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WD (ExtHD)

ELEMENTS 120GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 57.3% (18th of 639)

Based on 11 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 1f75 PID 0621 Model: WD ELEMENTS
Poor: 12%Average: 57.3% Great: 148%

Average average bench

The WD ELEMENTS 120GB averaged 42.7% 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. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 27MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 19.9MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD ELEMENTS 120GB is 136%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the WD ELEMENTS 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 90.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 6.87MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)
Rank 1857.3%
Min Avg Max
24.9 Read 90.2 238
17.9 Write 77 226
14.8 Mixed 66.8 215
18.9 SusWrite 82.8 169
106% 79.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.36 4K Read 6.87 17.9
0.71 4K Write 8.98 25.5
0.25 4K Mixed 6.8 20.4
562% 7.55 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.5 DQ Read 18 26.6
14.1 DQ Write 27 35.4
10.9 DQ Mixed 19.9 25.5
1662% 21.6 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
68GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 169 168 164 170 169 MB/s
154% Outstanding
Read 238
Write 183
Mixed 193
SusWrite 169
258% 196 MB/s
4K Read 17.9
4K Write 25.5
4K Mixed 20.4
1,628% 21.3 MB/s
DQ Read 18.8
DQ Write 28
DQ Mixed 20.7
1,726% 22.5 MB/s
80GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 205 152 151 150 151 MB/s
148% Outstanding
Read 233
Write 226
Mixed 215
SusWrite 155
278% 207 MB/s
4K Read 16.3
4K Write 25
4K Mixed 19.7
1,581% 20.3 MB/s
DQ Read 18.1
DQ Write 30.6
DQ Mixed 22.4
1,870% 23.7 MB/s
111GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 117 119 124 190 121 MB/s
97.5% Outstanding
Read 144
Write 85.3
Mixed 79.6
SusWrite 143
148% 113 MB/s
4K Read 8.8
4K Write 14.1
4K Mixed 9.2
825% 10.7 MB/s
DQ Read 8.5
DQ Write 14.1
DQ Mixed 10.9
882% 11.2 MB/s
24GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 125 63 58 61 61 MB/s
82.2% Excellent
Read 126
Write 130
Mixed 78
SusWrite 79.8
136% 103 MB/s
4K Read 11.3
4K Write 14.3
4K Mixed 10.4
882% 12 MB/s
DQ Read 26.6
DQ Write 35.4
DQ Mixed 25.5
2,170% 29.2 MB/s
78GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 36 35 35 35 36 MB/s
39.1% Below average
Read 51.9
Write 34.2
Mixed 32.8
SusWrite 35.3
50% 38.6 MB/s
4K Read 11.4
4K Write 6.9
4K Mixed 8.6
570% 8.97 MB/s
5GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 42 42 42 41 MB/s
20.3% Poor
Read 51
Write 57.7
Mixed 36.4
SusWrite 41.6
63% 46.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.5
60% 0.73 MB/s
63GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 20 20 20 20 MB/s
12.2% Very poor
Read 25.7
Write 19.4
Mixed 18.7
SusWrite 20.1
28% 21 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
63% 0.73 MB/s
64GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s
12% Very poor
Read 26.1
Write 17.9
Mixed 18
SusWrite 18.9
26% 20.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
63% 0.73 MB/s
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