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Toshiba

MK1235GSL 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 16% (1003rd of 1015)

Based on 47 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MK1235GSL
Poor: 5%Average: 16% Great: 22%

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Terrible average bench

The Toshiba MK1235GSL 120GB averaged 83.9% 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 0.32MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.91MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MK1235GSL 120GB is just 17.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Toshiba MK1235GSL 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 19.9MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 25.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 47 samples)
Rank 100316%
Min Avg Max
5 Read 28.9 38.6
3.44 Write 27.9 39.6
1.25 Mixed 19.9 38.4
8.9 SusWrite 25.2 37.8
18.8% 25.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.04 4K Read 0.31 0.43
0.07 4K Write 0.91 1.2
0.05 4K Mixed 0.32 0.5
65.6% 0.51 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PV01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 34 34 33 36 34 MB/s
17.8% Very poor
Read 28
Write 27.8
Mixed 19.3
SusWrite 33.9
20% 27.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.5
85% 0.53 MB/s
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PV010A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 26 26 33 32 35 MB/s
17.5% Very poor
Read 30.8
Write 26.9
Mixed 19.6
SusWrite 29.8
20% 26.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.4
76% 0.57 MB/s
87GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PV010J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 27 25 16 22 21 MB/s
16.5% Very poor
Read 34.7
Write 31.7
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 22.6
20% 27.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.5
89% 0.6 MB/s
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PV010A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 21 24 23 22 MB/s
15.4% Very poor
Read 31.5
Write 16.7
Mixed 18.2
SusWrite 22.1
16% 22.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.3
61% 0.47 MB/s
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PV010J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 25 26 25 21 19 MB/s
15.3% Very poor
Read 30.5
Write 26
Mixed 20.7
SusWrite 22.7
18% 25 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.4
77% 0.6 MB/s
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PV010A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 24 23 25 25 26 MB/s
15.3% Very poor
Read 28.3
Write 32.2
Mixed 21.4
SusWrite 24.6
20% 26.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.4
78% 0.57 MB/s
37GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PV010J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 15 14 16 15 15 MB/s
8.13% Terrible
Read 13.3
Write 16.5
Mixed 17.5
SusWrite 14.8
12% 15.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.3
59% 0.43 MB/s
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Gaming 3%
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Desktop
Desktop 41%
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Workstation 3%
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System: HP EliteBook 2540p

CPU
Core i7 L 640IntelBench 41%, 2,030 samples6x
Core i5 M 540IntelBench 41%, 8,329 samples2x
GPU
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples8x
SSD
GOODRAM 120GBBench 68%, 5,433 samples2x
SKC380S3120G 120GBKingstonBench 43%, 208 samples1x
EX. 240GBQ200Bench 81%, 97 samples1x
RAM
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples4x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples3x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples1x
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