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Toshiba

MK5061GSYN 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 42% (462nd of 1015)

Based on 5,635 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MK5061GSYN
Poor: 20%Average: 42% Great: 56%

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Below average average bench

The Toshiba MK5061GSYN 500GB averaged 58.0% 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 0.55MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.55MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MK5061GSYN 500GB is 36.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba MK5061GSYN 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 29MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 72.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5,635 samples)
Rank 46242%
Min Avg Max
20.8 Read 72.7 98.9
37.2 Write 74.6 98.9
16.1 Mixed 29 38.3
35.4 SusWrite 73.5 102
45.5% 62.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.47 0.6
0.8 4K Write 1.55 1.8
0.2 4K Mixed 0.55 0.7
109% 0.86 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
466GB free
Firmware: MH000K
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 101 101 100 101 MB/s
56.2% Above average
Read 95.3
Write 95.2
Mixed 26.7
SusWrite 100
58% 79.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.97 MB/s
298GB free
Firmware: MH000C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 90 89 89 89 MB/s
51.5% Above average
Read 90.6
Write 93.7
Mixed 31.7
SusWrite 88.6
55% 76.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
119% 0.93 MB/s
147GB free
Firmware: MH000C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 90 89 89 90 87 MB/s
49.7% Average
Read 84
Write 82.3
Mixed 35.5
SusWrite 88.9
53% 72.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
119% 0.93 MB/s
147GB free
Firmware: MH000C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 87 87 88 87 MB/s
48.1% Average
Read 80.5
Write 80.5
Mixed 26.7
SusWrite 86.9
50% 68.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.9 MB/s
358GB free
Firmware: MH000C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 78 77 78 78 MB/s
47.2% Average
Read 87.3
Write 81.4
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 77
50% 68.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
121% 0.93 MB/s
155GB free
Firmware: MH000C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 73 74 73 73 MB/s
41.8% Average
Read 72.5
Write 71.8
Mixed 25.2
SusWrite 73.1
44% 60.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.9 MB/s
207GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MH000C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 55 58 54 51 62 MB/s
20.9% Poor
Read 18.5
Write 29.8
Mixed 18.6
SusWrite 54.4
22% 30.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.1
28% 0.3 MB/s
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Typical MK5061GSYN 500GB Builds (Compare 47 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 62%
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Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

System: Toshiba Qosmio X875

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel  $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples38x
Core i7-3610QMIntel  $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples8x
Core i7-3840QMIntel  $549Bench 66%, 3,981 samples1x
GPU
GTX 670MNvidiaBench 10%, 2,951 samples22x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples22x
GTX 780MNvidiaBench 23%, 3,739 samples2x
SSD
850 Evo 1TBSamsung  $234Bench 110%, 154,399 samples3x
Savage 240GBHyperX  $119Bench 89%, 39,518 samples2x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung  $175Bench 95%, 73,119 samples2x
RAM
TSB1600D3S1ELD/4GE 3x4GBKingstonBench 40%, 67 samples6x
M471B5273CH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 53%, 136 samples5x
TSB1600D3S1ELD/4GE 2x4GBKingstonBench 50%, 624 samples3x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 42% - Average Total price: $654

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