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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

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Average Bench: 43.3% (850th of 1003)

Based on 7,702 user benchmarks.  Model: WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0
Poor: 32%Average: 43.3% Great: 52%

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Below average average bench

The WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB averaged 56.7% 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 416MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB is just 19.3%. 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 70.2MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 61.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 7,702 samples)
Rank 85043.3%
Min Avg Max
338 Read 416 454
70.5 Write 237 295
26.9 Mixed 202 298
38.1 SusWrite 70.2 108
51% 231 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.6 4K Read 18 23.3
12.9 4K Write 28.9 40.3
7.19 4K Mixed 15.1 19.8
62% 20.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
33.4 DQ Read 99.6 119
17.5 DQ Write 61.6 84.6
11.7 DQ Mixed 33.5 42.6
37.7% 64.9 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
80GB free
Firmware: UI450000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 65 112 72 68 69 MB/s
53.5% Above average
Read 453
Write 250
Mixed 181
SusWrite 102
54% 246 MB/s
4K Read 22.9
4K Write 40.7
4K Mixed 19.7
82% 27.8 MB/s
DQ Read 117
DQ Write 84.2
DQ Mixed 11.4
33% 71 MB/s
25GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UI450000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 61 96 85 88 88 MB/s
52.1% Above average
Read 445
Write 292
Mixed 278
SusWrite 106
62% 280 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 36.9
4K Mixed 19.2
77% 26 MB/s
DQ Read 116
DQ Write 77.3
DQ Mixed 42.3
46% 78.6 MB/s
64GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UI190000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 54 66 57 66 63 MB/s
44.8% Average
Read 426
Write 109
Mixed 154
SusWrite 58.3
41% 187 MB/s
4K Read 21.3
4K Write 21.6
4K Mixed 18.8
68% 20.6 MB/s
DQ Read 115
DQ Write 34.8
DQ Mixed 41.8
40% 63.9 MB/s
61GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UI450000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 60 10 1.8 70 51 MB/s
43.3% Average
Read 443
Write 268
Mixed 282
SusWrite 54
58% 262 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 24.3
4K Mixed 15.8
65% 20.3 MB/s
DQ Read 78.2
DQ Write 39.4
DQ Mixed 42.2
36% 53.3 MB/s
73GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UI450000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 124 46 68 64 57 MB/s
43.1% Average
Read 436
Write 294
Mixed 266
SusWrite 83.9
60% 270 MB/s
4K Read 14.7
4K Write 12.4
4K Mixed 17.2
51% 14.8 MB/s
DQ Read 117
DQ Write 82
DQ Mixed 36.2
44% 78.5 MB/s
56GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UI500000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 1.9 2.6 14 115 53 MB/s
39.3% Below average
Read 334
Write 288
Mixed 221
SusWrite 63
50% 227 MB/s
4K Read 14.1
4K Write 30.7
4K Mixed 17
59% 20.6 MB/s
DQ Read 117
DQ Write 50.2
DQ Mixed 41.6
42% 69.7 MB/s
48GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UI500000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 28 8.4 9.6 113 52 MB/s
31.3% Below average
Read 300
Write 194
Mixed 157
SusWrite 61.8
40% 178 MB/s
4K Read 13
4K Write 12.1
4K Mixed 10.8
40% 12 MB/s
DQ Read 81.7
DQ Write 65.1
DQ Mixed 41.7
40% 62.8 MB/s
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Typical WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB Builds (Compare 6,931 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
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Gaming 17%
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Desktop
Desktop 49%
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Workstation 31%
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System: Acer Aspire A515-51G

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 62%, 84,196 samples3,524x
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 48%, 97,111 samples1,565x
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 63%, 70,928 samples935x
GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 8%, 141,928 samples3,330x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 7%, 152,819 samples1,584x
MX150-0NvidiaBench 18%, 11,055 samples1,020x
SSD
WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GBWDCBench 43%, 7,702 samples1x
RAM
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 04CB AM1P24HC4R1-BUNS 8GBHynixBench 61%, 1,265 samples959x
4ATF51264HZ-2G3B1 04CB AM1P24HC4R1-BUNS 8GBMicronBench 61%, 866 samples551x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 04CB AO1P21FC4R1-B2MS 8GBHynixBench 58%, 713 samples466x
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