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DT01ACA050 500GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

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Average Bench: 70.2% (127th of 1010)

Based on 43,684 user benchmarks.  Models: TOSHIBA DT01ACA050, TOSHIBA DT01ACA0
Poor: 30%Average: 70.2% Great: 102%

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Good average bench

The Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB averaged 29.8% 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 0.51MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.68MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB is 71.7%. 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 30.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.61MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 43,684 samples)
Rank 12770.2%
Min Avg Max
22.8 Read 130 181
32.3 Write 125 179
17.2 Mixed 30.9 39.5
47 SusWrite 114 175
72.4% 100 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.61 0.8
0.4 4K Write 1.68 2.2
0.2 4K Mixed 0.51 0.7
113% 0.93 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
466GB free
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 187 187 190 188 187 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 190
Write 186
Mixed 35.7
SusWrite 188
108% 150 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.6
143% 1.23 MB/s
462GB free
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 183 182 182 183 184 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 175
Write 185
Mixed 35.5
SusWrite 183
104% 144 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
137% 1.17 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: MS1OA7C0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 151 153 145 155 155 MB/s
93.4% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 165
Mixed 36.5
SusWrite 153
95% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.5
128% 1.13 MB/s
367GB free
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 108 116 116 116 117 MB/s
65.8% Good
Read 116
Write 108
Mixed 25.2
SusWrite 114
65% 90.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
135% 1.1 MB/s
39GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 68 62 78 71 60 MB/s
23.3% Poor
Read 15
Write 76.2
Mixed 13
SusWrite 65.8
31% 42.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.1
43% 0.57 MB/s
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Gaming 27%
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Desktop 51%
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Workstation
Workstation 31%
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Motherboard: Asus H81M-K - $60

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $189Bench 65%, 84,942 samples1,208x
Core i3-4170Intel  $128Bench 56%, 14,689 samples534x
Core i5-4440Intel  $228Bench 63%, 25,677 samples401x
GPU
GTX 750 TiNvidia  $110Bench 22%, 123,622 samples403x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 5%, 80,518 samples394x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 39%, 209,104 samples376x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $65Bench 54%, 130,276 samples222x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $78Bench 104%, 285,868 samples150x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston  $95Bench 62%, 58,252 samples94x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 14,026 samples166x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 22,514 samples122x
99U5471-054.A00LF 1x8GBKingstonBench 30%, 3,324 samples112x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $424

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