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WD (ExtHD)

Elements 120GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 70.4% (7th of 639)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 2109 PID 0711 Model: WD Elements
Poor: 52%Average: 70.4% Great: 93%

Good average bench

The WD Elements 120GB averaged 29.6% 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-64Thread Write Speed 21.6MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 15.9MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this USB perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 86.9MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 46.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 770.4%
Min Avg Max
38.2 Read 86.9 221
35.2 Write 70.8 171
36.2 Mixed 71.6 175
33.8 SusWrite 46.2 70.2
90.2% 68.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
6.9 4K Read 12.1 16.2
12.2 4K Write 14.6 18.5
8.2 4K Mixed 11.8 15.5
942% 12.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.4 DQ Read 15 15.5
18.8 DQ Write 21.6 23.5
14.3 DQ Mixed 15.9 17.1
1,330% 17.5 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
78GB free, PID 0711
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 75 6.9 50 71 66 MB/s
92.7% Outstanding
Read 221
Write 171
Mixed 175
SusWrite 70.2
204% 159 MB/s
4K Read 11.3
4K Write 13.9
4K Mixed 11.3
899% 12.2 MB/s
DQ Read 15.1
DQ Write 18.8
DQ Mixed 15.8
1,233% 16.6 MB/s
111GB free, PID 0711
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 40 39 39 MB/s
74.4% Very good
Read 38.8
Write 36.6
Mixed 36.2
SusWrite 39.7
52% 37.8 MB/s
4K Read 13.9
4K Write 18.5
4K Mixed 15.5
1,208% 16 MB/s
DQ Read 15.1
DQ Write 21.9
DQ Mixed 17.1
1,382% 18 MB/s
112GB free, PID 0711
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 39 40 41 42 42 MB/s
62.4% Good
Read 49.8
Write 40.2
Mixed 38.4
SusWrite 40.9
56% 42.3 MB/s
4K Read 16.2
4K Write 13.8
4K Mixed 12.1
941% 14 MB/s
DQ Read 15.5
DQ Write 22.1
DQ Mixed 14.3
1,296% 17.3 MB/s
34GB free, PID 0711
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 32 34 33 35 36 MB/s
52% Above average
Read 38.2
Write 35.2
Mixed 36.5
SusWrite 33.8
49% 35.9 MB/s
4K Read 6.9
4K Write 12.2
4K Mixed 8.2
720% 9.1 MB/s
DQ Read 14.4
DQ Write 23.5
DQ Mixed 16.4
1,411% 18.1 MB/s
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