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Toshiba

DT01ACA050 500GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

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Average Bench: 72.4% (118th of 1010)

Based on 57,686 user benchmarks.  Models: TOSHIBA DT01ACA050, TOSHIBA DT01ACA0
Poor: 28%Average: 72.4% Great: 102%

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Good average bench

The Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB averaged 27.5% 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 1.72MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB is 73.2%. 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 31.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.63MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 57,686 samples)
Rank 11872.4%
Min Avg Max
22.7 Read 134 183
38.3 Write 128 179
18.1 Mixed 31.2 40
44.4 SusWrite 119 178
74.4% 103 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.16 4K Read 0.63 0.8
0.5 4K Write 1.72 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%
131GB free
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 104 147 135 163 147 MB/s
83.3% Excellent
Read 151
Write 127
Mixed 23.2
SusWrite 140
79% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.4
81% 0.5 MB/s
436GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 115 122 138 145 152 MB/s
81.7% Excellent
Read 159
Write 168
Mixed 34.2
SusWrite 126
88% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.5
124% 1.07 MB/s
158GB free
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 115 126 127 126 126 MB/s
76.9% Very good
Read 145
Write 120
Mixed 32
SusWrite 123
76% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
117% 0.93 MB/s
207GB free
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 124 133 131 133 133 MB/s
73.7% Very good
Read 126
Write 128
Mixed 25.3
SusWrite 131
74% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
148% 1.17 MB/s
327GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 102 81 83 90 100 MB/s
68.5% Good
Read 142
Write 139
Mixed 34.3
SusWrite 96.6
75% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
129% 1.03 MB/s
28GB free
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 136 134 120 143 147 MB/s
67% Good
Read 98.3
Write 90
Mixed 23.3
SusWrite 135
63% 86.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
129% 1.03 MB/s
183GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 34 56 47 57 62 MB/s
25.4% Poor
Read 43.4
Write 9.4
Mixed 22.9
SusWrite 45.3
22% 30.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.2
30% 0.17 MB/s
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Gaming
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 64%, 104,904 samples1,738x
Core i3-4170Intel  $128Bench 56%, 16,796 samples764x
Core i3-4160Intel  $120Bench 55%, 19,847 samples586x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 38%, 353,243 samples577x
GTX 750 TiNvidia  $110Bench 22%, 146,991 samples542x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 5%, 101,385 samples519x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $60Bench 54%, 144,913 samples308x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $104Bench 105%, 425,292 samples192x
A400 120GBKingston  $20Bench 59%, 33,805 samples142x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 16,911 samples232x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 56%, 33,841 samples165x
99U5471-054.A00LF 1x8GBKingstonBench 29%, 4,612 samples156x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $455

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