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Toshiba

MQ01ABF050M 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 43.3% (436th of 1014)

Based on 1,812 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MQ01ABF050M
Poor: 20%Average: 43.3% Great: 60%

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Below average average bench

The Toshiba MQ01ABF050M 500GB averaged 56.6% 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 0.48MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.39MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MQ01ABF050M 500GB is 40.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba MQ01ABF050M 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 28MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.39MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,812 samples)
Rank 43643.3%
Min Avg Max
12.9 Read 74.5 107
31 Write 79.6 105
11.4 Mixed 28 35.6
43.1 SusWrite 76.3 108
47% 64.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.39 0.5
0.4 4K Write 1.39 1.8
0.1 4K Mixed 0.48 0.6
95.5% 0.75 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
299GB free
Firmware: AM0P1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 102 101 102 101 MB/s
57.6% Above average
Read 99.4
Write 96
Mixed 33.2
SusWrite 101
60% 82.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
119% 0.93 MB/s
265GB free
Firmware: AM0P1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 90 89 90 89 MB/s
53.8% Above average
Read 98.3
Write 102
Mixed 35.6
SusWrite 89.2
59% 81.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.9 MB/s
138GB free
Firmware: AM0P1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 93 91 91 92 90 MB/s
52.1% Above average
Read 90.1
Write 87.6
Mixed 32.6
SusWrite 91.2
55% 75.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
108% 0.9 MB/s
272GB free
Firmware: AM0P1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 87 86 87 85 MB/s
50.9% Above average
Read 91.4
Write 91.7
Mixed 30.9
SusWrite 85.9
54% 75 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
107% 0.77 MB/s
59GB free
Firmware: AM0P1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 90 90 90 89 MB/s
47.2% Average
Read 74.3
Write 77.8
Mixed 30.9
SusWrite 90
50% 68.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
104% 0.83 MB/s
151GB free
Firmware: AM0P1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 76 76 75 76 75 MB/s
41.9% Average
Read 70.5
Write 73
Mixed 31
SusWrite 75.3
46% 62.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.4
89% 0.77 MB/s
74GB free
Firmware: AM0P2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 58 62 61 65 65 MB/s
34.6% Below average
Read 59.7
Write 63
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 60.8
39% 52.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
98% 0.77 MB/s
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Gaming 7%
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Desktop 47%
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Workstation 6%
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CPU
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 45%, 205,332 samples274x
Core i5-4210MIntelBench 51%, 15,981 samples218x
Core i5-4200MIntel  $39Bench 50%, 33,019 samples214x
GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples596x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples320x
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples188x
SSD
PLUS 240GBSandiskBench 45%, 86,316 samples102x
MZNLF128HCHP-00000 128GBSamsungBench 47%, 6,038 samples84x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples36x
RAM
CT102464BF160B.M16 2x8GBCrucialBench 51%, 9,135 samples130x
M2S8G64CB8HB5N-DI 1x8GBNanyaBench 30%, 565 samples80x
CT102464BF160B.M16 1x8GBCrucialBench 26%, 4,731 samples73x
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