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Toshiba

HDWT720 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 91.7% (14th of 1015)

Based on 278 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA HDWT720
Poor: 64%Average: 91.7% Great: 107%

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Excellent average bench

The Toshiba HDWT720 2TB averaged just 8.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Toshiba HDWT720 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 2.13MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.76MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba HDWT720 2TB is 42.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba HDWT720 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 91.4MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 146MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 278 samples)
Rank 1491.7%
Min Avg Max
118 Read 173 195
90.1 Write 157 192
41.8 Mixed 91.4 109
75.3 SusWrite 146 184
104% 142 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 2.13 2.91
1.6 4K Write 2.5 2.8
0.4 4K Mixed 0.76 0.9
219% 1.79 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: KP0K0R
SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 184 178 181 180 176 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 183
Write 159
Mixed 103
SusWrite 181
115% 157 MB/s
4K Read 2.5
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.8
241% 1.97 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: KP0K0R
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 165 167 165 166 165 MB/s
98.9% Outstanding
Read 179
Write 190
Mixed 90.2
SusWrite 165
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 2.9
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.8
258% 2.1 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: KP0K0R
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 140 139 141 140 139 MB/s
96.6% Outstanding
Read 197
Write 180
Mixed 98
SusWrite 139
113% 154 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.7
216% 1.8 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: KP0K0R
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 151 152 150 153 150 MB/s
89.2% Excellent
Read 159
Write 179
Mixed 89.5
SusWrite 152
106% 145 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.9
230% 1.8 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: KP0K0R
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 142 146 142 143 142 MB/s
83.9% Excellent
Read 149
Write 88.8
Mixed 72.3
SusWrite 143
83% 113 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.6
158% 1.43 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: KP0K0R
SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 5 5.7 2.8 9.3 3.8 MB/s
2.91% Terrible
Read 3.7
Write 9.2
Mixed 19.7
SusWrite 6.4
8% 9.75 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0
6% 0.07 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,337,058 HDDs tested

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Typical HDWT720 2TB Builds (Compare 9,147 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 104%
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Desktop
Desktop 105%
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Workstation
Workstation 105%
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Motherboard: MSI Z590-A PRO (MS-7D09) - $189

CPU
Core i7-11700KIntel  $258Bench 101%, 65,651 samples1,934x
Core i5-11600KIntel  $180Bench 99%, 43,966 samples1,505x
Core i9-11900KIntel  $265Bench 103%, 44,319 samples669x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples947x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples922x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples775x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples442x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $102Bench 394%, 276,089 samples411x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples398x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples340x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $68Bench 85%, 86,372 samples245x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples213x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 106% - Outstanding Total price: $837

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