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Toshiba

MK1255GSX H 120GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 29.5% (744th of 1015)

Based on 1,072 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MK1255GSX H
Poor: 14%Average: 29.5% Great: 41%

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Very poor average bench

The Toshiba MK1255GSX H 120GB averaged 70.4% 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 0.45MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.13MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MK1255GSX H 120GB is 27.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Toshiba MK1255GSX H 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 28.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 50.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,072 samples)
Rank 74429.5%
Min Avg Max
19 Read 52.4 72.3
18.2 Write 52.7 72.2
16.5 Mixed 28.6 42.3
19.9 SusWrite 50.3 72.9
33.7% 46 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.44 0.5
0.6 4K Write 1.13 1.3
0.2 4K Mixed 0.45 0.6
88.8% 0.67 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
109GB free
Firmware: FG001Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 72 72 72 72 73 MB/s
41.3% Average
Read 71.4
Write 66.4
Mixed 43.9
SusWrite 72.5
47% 63.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
112% 0.8 MB/s
109GB free
Firmware: FG001Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 72 72 73 72 72 MB/s
40.9% Average
Read 70
Write 75
Mixed 45.8
SusWrite 72.4
48% 65.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
100% 0.77 MB/s
112GB free
Firmware: FG001Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 70 70 69 71 70 MB/s
38.5% Below average
Read 63.7
Write 72.7
Mixed 30.6
SusWrite 70.4
43% 59.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.4
88% 0.7 MB/s
96GB free
Firmware: FG001Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 69 69 69 69 MB/s
37.2% Below average
Read 60.7
Write 71
Mixed 31.6
SusWrite 69
42% 58.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.5
94% 0.7 MB/s
62GB free
Firmware: FG001Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 36 38 38 37 MB/s
25.6% Poor
Read 51.5
Write 43.7
Mixed 23.9
SusWrite 37.4
29% 39.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.5
95% 0.67 MB/s
16GB free
Firmware: FG001Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s
14.3% Very poor
Read 8.7
Write 39.8
Mixed 12.7
SusWrite 40.8
19% 25.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.3
71% 0.57 MB/s
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Desktop 94%
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Workstation
Workstation 161%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE - $220

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,135x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $200Bench 98%, 128,080 samples1,715x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $149Bench 96%, 383,420 samples1,260x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples912x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples880x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples697x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples599x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples431x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples398x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples303x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples299x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples275x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $1,493

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 Comments

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Good

15 months ago.

Not the worst hard drive out there, I got mine from a PS3 Slim with a broken disk drive. It's not very fast, but definitely better than nothing.

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