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Toshiba

MK2552GSX 250GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 23.4% (918th of 1015)

Based on 2,386 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MK2552GSX
Poor: 11%Average: 23.4% Great: 31%

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Very poor average bench

The Toshiba MK2552GSX 250GB averaged 76.5% 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 0.44MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.1MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MK2552GSX 250GB is 20%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Toshiba MK2552GSX 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 27.9MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 39.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,386 samples)
Rank 91823.4%
Min Avg Max
10.5 Read 41.7 54.4
14.9 Write 41.3 54.7
12 Mixed 27.9 36.6
18.6 SusWrite 39.7 54.6
27.8% 37.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.38 0.5
0.4 4K Write 1.1 1.3
0.1 4K Mixed 0.44 0.6
85.5% 0.64 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
68GB free
Firmware: LV010A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s
26.6% Poor
Read 55.4
Write 42.3
Mixed 32.6
SusWrite 37
31% 41.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.4
88% 0.67 MB/s
126GB free
Firmware: LV010M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s
26.4% Poor
Read 49.9
Write 44.5
Mixed 29.2
SusWrite 41.9
30% 41.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
80% 0.57 MB/s
151GB free
Firmware: LV010M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 31 31 30 31 31 MB/s
24.5% Poor
Read 54.5
Write 39.2
Mixed 29.9
SusWrite 30.6
28% 38.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
84% 0.6 MB/s
157GB free
Firmware: LV011C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 36 37 35 36 MB/s
24.1% Poor
Read 47.5
Write 49.8
Mixed 33.8
SusWrite 36.2
31% 41.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
112% 0.8 MB/s
18GB free
Firmware: LV011C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 40 39 39 39 MB/s
22.3% Poor
Read 38.2
Write 39
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 39.3
27% 36.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.5
101% 0.7 MB/s
188GB free
Firmware: LV010M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 31 32 31 31 31 MB/s
21.7% Poor
Read 44.6
Write 49
Mixed 34
SusWrite 30.8
29% 39.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.4
80% 0.6 MB/s
45GB free
Firmware: LV010M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 35 37 36 MB/s
20.4% Poor
Read 34.6
Write 36.3
Mixed 25.5
SusWrite 36.3
24% 33.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.5
100% 0.67 MB/s
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Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 37%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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System: HP Pavilion dv5 Notebook PC

CPU
Core2 Duo P8400Intel  $20Bench 37%, 6,904 samples20x
Core2 Duo P8600Intel  $42Bench 37%, 8,502 samples18x
Core i5 M 430IntelBench 39%, 14,318 samples12x
GPU
GeForce 9600M-GTNvidiaBench 2%, 3,959 samples70x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples45x
Mobility Radeon HD 3400ATIBench 1%, 7,025 samples14x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples6x
A400 480GBKingston  $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples4x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples4x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples56x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples34x
M471B5673FH0-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 29%, 5,297 samples9x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 47% - Average Total price: $45

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