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Toshiba

MQ01ABD050V 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 45% (396th of 1015)

Based on 5,167 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MQ01ABD050V
Poor: 19%Average: 45% Great: 62%

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Below average average bench

The Toshiba MQ01ABD050V 500GB averaged 54.9% 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 0.46MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.23MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MQ01ABD050V 500GB is 43.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba MQ01ABD050V 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 34.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.39MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,167 samples)
Rank 39645%
Min Avg Max
16.1 Read 76 108
28.3 Write 81 108
14.7 Mixed 34.2 42.7
31.2 SusWrite 80.9 112
49.6% 68 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.39 0.5
0.4 4K Write 1.23 1.6
0.2 4K Mixed 0.46 0.6
89.9% 0.69 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
52GB free
Firmware: AX0U1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 112 112 113 113 112 MB/s
63.3% Good
Read 108
Write 108
Mixed 42
SusWrite 113
68% 92.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
115% 0.87 MB/s
771GB free
Firmware: AX0L1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 101 102 101 102 102 MB/s
56.6% Above average
Read 95.6
Write 97.5
Mixed 39
SusWrite 102
61% 83.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
113% 0.83 MB/s
415GB free
Firmware: AX0U1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 99 99 99 99 MB/s
56.4% Above average
Read 97.4
Write 96.1
Mixed 39.2
SusWrite 99.1
60% 82.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
115% 0.87 MB/s
53GB free
Firmware: AX1C1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 89 90 90 88 MB/s
50.2% Above average
Read 86
Write 93.7
Mixed 39.7
SusWrite 88.7
56% 77 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.4
93% 0.8 MB/s
236GB free
Firmware: AX0U1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 91 89 88 88 MB/s
49.1% Average
Read 81.2
Write 85.8
Mixed 37.1
SusWrite 89.7
54% 73.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
102% 0.8 MB/s
314GB free
Firmware: AX0L1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 103 103 103 102 MB/s
46.7% Average
Read 60.1
Write 64.3
Mixed 34.1
SusWrite 103
48% 65.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.5
99% 0.73 MB/s
54GB free
Firmware: AX0D1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 53 54 54 53 63 MB/s
40.9% Average
Read 87.3
Write 72.5
Mixed 36.3
SusWrite 55.3
46% 62.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.3
69% 0.67 MB/s
98GB free
Firmware: AX0G1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 60 61 61 61 MB/s
31% Below average
Read 48
Write 59.7
Mixed 29
SusWrite 59.8
36% 49.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.4
77% 0.63 MB/s
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Gaming 7%
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Desktop 59%
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Workstation 7%
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System: Dell Latitude E6540

CPU
Core i7-4800MQIntel  $150Bench 63%, 22,632 samples599x
Core i7-4810MQIntel  $400Bench 62%, 26,927 samples532x
Core i7-4610MIntelBench 58%, 4,524 samples377x
GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples2,182x
Radeon HD 8790MAMDBench 5%, 1,243 samples104x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples4x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples58x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples33x
RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 30,280 samples140x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples111x
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 13,765 samples68x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $178

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