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MQ01ABF050 500GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 44.5% (418th of 1015)

Based on 80,722 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MQ01ABF050
Poor: 19%Average: 44.5% Great: 63%

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Below average average bench

The Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB averaged 55.4% 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 0.5MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.38MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB is 43.8%. 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 27.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.39MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 80,722 samples)
Rank 41844.5%
Min Avg Max
13 Read 76.8 110
30.9 Write 82.4 108
10.5 Mixed 27.9 35.7
39.4 SusWrite 78.3 112
48.2% 66.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.39 0.5
0.4 4K Write 1.38 1.8
0.1 4K Mixed 0.5 0.7
96.9% 0.76 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
454GB free
Firmware: AM00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 114 114 113 113 MB/s
63.9% Good
Read 109
Write 109
Mixed 35.7
SusWrite 113
67% 91.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
121% 0.97 MB/s
461GB free
Firmware: AM0P4C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 111 110 108 108 MB/s
62.9% Good
Read 110
Write 103
Mixed 34.3
SusWrite 110
65% 89.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
121% 0.97 MB/s
79GB free
Firmware: AM0P1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 70 69 62 70 70 MB/s
38.7% Below average
Read 66.3
Write 60.4
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 68.3
41% 55.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
102% 0.8 MB/s
234GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AM001J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 64 45 61 70 75 MB/s
38.2% Below average
Read 69.1
Write 70.6
Mixed 29.1
SusWrite 63.7
42% 58.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
113% 0.83 MB/s
79GB free
Firmware: AM0P1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 70 71 70 70 MB/s
36.5% Below average
Read 57.1
Write 67.3
Mixed 29.1
SusWrite 70
41% 55.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
113% 0.83 MB/s
448GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AM0P1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 70 88 93 85 88 MB/s
35.9% Below average
Read 42
Write 36.8
Mixed 29.8
SusWrite 83.2
35% 48 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.6
102% 0.67 MB/s
247GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AM0P2D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 57 56 56 55 54 MB/s
30.8% Below average
Read 52.5
Write 58.2
Mixed 23.3
SusWrite 54.8
34% 47.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.4
81% 0.67 MB/s
439GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AM0P1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 72 71 77 75 78 MB/s
24.1% Poor
Read 9
Write 70.4
Mixed 18.7
SusWrite 74.9
32% 43.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
26% 0.27 MB/s
437GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AM0P1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 51 40 33 18 61 MB/s
19.7% Very poor
Read 28.6
Write 56.7
Mixed 17.6
SusWrite 40
26% 35.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.3
49% 0.33 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 37%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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System: HP Notebook

CPU
A8-7410 APU (2015 M.Ca)AMDBench 36%, 21,334 samples1,540x
Core i3-5005UIntelBench 49%, 42,065 samples1,196x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 54%, 111,127 samples1,037x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 212,252 samples2,042x
Radeon R5AMDBench 2%, 28,349 samples1,537x
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 169,585 samples1,412x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $35Bench 66%, 221,170 samples180x
A400 480GBKingston  $60Bench 75%, 100,060 samples104x
SD8SNAT-256G-1006 256GBSandiskBench 64%, 2,438 samples99x
RAM
M471B5173EB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 23%, 38,029 samples784x
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 24%, 50,261 samples636x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 57,947 samples451x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 22% - Poor Total price: $35

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 Comments

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Good

4 months ago.

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO slow

GBR-User
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Terrible

2 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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