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Toshiba

DT01ACA050 500GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 75.1% (104th 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

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 BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
930GB free
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 148 153 157 159 152 MB/s
93.4% Outstanding
Read 171
Write 162
Mixed 35.7
SusWrite 155
94% 131 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.5
130% 1.17 MB/s
445GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 161 159 153 149 157 MB/s
92.2% Outstanding
Read 166
Write 170
Mixed 34
SusWrite 156
95% 131 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.5
120% 1.03 MB/s
161GB free
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 140 137 138 131 134 MB/s
86.6% Excellent
Read 167
Write 166
Mixed 32.2
SusWrite 135
90% 125 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.5
126% 1.13 MB/s
209GB free
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 130 131 131 129 126 MB/s
82.2% Excellent
Read 158
Write 140
Mixed 30.9
SusWrite 128
83% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
137% 1.17 MB/s
109GB free
Firmware: MS1OA8U0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 127 126 127 126 126 MB/s
80.8% Excellent
Read 155
Write 143
Mixed 38.4
SusWrite 126
84% 116 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
147% 1.23 MB/s
183GB free
Firmware: MS1OA7C0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 115 119 120 112 114 MB/s
77.7% Very good
Read 155
Write 131
Mixed 32.8
SusWrite 116
79% 109 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
116GB free
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 144 144 134 145 133 MB/s
66% Good
Read 89.5
Write 93.7
Mixed 21.7
SusWrite 140
62% 86.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
131% 1.07 MB/s
77GB free
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 27 27 28 27 27 MB/s
56.8% Above average
Read 171
Write 24.1
Mixed 31.7
SusWrite 26.7
46% 63.4 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.6
128% 0.77 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 60%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H81M-K - $50

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples1,229x
Core i7-4790Intel  $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples527x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples512x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples584x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples496x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples416x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples355x
A400 480GBKingston  $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples175x
A400 120GBKingston  $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples154x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples152x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples92x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples91x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $284

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