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ToshibaMQ01ABD100H
$117
SeagateST2000DX001 STCL2000400
▲ 51938 ▼
 $117 

Release date: Q3 2013.

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Effective Speed 
+44%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 97,083 user samples
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2,938 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 76% 931GB free
Worst Bench: 21% 842GB free (System drive)
Poor: 21% Great: 76%
SPEED RANK: 211th / 1015
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Best Bench: 108% 2TB free
Worst Bench: 43% 1TB free
Poor: 43% Great: 108%
SPEED RANK: 62nd / 1015
Effective Speed
Effective HDD Speed 		57.6 % 83 % Much faster effective speed.
+44%
Average Score 
+196%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		125 MB/s 133 MB/s Slightly faster read speed.
+6%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		77.7 MB/s 129 MB/s Much faster write speed.
+66%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		10.4 MB/s Hugely faster random read.
+789% 		1.17 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		16.8 MB/s Hugely faster random write.
+248% 		4.83 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		87 MB/s Hugely faster mixed IO speed.
+102% 		43 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		10.6 MB/s Hugely faster random mixed IO.
+438% 		1.97 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		67.3 MB/s 155 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+130%
Peak Score 
+244%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		170 MB/s 190 MB/s Faster peak read speed.
+12%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		122 MB/s 185 MB/s Much faster peak write speed.
+52%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		15.7 MB/s Hugely faster peak random read.
+947% 		1.5 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		24.2 MB/s Hugely faster peak random write.
+340% 		5.5 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		128 MB/s Much faster peak mixed IO speed.
+57% 		81.5 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		15.9 MB/s Hugely faster peak random mixed IO.
+536% 		2.5 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		96 MB/s 202 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+110%
Value & Sentiment 
+904%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.01 % 0.3 % Insanely higher market share.
+2,900%
Value
Value For Money 		9.85 % 73.8 % Hugely better value.
+649%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		51 % 54 % Slightly more popular.
+6%
Price
Price (score) 		$117 $45 Much cheaper.
+62%
Nice To Haves 
+1%
Age
Newest 		129 Months 128 Months +1%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		1TB 2TB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 57.6%
Average Bench 83%
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The Toshiba MQ01ABD100H SSHD is a 1TB 5,400 RPM HDD with 8GB of NAND flash. The NAND acts as a high speed cache and gives the drive some SSD-like performance characteristics. The cache covers nearly 1% of the total capacity but once exhausted speeds drop to levels that match the MQ01ABD100, the non SSHD version of this drive. Prior to cache exhaustion, the MQ01ABD100H has peak sequential read/write speeds of 172/83 MB/s and peak 4K read/writes of 14.1/24.5 MB/s. These are fantastic 4K figures which approach SSD throughputs but unfortunately the sequential figures are equally unimpressive and leave the drives performance profile severely unbalanced. Overall the MQ01ABD100H scores an effective speed of just 100 MB/s and sits amongst the slower drives. For small file use cases where the majority of IO hits the cache the Toshiba is a superb choice but for most users, it's probably not. [Mar '14 HDrivePro]

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The Seagate Desktop SSHD is a Solid State Hard Drive (SSHD). The 8GBs of MLC NAND flash built into this model help facilitate better performance than a purely mechanical drive. Peak sequential read/write speeds are above average at 190 MB/s. The 2TB SSHD has consistently demonstrated class leading 4k random write speeds in the region of 5.0 MB/s. 4K read speeds are in the region of 0.7-0.9 MB/s which is well above average, but not record breaking. Overall the performance increases attributable to the NAND flash are very noticeable in the area of small file 4K performance where the SSHD dominates the competition. In terms of sequential speeds, the Seagate also offers better average sequential performance than most mechanical 2TB hard drives. From a value for money perspective, the 2TB SSHD is well above average, it has a brilliant 4k performance profile, strong sequential speeds and only a slightly above average price. [Dec '13 HDrivePro]

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