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WDC WDS120G2G0A- 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 105% (2nd of 1015)

more Based on 5,294 user benchmarks.  Models: AMD-RAID WDC WDS120G2G0A-, WDC WDS1 20G2G0A-00JH, WDC WDS1 20G2G0A-00JH30, WDC WDS120G2G0A-00JH30, WDC WDS120G2G0A-00JH, WDS120G2G0A-ODJH30
Poor: 28%Average: 105% Great: 153%

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Outstanding average bench

The Amd-raid WDC WDS120G2G0A- 120GB averaged 5.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Amd-raid WDC WDS120G2G0A- 120GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 7.55MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 15MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid WDC WDS120G2G0A- 120GB is 125%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid WDC WDS120G2G0A- 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 52.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 153MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,294 samples)
Rank 2105%
Min Avg Max
63 Read 309 450
16.9 Write 153 288
5.7 Mixed 138 278
13.3 SusWrite 52.4 90.5
121% 163 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 15 22.5
0.1 4K Write 3.81 7.7
0.2 4K Mixed 7.55 18.1
1,534% 8.79 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
108GB free
Firmware: UE300000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 82 83 83 82 83 MB/s
153% Outstanding
Read 443
Write 247
Mixed 121
SusWrite 83.9
163% 224 MB/s
4K Read 20.6
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 16.8
2,818% 14.1 MB/s
54GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UE450000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 73 46 25 72 55 MB/s
145% Outstanding
Read 432
Write 226
Mixed 258
SusWrite 70.8
184% 247 MB/s
4K Read 10.6
4K Write 5.6
4K Mixed 16.4
2,368% 10.9 MB/s
50GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UE450000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 23 7.5 11 69 74 MB/s
140% Outstanding
Read 422
Write 253
Mixed 251
SusWrite 59.6
184% 247 MB/s
4K Read 18.6
4K Write 5.9
4K Mixed 12.5
2,273% 12.3 MB/s
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UE500000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 46 29 9 33 46 MB/s
130% Outstanding
Read 405
Write 245
Mixed 176
SusWrite 46.6
161% 218 MB/s
4K Read 13.4
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.8
651% 4.8 MB/s
20GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UE510000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 37 3.2 2.7 2.4 21 MB/s
78.4% Very good
Read 233
Write 174
Mixed 131
SusWrite 38.3
107% 144 MB/s
4K Read 5.7
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 2.9
612% 3.8 MB/s
62GB free
Firmware: UE300000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 68 65 69 67 61 MB/s
65.5% Good
Read 159
Write 104
Mixed 83.7
SusWrite 66.3
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 4.1
4K Write 6.4
4K Mixed 4
734% 4.83 MB/s
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Gaming 79%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 66%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B360M-A - $495

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Core i5-9400FIntel  $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples1,542x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples1,320x
Core i5-8400Intel  $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples1,279x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples488x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples447x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples426x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples322x
Green 120GB (2018)WD  $59Bench 43%, 69,933 samples236x
Green 240GB (2018)WD  $37Bench 45%, 156,194 samples214x
RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples252x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 76%, 26,065 samples162x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples149x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $1,024

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