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Toshiba

MK3261GS 320GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 47.8% (339th of 1015)

Based on 99 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MK3261GS
Poor: 23%Average: 47.8% Great: 64%

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Below average average bench

The Toshiba MK3261GS 320GB averaged 52.2% 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 1.5MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MK3261GS 320GB is 41.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba MK3261GS 320GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 44.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 81.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 99 samples)
Rank 33947.8%
Min Avg Max
13 Read 81.7 113
33.8 Write 81.9 111
13.2 Mixed 44.9 101
38.2 SusWrite 83 118
53.4% 72.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.47 0.6
0.75 4K Write 1.5 1.8
0.19 4K Mixed 0.48 0.7
101% 0.82 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
254GB free
Firmware: 0D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 110 110 111 110 MB/s
63% Good
Read 109
Write 109
Mixed 29.6
SusWrite 110
65% 89.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.07 MB/s
254GB free
Firmware: 0D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 110 111 111 112 111 MB/s
62.4% Good
Read 107
Write 110
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 110
64% 88.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
125% 1 MB/s
193GB free
Firmware: 0A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 104 104 107 106 105 MB/s
58.8% Above average
Read 99.6
Write 93.8
Mixed 40.2
SusWrite 105
62% 84.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1 MB/s
298GB free
Firmware: 1M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 73 64 66 65 MB/s
51.5% Above average
Read 112
Write 120
Mixed 34
SusWrite 67.1
60% 83.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
127% 1 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 18%
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Desktop
Desktop 66%
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Workstation 19%
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System: HP Z820 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 65%, 4,306 samples145x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples114x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2687W 01stBench 71%, 1,646 samples87x
GPU
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples145x
Quadro K5000NvidiaBench 21%, 3,775 samples139x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples65x
SSD
860 500GBSamsungBench 89%, 2,934 samples55x
860 1TBSamsungBench 86%, 2,531 samples37x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples32x
RAM
M393B2G70DB0-CMA 16x16GBSamsungBench 101%, 41 samples25x
M391B5173QH0-CMA 8x4GBSamsungBench 84%, 111 samples19x
M393B1G70QH0-CMA 4x8GBSamsungBench 82%, 512 samples18x
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