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WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB

WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB
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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Effective Speed -138%Effective Speed -138%Average User Bench -150%Read -12%, Write -73%, 4K Read -101%, 4K Write -218%, Mixed -77%, 4K Mixed -221%, SusWrite -345%Peak Lab Bench -132%Read -12%, Write -66%, 4K Read -91%, 4K Write -215%, Mixed -42%, 4K Mixed -208%, SusWrite -293%Value & Sentiment -238%User Rating -71%, Market Share -406%Nice To Haves -322%DQ Read -223%, DQ Write -329%, DQ Mixed -685%, ADQ Read -229%, ADQ Write -377%, ADQ Mixed -687%, Age 147%, AS-SSD Total -191%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 43.5% (859^th of 1011)

Based on 9,280 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 18MB/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 71.2MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 62.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 9,280 samples)

Rank 85943.5%

Min	Avg	Max
341	Read 417	455
70.6	Write 242	294
51.8	Mixed 206	292
40.5	SusWrite 71.2	106
51.7% 234 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8.97	4K Read 18	23.5
12.7	4K Write 29.2	40.2
7.24	4K Mixed 15	19.7
62% 20.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
39.5	DQ Read 102	119
16.8	DQ Write 62.5	84.2
13.9	DQ Mixed 34.7	42.7
38.7% 66.5 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

ITA-User, 4 hrs ago.

80GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI500000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 45 3 40 93 88 MB/s

44.4% Average

Write 295

Mixed 274

SusWrite 75.4

59% 268 MB/s

4K Read 21.4

4K Write 35.2

4K Mixed 11.6

66% 22.7 MB/s

DQ Read 97.3

DQ Write 58

DQ Mixed 38.6

39% 64.6 MB/s

BRA-User, 2 hrs ago.

60GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 14 42 69 74 67 MB/s

43.9% Average

Write 270

Mixed 255

SusWrite 87.2

59% 265 MB/s

4K Read 16.5

4K Write 42.5

4K Mixed 9.9

60% 23 MB/s

DQ Read 105

DQ Write 32

DQ Mixed 40.3

37% 59.1 MB/s

ITA-User, 7 hrs ago.

84GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 70 44 14 7.6 60 MB/s

40.5% Average

Write 80.3

Mixed 93.6

SusWrite 45.6

35% 162 MB/s

4K Read 21.3

4K Write 24.4

4K Mixed 10.2

58% 18.6 MB/s

DQ Read 118

DQ Write 38

DQ Mixed 22.3

31% 59.4 MB/s

DEU-User, 7 hrs ago.

16GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 80 10 46 65 34 MB/s

40.3% Average

Write 238

Mixed 262

SusWrite 74.2

56% 251 MB/s

4K Read 14.2

4K Write 24.9

4K Mixed 10.5

48% 16.5 MB/s

DQ Read 117

DQ Write 77.2

DQ Mixed 41.8

46% 78.6 MB/s

BRA-User, 3 hrs ago.

62GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI190000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 62 53 38 67 67 MB/s

38.6% Below average

Write 57

Mixed 40.2

SusWrite 55.6

24% 111 MB/s

4K Read 18.6

4K Write 26.8

4K Mixed 17.8

65% 21.1 MB/s

DQ Read 118

DQ Write 35.9

DQ Mixed 24.9

32% 59.5 MB/s

BLR-User, 8 hrs ago.

35GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI190000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 69 60 50 31 36 MB/s

37.7% Below average

Write 70.5

Mixed 96.8

SusWrite 44.5

32% 150 MB/s

4K Read 17.4

4K Write 20.4

4K Mixed 16.4

58% 18.1 MB/s

DQ Read 16

DQ Write 47.1

DQ Mixed 8.7

13% 23.9 MB/s

FRA-User, 5 hrs ago.

64GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 40 1.7 43 88 39 MB/s

36.7% Below average

Write 256

Mixed 258

SusWrite 61.8

53% 237 MB/s

4K Read 11.9

4K Write 23.7

4K Mixed 11.5

45% 15.7 MB/s

DQ Read 119

DQ Write 71.4

DQ Mixed 39.4

44% 76.7 MB/s

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Gaming 15%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 29%

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System: Acer Aspire A515-51G

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 52%, 92,854 samples	3,819x
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 37%, 101,822 samples	1,727x
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 52%, 78,008 samples	1,019x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 6%, 156,461 samples	3,608x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 160,388 samples	1,754x
MX150-0NvidiaBench 14%, 11,245 samples	1,109x

SSD
WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GBWDCBench 43%, 9,280 samples	1x

RAM
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 04CB AM1P24HC4R1-BUNS 8GBHynixBench 61%, 1,239 samples	1,024x
4ATF51264HZ-2G3B1 04CB AM1P24HC4R1-BUNS 8GBMicronBench 61%, 901 samples	574x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 04CB AO1P21FC4R1-B2MS 8GBHynixBench 58%, 779 samples	512x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1660 $220	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $70
Intel Core i5-9600K $225	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $278	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $105
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 $195	Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super) $429	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $203

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $70	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $606	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $64	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

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WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB

Average Bench: 43.5% (859^th of 1011)

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System: Acer Aspire A515-51G

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WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB

Average Bench: 43.5% (859th of 1011)

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Average Bench: 43.5% (859^th of 1011)