Toshiba

MQ01ABF050 500GB

MQ01ABF050 500GB
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Effective Speed -104%Effective Speed -104%Average Score -120%Read -117%, Write -82%, 4K Read -225%, 4K Write -56%, Mixed -188%, 4K Mixed -80%, SusWrite -92%Peak Score -111%Read -92%, Write -76%, 4K Read -242%, 4K Write -40%, Mixed -175%, 4K Mixed -70%, SusWrite -79%Value & Sentiment -302%User Rating -19%, Market Share -1,036%, Price 158%, Value -311%Nice To Haves -9%Age -9%

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Average Bench: 43.2% (438^th of 1015)

Based on 118,349 user benchmarks. Model: TOSHIBA MQ01ABF050

Poor: 21%Average: 43.2% Great: 60%

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Below average average bench

The Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB averaged 56.7% 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 Random Mixed IO Speed 0.48MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.38MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB is 39.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 28.6MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 118,349 samples)

Rank 43843.2%

Min	Avg	Max
16	Read 71.5	104
27.1	Write 79.4	107
12.7	Mixed 28.6	35.7
40.9	SusWrite 79.1	110
47% 64.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.1	4K Read 0.4	0.5
0.3	4K Write 1.38	1.8
0.1	4K Mixed 0.48	0.6
95.8% 0.75 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

RUS-User, 11 hrs ago.

444GB free

Firmware: AM002J

SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 99 101 102 101 101 MB/s

56% Above average

Write 98.9

Mixed 34.1

SusWrite 99.6

60% 82.1 MB/s

4K Read 0.4

4K Write 1.6

4K Mixed 0.6

113% 0.87 MB/s

PER-User, 13 hrs ago.

462GB free

Firmware: AM0C1J

SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 94 95 94 95 MB/s

54.1% Above average

Write 92.2

Mixed 32.6

SusWrite 94.5

57% 78.3 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 1.6

4K Mixed 0.7

128% 0.93 MB/s

DEU-User, 16 hrs ago.

433GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AM001J

SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 81 78 88 87 MB/s

52% Above average

Write 102

Mixed 34.6

SusWrite 83.6

58% 79.4 MB/s

4K Read 0.4

4K Write 1.6

4K Mixed 0.6

113% 0.87 MB/s

RUS-User, 1 day ago.

172GB free

Firmware: AM002J

SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 71 81 80 81 80 MB/s

46.2% Average

Write 90.1

Mixed 32.7

SusWrite 79

52% 70.9 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 1.6

4K Mixed 0.5

106% 0.87 MB/s

USA-User, 14 hrs ago.

307GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AM0P2D

SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 74 77 78 79 76 MB/s

43.6% Average

Write 86.6

Mixed 30.9

SusWrite 77.1

49% 67.3 MB/s

4K Read 0.4

4K Write 1.6

4K Mixed 0.6

113% 0.87 MB/s

CAN-User, 7 hrs ago.

396GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AM0Q6E

SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 74 62 73 60 60 MB/s

42.4% Average

Write 87.5

Mixed 25.1

SusWrite 63.5

47% 65 MB/s

4K Read 0.4

4K Write 1.6

4K Mixed 0.6

113% 0.87 MB/s

SLV-User, 22 hrs ago.

11GB free

Firmware: AM0Q5E

SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 55 55 55 55 MB/s

30.4% Below average

Write 57.2

Mixed 25.8

SusWrite 55.1

34% 47.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 1.3

4K Mixed 0.5

100% 0.77 MB/s

USA-User, 5 hrs ago.

254GB free

Firmware: AM003M

SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 22 8.3 34 50 49 MB/s

28% Poor

Write 62.3

Mixed 23.2

SusWrite 33.7

33% 45.7 MB/s

4K Read 0.4

4K Write 1.4

4K Mixed 0.5

98% 0.77 MB/s

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Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

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System: HP Notebook

CPU
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	1,144x
Core i3-5005UIntelBench 38%, 50,603 samples	1,030x
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 45%, 205,332 samples	987x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	2,497x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	1,739x
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples	1,181x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	248x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	153x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	150x

RAM
M471B5173EB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 23%, 50,921 samples	399x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	378x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	343x

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Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $28

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SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO slow

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Terrible

5 years ago.

I use a Sony hybrid with an i7 processor with a SSD which is really quick. I look after a neighbour's Toshiba laptop with this hard drive in it and a Celeron N2830 processor in it. It takes hours to complete Windows updates and is akin to watching paint dry. Just awful.

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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MQ01ABF050 500GB

Average Bench: 43.2% (438^th of 1015)

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Average Bench: 43.2% (438th of 1015)

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