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MK5061GSY 500GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 42.2% (459th of 1015)

Based on 2,523 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MK5061GSY
Poor: 22%Average: 42.2% Great: 56%

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Below average average bench

The Toshiba MK5061GSY 500GB averaged 57.8% 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 0.56MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.52MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MK5061GSY 500GB is 33.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Toshiba MK5061GSY 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 29MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 72.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,523 samples)
Rank 45942.2%
Min Avg Max
26.5 Read 74 99.3
28.4 Write 74.4 98.5
16.9 Mixed 29 53.5
38 SusWrite 72.7 99.7
45.5% 62.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.48 0.6
0.78 4K Write 1.52 1.8
0.2 4K Mixed 0.56 0.7
111% 0.85 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
421GB free
Firmware: 2E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 90 100 101 101 100 MB/s
56.5% Above average
Read 98.6
Write 97.8
Mixed 26.7
SusWrite 98.1
58% 80.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
119% 0.93 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: MC102E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 98 98 98 97 MB/s
53.5% Above average
Read 88.9
Write 95
Mixed 25.6
SusWrite 97.5
56% 76.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
119% 0.93 MB/s
374GB free
Firmware: MC102E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 92 94 94 94 94 MB/s
53.4% Above average
Read 92.9
Write 97.7
Mixed 31.6
SusWrite 93
57% 78.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
121% 0.97 MB/s
38GB free
Firmware: MC102E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 95 95 96 97 MB/s
41.9% Average
Read 50.3
Write 54.8
Mixed 28.1
SusWrite 95.7
42% 57.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
115% 0.87 MB/s
283GB free
Firmware: MC102E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 72 76 75 88 MB/s
34.4% Below average
Read 43.9
Write 85.5
Mixed 40.6
SusWrite 75.9
45% 61.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.3
78% 0.73 MB/s
400GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MC102E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 73 71 72 67 69 MB/s
28.6% Poor
Read 27.9
Write 54.4
Mixed 22.9
SusWrite 71.5
32% 44.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.2
54% 0.6 MB/s
329GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MC102E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 36 42 39 62 64 MB/s
18.5% Very poor
Read 17.4
Write 40
Mixed 27.9
SusWrite 46.9
24% 33.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.3
62% 0.5 MB/s
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Typical MK5061GSY 500GB Builds (Compare 543 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 56%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision M6600

CPU
Core i7-2720QMIntel  $85Bench 58%, 7,798 samples111x
Core i7-2860QMIntel  $469Bench 62%, 4,317 samples102x
Core i7-2760QMIntel  $130Bench 60%, 10,423 samples85x
GPU
Quadro 3000MNvidiaBench 6%, 2,560 samples239x
Quadro 4000MNvidiaBench 8%, 1,114 samples92x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples89x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples11x
PM830 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 9,379 samples8x
RAM
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples15x
HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 45%, 359 samples15x
HMT451S6MFR8C-PB HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 HMT451S6MFR8C-PB HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 16GBHynixBench 45%, 20 samples13x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $110

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