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Toshiba

MK5059GS 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 33.5% (635th of 1015)

Based on 67 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MK5059GS
Poor: 19%Average: 33.5% Great: 44%

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Poor average bench

The Toshiba MK5059GS 500GB averaged 66.4% 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 0.34MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.22MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MK5059GS 500GB is 25.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Toshiba MK5059GS 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 36MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 55.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 67 samples)
Rank 63533.5%
Min Avg Max
22.1 Read 58.9 79
18.4 Write 56.7 78.1
12.3 Mixed 36 71.6
18.9 SusWrite 55.8 81.1
38.1% 51.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.13 4K Read 0.36 0.5
0.18 4K Write 1.22 1.7
0.09 4K Mixed 0.34 0.6
75.3% 0.64 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
466GB free
Firmware: GK00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 75 76 76 76 77 MB/s
43.9% Average
Read 79.2
Write 58.7
Mixed 13.5
SusWrite 74
41% 56.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.1
35% 0.3 MB/s
461GB free
Firmware: 1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 76 77 77 77 MB/s
43.1% Average
Read 73.8
Write 74.8
Mixed 18.5
SusWrite 76.1
44% 60.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
100% 0.8 MB/s
220GB free
Firmware: GN00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 68 66 67 71 MB/s
40% Below average
Read 71.4
Write 65.8
Mixed 18.4
SusWrite 67.6
40% 55.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
106% 0.87 MB/s
370GB free
Firmware: GN00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 65 66 66 66 65 MB/s
36.5% Below average
Read 61.8
Write 62.1
Mixed 18
SusWrite 65.2
38% 51.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
102% 0.83 MB/s
403GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 54 48 54 52 61 MB/s
33.5% Below average
Read 63.5
Write 56
Mixed 19.8
SusWrite 52.9
35% 48.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
109% 0.8 MB/s
420GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 59 48 60 59 46 MB/s
32% Below average
Read 56.7
Write 61.5
Mixed 20.3
SusWrite 54.5
35% 48.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.1
56% 0.67 MB/s
425GB free
Firmware: GN00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 23 66 63 64 66 MB/s
31.4% Below average
Read 56.8
Write 67.1
Mixed 16.1
SusWrite 52.6
35% 48.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.2
46% 0.33 MB/s
105GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1L
SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 30 33 31 34 35 MB/s
21.3% Poor
Read 42.8
Write 41.8
Mixed 16.3
SusWrite 31.1
24% 33 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
98% 0.77 MB/s
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Gaming 8%
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Desktop 62%
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Workstation 7%
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System: Notebook W65KJ1_KK1

CPU
Pentium G4560Intel  $31Bench 57%, 70,054 samples14x
Core i5-7500Intel  $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples13x
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples10x
GPU
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples25x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples23x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples7x
SSD
SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TBNvmeBench 216%, 294 samples5x
MZNTY128HDHP-00000 128GBSamsungBench 80%, 2,542 samples5x
850 EVO M.2 250GBSamsungBench 102%, 28,058 samples4x
RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples7x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 859B CT8G4SFRA266.C8FD1 16GBSamsungBench 72%, 18 samples6x
KCRXJ6-MIE KHX2666C16S4/16G 32GBKingstonBench 58%, 5 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 105% - Outstanding Total price: $31

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