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Toshiba

Release date: Q3 2013.

Release date: Q1 2013.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 400,369 user samples
55,507 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 100% 3.5TB free
Worst Bench: 46% 3GB free
Poor: 46% Great: 100%
SPEED RANK: 107th / 1015
344,862 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 108% 2TB free
Worst Bench: 49% 1TB free (System drive)
Poor: 49% Great: 108%
SPEED RANK: 42nd / 1015
Effective Speed
Effective HDD Speed
74.9 % 85.7 % Faster effective speed.
+14%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
132 MB/s 150 MB/s Faster read speed.
+14%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
125 MB/s 151 MB/s Faster write speed.
+21%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
0.85 MB/s 1.02 MB/s Faster random read.
+20%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
2.45 MB/s Faster random write.
+20%
2.04 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
82 MB/s Hugely faster mixed IO speed.
+169%
30.5 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
0.94 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+62%
0.58 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
129 MB/s 148 MB/s Faster sustained write speed.
+15%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
180 MB/s 188 MB/s +4%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
167 MB/s 190 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
+14%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
1.1 MB/s 1.2 MB/s Slightly faster peak random read.
+9%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
3 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+25%
2.4 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
107 MB/s Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed.
+117%
49.3 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
1.1 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+38%
0.8 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
174 MB/s 191 MB/s Slightly faster peak sustained write speed.
+10%
Market Share
Based on 53,941,605 HDDs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.18 % 1.58 % Hugely higher market share.
+778%
Value
Value For Money
60 % 61.2 % +2%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
53 % 53 %
Price
Price (score)
$100 $56 Much cheaper.
+44%
Age
Newest
134 Months Slightly more recent.
+6%
142 Months
Capacity
Capacity
4TB 2TB

The 2TB Toshiba DT01ACA200 is a 3.5" desktop hard drive. This model sports a rotation speed of 7,200 RPM and is reasonably power efficient for a 2TB desktop drive consuming just 6.4 Watts when loaded and 5.2 Watts when idle. The DT01ACA200 has impressive performance with peak sequential read/write speeds of 193/182 MB/s and peak 4k read/write speeds of 1.16/2.28 MBps. These raw figures produce an effective speed of 141 MBps which ranks the 2TB DT01ACA200 amongst the top handful of 2TB hard drives. Not only is the 2TB DT01ACA200 a great performer but it is also priced aggressively and therefore represents superb value for money for a 2TB capacity drive. Comparing the 2TB and 3TB versions shows that performance is very similar but the 3TB offers 50% more capacity for just 25% more cash which makes the difference between good and great value for money. [Nov '14 HDrivePro]

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