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Toshiba

MK5055GSX 320GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 34.6% (604th of 1015)

Based on 59 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MK5055GSX
Poor: 23%Average: 34.6% Great: 41%

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Poor average bench

The Toshiba MK5055GSX 320GB averaged 65.4% 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 0.37MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.09MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MK5055GSX 320GB is just 18.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Toshiba MK5055GSX 320GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 40.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 58MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 59 samples)
Rank 60434.6%
Min Avg Max
33.7 Read 60.8 73.6
40.5 Write 61.1 75.5
25.8 Mixed 40.6 67.8
28.2 SusWrite 58 74.5
40.7% 55.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.18 4K Read 0.41 0.5
0.7 4K Write 1.09 1.2
0.19 4K Mixed 0.37 0.5
78.2% 0.62 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
159GB free
Firmware: FG001M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 75 75 75 75 MB/s
41.7% Average
Read 70.7
Write 60.8
Mixed 34.4
SusWrite 74.4
44% 60.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.5
99% 0.73 MB/s
298GB free
Firmware: FG001M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 75 75 75 75 MB/s
41% Average
Read 68.3
Write 72
Mixed 32.2
SusWrite 74.4
45% 61.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.4
88% 0.7 MB/s
94GB free
Firmware: FG001M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 70 73 73 72 73 MB/s
40.5% Average
Read 68.7
Write 67
Mixed 33.8
SusWrite 72.2
44% 60.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.4
88% 0.7 MB/s
113GB free
Firmware: FG001M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 67 66 66 65 MB/s
39.1% Below average
Read 70.7
Write 67.3
Mixed 32.6
SusWrite 65.5
43% 59 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.5
99% 0.73 MB/s
93GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FG001M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 63 66 63 65 63 MB/s
37.1% Below average
Read 64.9
Write 64.3
Mixed 29.7
SusWrite 64.3
41% 55.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.5
94% 0.7 MB/s
121GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FG001M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 42 53 57 52 53 MB/s
24.5% Poor
Read 33.7
Write 53.8
Mixed 30.3
SusWrite 51.6
31% 42.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.3
72% 0.63 MB/s
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Gaming 36%
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Desktop 76%
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Workstation
Workstation 28%
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Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V GEN3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel  $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples251x
Core i7-2600KIntel  $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples198x
Core i7-2700KIntel  $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples92x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples63x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples60x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples30x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples25x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples41x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples29x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples29x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $526

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