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Toshiba

DT01ACA050 500GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 75% (106th of 1015)

Based on 169,033 user benchmarks.  Models: TOSHIBA DT01ACA050, TOSHIBA DT01ACA0
Poor: 34%Average: 75% Great: 103%

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Good average bench

The Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB averaged 24.9% 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 0.53MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.79MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB is 69%. 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 31.5MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.67MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 169,033 samples)
Rank 10675%
Min Avg Max
29.1 Read 135 182
59.4 Write 130 176
20.6 Mixed 31.5 39
60.2 SusWrite 127 183
76.5% 106 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.23 4K Read 0.67 0.8
0.54 4K Write 1.79 2.3
0.23 4K Mixed 0.53 0.7
120% 0.99 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
131GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS1OA7L0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 179 174 179 178 174 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 183
Write 174
Mixed 40.7
SusWrite 175
103% 143 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.5
122% 1.07 MB/s
452GB free
Firmware: A800
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 181 177 177 180 180 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 171
Write 170
Mixed 39.5
SusWrite 178
101% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.5
127% 1.17 MB/s
129GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS1OA7L0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 143 165 158 146 158 MB/s
95.8% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 172
Mixed 40.7
SusWrite 154
99% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.5
124% 1.1 MB/s
130GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS1OA7L0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 167 169 162 124 88 MB/s
92% Outstanding
Read 176
Write 169
Mixed 40
SusWrite 145
96% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
135% 1.13 MB/s
443GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS1OA7L0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 131 143 154 158 153 MB/s
87.3% Excellent
Read 157
Write 156
Mixed 30.8
SusWrite 147
89% 123 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.5
122% 1.07 MB/s
64GB free
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 124 130 129 129 128 MB/s
78.7% Very good
Read 147
Write 133
Mixed 31
SusWrite 128
79% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
140% 1.07 MB/s
443GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS1OA7L0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 49 47 16 6.3 8.9 MB/s
53.2% Above average
Read 161
Write 171
Mixed 38.6
SusWrite 24.2
72% 98.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.2
48% 0.37 MB/s
443GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS1OA7L0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.2 7.3 14 19 30 16 MB/s
10.1% Very poor
Read 19.4
Write 3.3
Mixed 17.3
SusWrite 15.8
10% 13.9 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.1
26% 0.3 MB/s
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Gaming 8%
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Desktop
Desktop 64%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
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Motherboard: Asus H81M-K - $153

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $125Bench 70%, 233,039 samples2,348x
Core i3-4170Intel  $75Bench 63%, 45,266 samples1,001x
Core i7-4790Intel  $195Bench 76%, 268,103 samples863x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 253,224 samples869x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 994,730 samples826x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 58,925 samples712x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $22Bench 68%, 443,928 samples584x
A400 120GBKingston  $19Bench 59%, 185,650 samples345x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $39Bench 54%, 339,020 samples260x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 55%, 82,344 samples303x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 35,837 samples264x
99U5471-054.A00LF 1x8GBKingstonBench 30%, 11,928 samples170x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 75% - Very good Total price: $315

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