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Toshiba

MQ01ABF050 500GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 43.2% (438th of 1015)

Based on 118,349 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MQ01ABF050
Poor: 21%Average: 43.2% Great: 60%

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Below average average bench

The Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB averaged 56.7% 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 1.38MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB is 39.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 28.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 118,349 samples)
Rank 43843.2%
Min Avg Max
16 Read 71.5 104
27.1 Write 79.4 107
12.7 Mixed 28.6 35.7
40.9 SusWrite 79.1 110
47% 64.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.4 0.5
0.3 4K Write 1.38 1.8
0.1 4K Mixed 0.48 0.6
95.8% 0.75 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
204GB free
Firmware: AM002C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 111 110 110 111 MB/s
60.5% Good
Read 100
Write 97.7
Mixed 32
SusWrite 111
62% 85.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
119% 0.93 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: AM003M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 105 105 105 105 MB/s
58.8% Above average
Read 100
Write 97.4
Mixed 34.2
SusWrite 105
61% 84.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
108% 0.9 MB/s
137GB free
Firmware: AM0B3J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 80 81 80 81 MB/s
42.5% Average
Read 67.2
Write 76.1
Mixed 30
SusWrite 80.6
46% 63.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
104% 0.83 MB/s
94GB free
Firmware: AM0P3M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 57 57 57 55 47 MB/s
40.6% Average
Read 86.3
Write 96.6
Mixed 34.2
SusWrite 55
50% 68 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
102% 0.83 MB/s
32GB free
Firmware: AM0Q6E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 87 87 72 65 89 MB/s
40.2% Average
Read 58.6
Write 63.7
Mixed 28.9
SusWrite 81.2
42% 58.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
104% 0.83 MB/s
140GB free
Firmware: AM0Q5E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 71 72 68 71 MB/s
39.1% Below average
Read 65.7
Write 71.1
Mixed 30.9
SusWrite 70.6
44% 59.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
107% 0.77 MB/s
306GB free
Firmware: AM001A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 70 70 70 70 MB/s
38.3% Below average
Read 63.8
Write 70.6
Mixed 28.8
SusWrite 69.5
42% 58.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
111% 0.83 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 43%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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System: HP Notebook

CPU
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples1,144x
Core i3-5005UIntelBench 38%, 50,603 samples1,029x
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 45%, 205,332 samples986x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples2,495x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples1,738x
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples1,180x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples248x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples152x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples150x
RAM
M471B5173EB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 23%, 50,921 samples399x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples378x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples342x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 22% - Poor Total price: $28

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Terrible

5 years ago.

I use a Sony hybrid with an i7 processor with a SSD which is really quick. I look after a neighbour's Toshiba laptop with this hard drive in it and a Celeron N2830 processor in it. It takes hours to complete Windows updates and is akin to watching paint dry. Just awful.

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