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Toshiba

MQ02ABF100 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 46.6% (363rd of 1014)

Based on 6,063 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MQ02ABF100
Poor: 27%Average: 46.6% Great: 61%

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Below average average bench

The Toshiba MQ02ABF100 1TB averaged 53.3% 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 0.59MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.59MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MQ02ABF100 1TB is 34.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Toshiba MQ02ABF100 1TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 37MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 79.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,063 samples)
Rank 36346.6%
Min Avg Max
44 Read 83.1 107
20.9 Write 81.9 106
18.8 Mixed 37 46
37.2 SusWrite 79.2 108
51.3% 70.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.46 0.5
0.4 4K Write 1.59 2
0.2 4K Mixed 0.59 0.8
114% 0.88 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
495GB free
Firmware: DS001C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 93 94 94 93 MB/s
56.6% Above average
Read 104
Write 102
Mixed 44.4
SusWrite 93.6
63% 85.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
136% 1.07 MB/s
495GB free
Firmware: DS001C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 92 94 94 94 MB/s
56.5% Above average
Read 103
Write 104
Mixed 43.8
SusWrite 93.6
63% 86.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.1 MB/s
495GB free
Firmware: DS001C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 93 94 94 94 MB/s
55.3% Above average
Read 99
Write 100
Mixed 42.5
SusWrite 93.4
61% 83.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
147% 1.1 MB/s
17GB free
Firmware: DS001D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 60 57 51 45 MB/s
45.8% Average
Read 96.9
Write 101
Mixed 44
SusWrite 62.3
56% 76.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1.03 MB/s
343GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DS001D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 53 48 52 45 49 MB/s
44% Average
Read 105
Write 96.2
Mixed 43.5
SusWrite 48.1
54% 73.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
136% 1.07 MB/s
740GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DS001J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 62 52 62 54 52 MB/s
36.8% Below average
Read 74.1
Write 80.6
Mixed 20.1
SusWrite 54.5
42% 57.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
26% 0.27 MB/s
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Desktop 58%
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Workstation 10%
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System: Lenovo 80RU

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples976x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples478x
Core i3-6100HIntelBench 56%, 313 samples1x
GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples987x
GTX 950MNvidiaBench 14%, 38,813 samples468x
SSD
MZVLV256HCHP-000L2 256GBSamsungBench 127%, 2,256 samples102x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples80x
MZVLV128HCGR-000L2 128GBSamsungBench 98%, 1,748 samples77x
RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples173x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples136x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples97x
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