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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%
466GB free
Firmware: AM005F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 119 118 118 118 MB/s
65.1% Good
Read 109
Write 101
Mixed 36.6
SusWrite 118
66% 91.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.5
110% 0.93 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: AM0Q5E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 104 102 101 102 104 MB/s
60.1% Good
Read 107
Write 97.4
Mixed 32.6
SusWrite 102
62% 84.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.5
110% 0.93 MB/s
406GB free
Firmware: AM0P1D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 111 110 109 110 MB/s
58.5% Above average
Read 94.3
Write 86.9
Mixed 32.6
SusWrite 110
59% 80.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
115% 0.9 MB/s
414GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AM002J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 70 83 87 85 78 MB/s
51% Above average
Read 96.5
Write 97.1
Mixed 32.6
SusWrite 81.3
56% 76.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
102% 0.83 MB/s
158GB free
Firmware: AM0P3M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 80 78 78 77 MB/s
42.3% Average
Read 68.7
Write 78.5
Mixed 31
SusWrite 78.4
47% 64.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
104% 0.83 MB/s
390GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AM0P3M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 59 63 63 64 MB/s
36.5% Below average
Read 64.4
Write 73.6
Mixed 27.1
SusWrite 62.8
42% 57 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
107% 0.77 MB/s
393GB free
Firmware: AM0P2D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 50 78 71 61 51 MB/s
32.3% Below average
Read 49
Write 86.7
Mixed 31.8
SusWrite 63.4
42% 57.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.5
94% 0.7 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 samples1,161x
Core i3-5005UIntelBench 38%, 50,603 samples1,042x
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 45%, 205,332 samples1,003x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples2,543x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples1,772x
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples1,196x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples253x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $25Bench 56%, 142,801 samples155x
A400 480GBKingston  $34Bench 74%, 237,487 samples152x
RAM
M471B5173EB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 23%, 50,921 samples407x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples384x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples353x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - 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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