815 samples)

Rank 88344.4%

Min	Avg	Max
332	Read 419	455
91.2	Write 246	295
76.4	Mixed 218	294
41.5	SusWrite 72.1	111
52.8% 239 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.1	4K Read 18.8	23.4
12.8	4K Write 30.4	42.1
8.2	4K Mixed 15.5	19.8
64.4% 21.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
45.2	DQ Read 105	119
24	DQ Write 65.9	87.4
13.2	DQ Mixed 33.9	42.5
39.1% 68.2 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

IDN-User, 1 hr ago.

64GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 89 65 72 63 68 MB/s

52.4% Above average

Write 295

Mixed 274

SusWrite 103

62% 278 MB/s

4K Read 23.2

4K Write 36.9

4K Mixed 19.7

80% 26.6 MB/s

DQ Read 116

DQ Write 73.2

DQ Mixed 42.4

46% 77.3 MB/s

GRC-User, 51 mins ago.

40GB free

Firmware: UI510000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 74 61 73 77 73 MB/s

52.4% Above average

Write 270

Mixed 250

SusWrite 99.2

59% 268 MB/s

4K Read 22.9

4K Write 39.4

4K Mixed 19.5

80% 27.3 MB/s

DQ Read 116

DQ Write 55.9

DQ Mixed 41.5

43% 71.3 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 hr ago.

42GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI510000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 82 76 69 68 64 MB/s

52% Above average

Write 272

Mixed 273

SusWrite 106

61% 275 MB/s

4K Read 20

4K Write 38.9

4K Mixed 19.7

76% 26.2 MB/s

DQ Read 114

DQ Write 78.7

DQ Mixed 41.9

46% 78.1 MB/s

IDN-User, 1 hr ago.

64GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 51 22 53 82 64 MB/s

49.5% Average

Write 299

Mixed 286

SusWrite 73.4

61% 273 MB/s

4K Read 22.7

4K Write 34.3

4K Mixed 19.3

77% 25.4 MB/s

DQ Read 109

DQ Write 80

DQ Mixed 38.7

44% 75.8 MB/s

AUS-User, 26 mins ago.

69GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI510000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 40 11 85 47 66 MB/s

44.7% Average

Write 277

Mixed 277

SusWrite 76.1

58% 259 MB/s

4K Read 18.4

4K Write 30.6

4K Mixed 16.7

66% 21.9 MB/s

DQ Read 119

DQ Write 55.3

DQ Mixed 16.7

31% 63.5 MB/s

AUS-User, 11 mins ago.

76GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI510000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 86 18 40 49 70 MB/s

44.4% Average

Write 287

Mixed 273

SusWrite 67.7

58% 260 MB/s

4K Read 17.8

4K Write 27.4

4K Mixed 16.7

63% 20.6 MB/s

DQ Read 119

DQ Write 84.1

DQ Mixed 15.3

35% 72.7 MB/s

HUN-User, 54 mins ago.

60GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI500000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 112 36 77 76 79 MB/s

38% Below average

Write 205

Mixed 297

SusWrite 84.2

57% 259 MB/s

4K Read 18.9

4K Write 31.5

4K Mixed 1.4

47% 17.3 MB/s

DQ Read 40.4

DQ Write 56.5

DQ Mixed 34.9

30% 43.9 MB/s

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Typical WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB Builds (Compare 31,863 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 46%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $73

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $139Bench 78%, 457,932 samples	7,931x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $205Bench 84%, 485,030 samples	5,931x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $170Bench 80%, 207,776 samples	2,551x

GPU
RX 580AMD $170Bench 57%, 528,464 samples	3,922x
RX 570AMD $140Bench 49%, 256,094 samples	2,899x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $230Bench 70%, 95,075 samples	2,151x

SSD
WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GBWDCBench 44%, 17,815 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $66Bench 86%, 298,754 samples	1,856x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 83%, 388,993 samples	1,632x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $59Bench 86%, 164,493 samples	1,072x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $448

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Intel Core i5-9600K $193	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $43
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $300	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $510	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $42

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $66	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $28

WDC

WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB

Average Bench: 44.4% (883^rd of 1037)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $73

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WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB

Average Bench: 44.4% (883rd of 1037)

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Average Bench: 44.4% (883^rd of 1037)