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MQ01ACF050 500GB

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 52.4% (277th of 1015)

Based on 24,380 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MQ01ACF050
Poor: 23%Average: 52.4% Great: 69%

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Average average bench

The Toshiba MQ01ACF050 500GB averaged 47.6% 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 Random Mixed IO Speed 0.74MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.66MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MQ01ACF050 500GB is 45.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba MQ01ACF050 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 44.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 90.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 24,380 samples)
Rank 27752.4%
Min Avg Max
24.5 Read 91.8 123
22.8 Write 90.6 121
17.2 Mixed 44.4 55.3
27 SusWrite 90.5 122
58% 79.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.61 0.8
0.4 4K Write 1.66 2.1
0.2 4K Mixed 0.74 1
138% 1 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
427GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AV0A1C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 108 111 104 112 117 MB/s
64.9% Good
Read 118
Write 115
Mixed 50.6
SusWrite 108
71% 97.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
164% 1.17 MB/s
362GB free
Firmware: AV001D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 79 79 78 78 MB/s
58.1% Above average
Read 124
Write 95.3
Mixed 53.4
SusWrite 78.6
64% 87.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
155% 1.17 MB/s
160GB free
Firmware: AV0A3E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 101 99 96 99 MB/s
57.7% Above average
Read 101
Write 98.6
Mixed 46
SusWrite 99.5
63% 86.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
160% 1.13 MB/s
405GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AV006D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 90 112 106 109 89 MB/s
46.4% Average
Read 63.6
Write 16.9
Mixed 53.5
SusWrite 98
43% 58 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
120% 0.87 MB/s
23GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AV002D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 65 53 59 52 63 MB/s
36.4% Below average
Read 67.5
Write 60.5
Mixed 35.8
SusWrite 59
41% 55.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
126% 0.9 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 10%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
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Workstation
Workstation 9%
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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 3070

CPU
Core i5-9500IntelBench 87%, 9,059 samples1,009x
Core i5-9500TIntelBench 77%, 2,730 samples495x
Core i3-9100TIntelBench 75%, 1,165 samples324x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples1,452x
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3)IntelBench 5%, 32,403 samples531x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 65,338 samples140x
SSD
NVMe SK hynix 256GBBc511Bench 137%, 7,666 samples147x
NVMe KIOXIA 256GBKbg40zns256gBench 149%, 13,282 samples111x
NVMe Samsung 256GBPm991Bench 98%, 4,948 samples81x
RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 1x8GBUnknownBench 44%, 3,962 samples132x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 1x8GBUnknownBench 44%, 2,734 samples131x
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 7,726 samples69x
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