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Toshiba

MK6459GSX 640GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 38.3% (535th of 1015)

Based on 254 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MK6459GSX
Poor: 26%Average: 38.3% Great: 50%

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Poor average bench

The Toshiba MK6459GSX 640GB averaged 61.7% 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 0.36MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.27MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MK6459GSX 640GB is 24.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Toshiba MK6459GSX 640GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 33.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 64.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 254 samples)
Rank 53538.3%
Min Avg Max
39.4 Read 67.4 89
34.6 Write 64.8 88.5
9.7 Mixed 33.9 75.8
33.8 SusWrite 66.8 87.6
42.6% 58.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.41 0.5
0.14 4K Write 1.27 1.8
0.1 4K Mixed 0.36 0.6
80.5% 0.68 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
596GB free
Firmware: GK003A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 81 84 83 82 MB/s
48.6% Average
Read 86.9
Write 88.3
Mixed 15.9
SusWrite 82.7
49% 68.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.4
71% 0.4 MB/s
591GB free
Firmware: GK003U
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 71 72 78 76 MB/s
42.7% Average
Read 74.4
Write 72.2
Mixed 23.3
SusWrite 74.2
44% 61 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.5
110% 0.93 MB/s
596GB free
Firmware: GK003U
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 83 81 80 80 82 MB/s
39.8% Below average
Read 58
Write 76.9
Mixed 21.5
SusWrite 80.6
43% 59.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
108% 0.9 MB/s
143GB free
Firmware: GK003U
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 67 67 65 67 67 MB/s
39% Below average
Read 69.3
Write 77.1
Mixed 21.8
SusWrite 66.4
43% 58.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
104% 0.87 MB/s
562GB free
Firmware: GK003U
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 80 81 80 81 MB/s
37% Below average
Read 49.9
Write 73.5
Mixed 26.1
SusWrite 79
42% 57.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
98% 0.8 MB/s
414GB free
Firmware: GK003U
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 65 67 62 63 59 MB/s
31.9% Below average
Read 48.5
Write 55.3
Mixed 19.4
SusWrite 62.6
34% 46.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.3
66% 0.6 MB/s
541GB free
Firmware: GK003U
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s
26.1% Poor
Read 50.1
Write 34.5
Mixed 19.4
SusWrite 40.7
26% 36.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.5
106% 0.73 MB/s
534GB free (System drive)
Firmware: GK003A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 38 41 41 27 25 MB/s
22.3% Poor
Read 42.1
Write 46.2
Mixed 24.8
SusWrite 35.5
27% 37.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.4
83% 0.67 MB/s
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X570 GAMING X

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Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples777x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples537x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $201Bench 98%, 128,080 samples420x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples352x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples282x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples243x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples148x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples127x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples113x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples150x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples114x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples113x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $740

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