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WDS120G2G0B- 120GB

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Effective Speed -78%Effective Speed -78%Average Score +48% Read -20%, Write -59%, 4K Read 323%, 4K Write 84%, Mixed -5%, 4K Mixed 277%, SusWrite -261%Peak Score +199% Read 22%, Write 8%, 4K Read 623%, 4K Write 205%, Mixed 77%, 4K Mixed 630%, SusWrite -171%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +75% Age 75%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

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Average Bench: 49.4% (314^th of 1015)

Based on 686 user benchmarks. Models: WDC WDS120G2G0B-, WDC WDS1 20G2G0B-00EPW0, WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0, WDS120G2G0B-00EPWP, WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0, WDS120G2G0B-00JH30, WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EP, WDC WDS1 20G2G0B-00EP

Poor: 13%Average: 49.4% Great: 85%

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Below average average bench

The WD WDS120G2G0B- 120GB averaged 50.5% 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. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 3.15MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 3.62MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WDS120G2G0B- 120GB is 71.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD WDS120G2G0B- 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 41.7MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 85.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 686 samples)

Rank 31449.4%

Min	Avg	Max
8.88	Read 129	242
3.78	Write 85.9	195
4.27	Mixed 75.3	166
9.9	SusWrite 41.7	71.9
61.5% 82.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.12	4K Read 3.62	7.47
0	4K Write 3.65	7.53
0.03	4K Mixed 3.15	7.3
568% 3.47 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

MAR-User, 20 days ago.

63GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI510000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 28 12 6.2 12 84 MB/s

83.5% Excellent

Write 77

Mixed 73.2

SusWrite 49.7

81% 110 MB/s

4K Read 5.2

4K Write 3.7

4K Mixed 6.4

996% 5.1 MB/s

HUN-User, 11 days ago.

19GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI450000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 41 23 9 1.7 21 MB/s

70.9% Very good

Write 110

Mixed 88.9

SusWrite 29.7

82% 110 MB/s

4K Read 5.9

4K Write 7.4

4K Mixed 4

827% 5.77 MB/s

IND-User, 8 days ago.

30GB free (System drive)

Firmware: UI510000

SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 9.5 5.6 26 39 43 MB/s

27.1% Poor

Write 38.5

Mixed 36.1

SusWrite 23.9

31% 41.4 MB/s

4K Read 6.6

4K Write 4.7

4K Mixed 7.3

1,173% 6.2 MB/s

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Typical WDS120G2G0B- 120GB Builds (Compare 3,888 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-16J9

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	2,548x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	1,340x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	2,328x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	1,049x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples	510x

SSD
THNSNJ256G8NY 256GBToshibaBench 76%, 12,683 samples	215x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBSamsungBench 176%, 11,069 samples	129x
THNSNJ128G8NY 128GBToshibaBench 73%, 7,789 samples	112x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	779x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	317x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	220x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
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