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DT01ACA050 500GB

DT01ACA050 500GB
BENCHMARKS (163,843)
MKT (0.7%)
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Effective Speed -17%Effective Speed -17%Average Score -42%Read -16%, Write -6%, 4K Read -30%, 4K Write -13%, Mixed -150%, 4K Mixed -60%, SusWrite -18%Peak Score -33%Read -9%, Write -0%, 4K Read -29%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed -135%, 4K Mixed -43%, SusWrite -6%Value & Sentiment -80%User Rating -17%, Market Share -399%, Price 169%, Value -71%Nice To Haves -5%Age -5%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Black 1TB (2013)

Black 2TB (2013)

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Barracuda 7200.14 3TB

Average Bench: 75.1% (104^th of 1015)

Based on 163,843 user benchmarks. Models: TOSHIBA DT01ACA050, TOSHIBA DT01ACA0

Poor: 29%Average: 75.1% Great: 103%

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Good average bench

The Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB averaged 24.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.52MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.76MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB is 73.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 31.7MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.66MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 163,843 samples)

Rank 10475.1%

Min	Avg	Max
27.8	Read 134	182
44.1	Write 129	180
20	Mixed 31.7	39.8
53.5	SusWrite 128	183
76.5% 106 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.2	4K Read 0.66	0.8
0.4	4K Write 1.76	2.3
0.2	4K Mixed 0.52	0.7
118% 0.98 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

FRA-User, 2 hrs ago.

430GB free

Firmware: MS1OA7D0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 159 161 177 167 164 MB/s

95.2% Outstanding

Write 161

Mixed 35.7

SusWrite 166

96% 132 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 2.2

4K Mixed 0.5

130% 1.17 MB/s

PAK-User, 3 hrs ago.

426GB free

Firmware: MS1OA7S0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 164 166 166 165 165 MB/s

93.4% Outstanding

Write 162

Mixed 31.9

SusWrite 165

94% 130 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 2.1

4K Mixed 0.6

135% 1.13 MB/s

GBR-User, 4 hrs ago.

200GB free

Firmware: MS1OA7C0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 136 132 126 136 132 MB/s

75.7% Very good

Write 129

Mixed 29.1

SusWrite 132

76% 106 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 2.1

4K Mixed 0.7

146% 1.17 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 hrs ago.

200GB free

Firmware: MS1OA7C0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 135 133 128 134 127 MB/s

75.4% Very good

Write 127

Mixed 31.9

SusWrite 131

76% 105 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 2.1

4K Mixed 0.6

135% 1.13 MB/s

POL-User, 3 hrs ago.

362GB free

Firmware: MS1OA750

SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 114 126 127 125 117 MB/s

71.5% Very good

Write 136

Mixed 30.8

SusWrite 122

75% 104 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 0.5

120% 1.03 MB/s

GBR-User, 23 mins ago.

125GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MS1OA7C0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 89 89 102 93 90 MB/s

61.2% Good

Write 110

Mixed 25.2

SusWrite 92.9

63% 87.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 0.7

138% 1.07 MB/s

GRC-User, 1 hr ago.

102GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MS1OA750

SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 98 98 133 99 MB/s

55.3% Above average

Write 87.6

Mixed 21.2

SusWrite 101

54% 75.4 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.6

4K Mixed 0.6

121% 0.93 MB/s

USA-User, 8 mins ago.

39GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MS1OA7S0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 93 86 85 84 65 MB/s

24.4% Poor

Write 108

Mixed 6.2

SusWrite 82.7

36% 49.8 MB/s

4K Read 0.2

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 0.6

110% 0.9 MB/s

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Asus H81M-K - $50

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	1,237x
Core i7-4790Intel $104Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	532x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	517x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	593x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	498x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	417x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	357x
A400 480GBKingston $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	176x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	155x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	152x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	92x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	91x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $284

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Toshiba

DT01ACA050 500GB

Average Bench: 75.1% (104^th of 1015)

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DT01ACA050 500GB

Average Bench: 75.1% (104th of 1015)

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