Real World Speed
Performance profile from 1,226,069 user samples
763,289 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 107% 381GB free
Worst Bench: 47% 786GB free (System drive)
Poor: 47% Great: 107%
SPEED RANK: 57th / 1015
462,780 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 114% 2TB free
Worst Bench: 63% 1TB free (System drive)
Poor: 63% Great: 114%
SPEED RANK: 15th / 1015
Effective Speed
Effective HDD Speed
84 % 91.6 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+9%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
150 MB/s 160 MB/s Slightly faster read speed.
+7%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
142 MB/s Slightly faster write speed.
+9%
130 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
0.74 MB/s Faster random read.
+10%
0.67 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
1.86 MB/s Faster random write.
+16%
1.6 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
31.8 MB/s 77 MB/s Hugely faster mixed IO speed.
+142%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
0.58 MB/s 0.73 MB/s Faster random mixed IO.
+26%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
143 MB/s 159 MB/s Faster sustained write speed.
+11%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
188 MB/s 201 MB/s Slightly faster peak read speed.
+7%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
184 MB/s Slightly faster peak write speed.
+5%
175 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
1.1 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+38%
0.8 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
2.2 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+22%
1.8 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
40.3 MB/s 87.2 MB/s Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed.
+116%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
0.7 MB/s 0.9 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+29%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
189 MB/s 201 MB/s Slightly faster peak sustained write speed.
+6%
Market Share
Based on 53,322,132 HDDs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
3.18 % Much higher market share.
+68%
1.89 %
Value
Value For Money
54.2 % 71.9 % Much better value.
+33%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
53 % 60 % More popular.
+13%
Price
Price (score)
$31 Much cheaper.
+39%
$51
Age
Newest
135 Months 91 Months Much more recent.
+33%
Capacity
Capacity
1TB 2TB
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The 1TB Toshiba DT01ACA100 is a 3.5" desktop hard drive. With a rotation speed of 7,200 RPM and peak/idle power consumption of 6.4/3.7 Watts the DT01ACA100 is a reasonably power efficient desktop drive. The DT01ACA100 has peak sequential read/write speeds of 175 MBps and peak 4k read/write speeds of 0.76/2.06 MBps. These figures produce an overall effective speed of 132 MBps which places it around the middle of the 1TB pack in terms of typical consumer performance. The larger capacity variants of this drive are both faster and offer better value for money[Nov '14 HDrivePro]

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We calculate effective speed which measures performance for typical consumers. Effective speed is adjusted by current cost per GB to yield value for money. Our calculated values are checked against thousands of individual user ratings. The customizable table below combines these factors to bring you the definitive list of top HDDs. [HDrivePro]

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