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WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 43.8% (857th of 1011)

Based on 10,426 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0
Poor: 32%Average: 43.8% Great: 52%

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Below average average bench

The WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB averaged 56.2% 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. Sequential Read Speed 419MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.4MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB is just 19.9%. 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 71.5MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 62.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10,426 samples)
Rank 85743.8%
Min Avg Max
337 Read 419 458
82.5 Write 241 295
82 Mixed 213 294
41.1 SusWrite 71.5 110
52.2% 236 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.54 4K Read 18.4 23.5
12.4 4K Write 29.5 40.5
7.64 4K Mixed 15.1 19.7
62.8% 21 MB/s
Min Avg Max
28.8 DQ Read 101 119
17 DQ Write 62.1 86.3
11.3 DQ Mixed 33.8 42.5
38% 65.6 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
62GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UI500000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 5 48 2.7 8.8 88 MB/s
49.4% Average
Read 487
Write 274
Mixed 261
SusWrite 51
59% 268 MB/s
4K Read 21.8
4K Write 39.3
4K Mixed 18.8
78% 26.6 MB/s
DQ Read 79.5
DQ Write 65
DQ Mixed 28.3
33% 57.6 MB/s
53GB free
Firmware: UI190000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 66 80 88 87 87 MB/s
48.5% Average
Read 449
Write 188
Mixed 205
SusWrite 82.8
51% 231 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 18
4K Mixed 20.1
70% 20.4 MB/s
DQ Read 106
DQ Write 65.1
DQ Mixed 42.5
43% 71.2 MB/s
34GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UI450000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 13 62 9.1 110 30 MB/s
47.2% Average
Read 438
Write 293
Mixed 202
SusWrite 60.6
55% 248 MB/s
4K Read 21.5
4K Write 31.8
4K Mixed 17.3
72% 23.5 MB/s
DQ Read 115
DQ Write 77.2
DQ Mixed 42.5
46% 78.2 MB/s
17GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UI450000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 50 1.6 57 2.6 2.1 MB/s
44.5% Average
Read 430
Write 230
Mixed 217
SusWrite 39.1
50% 229 MB/s
4K Read 20.6
4K Write 32.8
4K Mixed 18.2
72% 23.9 MB/s
DQ Read 75.6
DQ Write 60.3
DQ Mixed 41.7
38% 59.2 MB/s
29GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UI450000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 58 37 56 50 57 MB/s
35.5% Below average
Read 318
Write 247
Mixed 222
SusWrite 68.6
48% 214 MB/s
4K Read 13.1
4K Write 23.4
4K Mixed 12
48% 16.2 MB/s
DQ Read 115
DQ Write 71.6
DQ Mixed 19.8
35% 68.9 MB/s
34GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UI450000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 43 12 90 44 17 MB/s
29.4% Poor
Read 357
Write 261
Mixed 167
SusWrite 66.4
47% 213 MB/s
4K Read 9
4K Write 18.7
4K Mixed 5.7
31% 11.1 MB/s
DQ Read 29.8
DQ Write 60.8
DQ Mixed 40
32% 43.5 MB/s
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Typical WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB Builds (Compare 18,511 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
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Gaming 53%
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Desktop
Desktop 60%
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Workstation
Workstation 53%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $71

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $110Bench 75%, 257,090 samples6,740x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD  $78Bench 68%, 75,345 samples2,714x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $147Bench 79%, 126,662 samples1,548x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $180Bench 54%, 292,718 samples2,900x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 47%, 108,180 samples1,799x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $285Bench 56%, 700,687 samples1,235x
SSD
WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GBWDCBench 44%, 10,426 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $65Bench 84%, 269,052 samples1,171x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $60Bench 86%, 51,140 samples765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 83%, 21,913 samples519x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $426

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