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Toshiba

DT01ACA050 500GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

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Average Bench: 73.3% (120th of 1015)

Based on 56,669 user benchmarks.  Models: TOSHIBA DT01ACA050, TOSHIBA DT01ACA0
Poor: 31%Average: 73.3% Great: 102%

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Good average bench

The Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB averaged 26.6% 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 0.52MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.74MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB is 71.5%. 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 31.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.63MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 56,669 samples)
Rank 12073.3%
Min Avg Max
28.4 Read 135 184
40 Write 127 178
19.9 Mixed 31.4 39.5
55 SusWrite 121 178
74.9% 104 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.63 0.8
0.5 4K Write 1.74 2.2
0.2 4K Mixed 0.52 0.7
116% 0.96 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
321GB free
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 146 164 182 183 181 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 169
Mixed 36.9
SusWrite 172
101% 139 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.5
124% 1.1 MB/s
59GB free
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 160 149 170 150 156 MB/s
93.3% Outstanding
Read 166
Write 156
Mixed 31
SusWrite 159
92% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.6
138% 1.2 MB/s
382GB free
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 152 149 154 155 153 MB/s
90.7% Outstanding
Read 164
Write 147
Mixed 34.3
SusWrite 152
90% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.5
127% 1.17 MB/s
337GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 117 136 135 157 159 MB/s
82.9% Excellent
Read 150
Write 154
Mixed 36.4
SusWrite 139
87% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
125% 1 MB/s
147GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 98 127 103 100 96 MB/s
80.4% Excellent
Read 177
Write 173
Mixed 42.6
SusWrite 103
90% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.5
124% 1.1 MB/s
107GB free
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 109 115 118 118 119 MB/s
62.7% Good
Read 104
Write 104
Mixed 26.2
SusWrite 115
63% 87.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
131% 1.07 MB/s
358GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 98 87 96 97 94 MB/s
47.2% Average
Read 70
Write 118
Mixed 33.2
SusWrite 94.2
57% 78.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
116% 0.97 MB/s
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Gaming 38%
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Desktop
Desktop 52%
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Workstation
Workstation 32%
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Motherboard: Asus H81M-K - $50

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $190Bench 65%, 110,882 samples1,913x
Core i3-4170Intel  $128Bench 56%, 16,923 samples831x
Core i3-4160Intel  $100Bench 54%, 20,277 samples635x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $145Bench 38%, 376,790 samples633x
GTX 750 TiNvidia  $110Bench 22%, 155,896 samples581x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 5%, 111,313 samples566x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $45Bench 53%, 176,655 samples323x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $92Bench 104%, 410,120 samples209x
A400 120GBKingston  $20Bench 59%, 40,199 samples171x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 17,711 samples254x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 56%, 31,158 samples173x
99U5471-054.A00LF 1x8GBKingstonBench 29%, 4,853 samples171x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $430

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