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Toshiba

MK1229GSGF 80GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 17.9% (987th of 1015)

Based on 12 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MK1229GSGF
Poor: 9%Average: 17.9% Great: 22%

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Terrible average bench

The Toshiba MK1229GSGF 80GB averaged 82.0% 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 0.23MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.89MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MK1229GSGF 80GB is just 13.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Toshiba MK1229GSGF 80GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 29MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 25MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12 samples)
Rank 98717.9%
Min Avg Max
4.7 Read 29.2 40.2
22.2 Write 35.3 41.3
9.6 Mixed 25 38.8
23.6 SusWrite 29 36.2
21.9% 29.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.3 0.5
0.1 4K Write 0.89 1.2
0.1 4K Mixed 0.23 0.5
54.3% 0.47 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PT000D Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
22.3% Poor
Read 38.4
Write 39.1
Mixed 35.8
28% 37.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.28
4K Write 1.03
4K Mixed 0.21
54% 0.51 MB/s
60GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PT000D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 29 34 40 40 42 MB/s
21.3% Poor
Read 37.8
Write 41.3
Mixed 25.1
SusWrite 36.2
26% 35.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.1
48% 0.53 MB/s
41GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PT000D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 32 25 31 31 36 MB/s
18.4% Very poor
Read 33.6
Write 39
Mixed 22.1
SusWrite 30.3
23% 31.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.1
32% 0.33 MB/s
54GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PT000D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 22 26 27 33 32 MB/s
18.3% Very poor
Read 37.2
Write 35.2
Mixed 27.2
SusWrite 26.7
23% 31.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.2
37% 0.2 MB/s
23GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PT000D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 35 35 33 34 MB/s
18.2% Very poor
Read 27.5
Write 38.5
Mixed 24.7
SusWrite 35.6
23% 31.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.5
97% 0.7 MB/s
22GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PT00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 28 27 30 28 20 MB/s
10.8% Very poor
Read 11.5
Write 28.2
Mixed 20.3
SusWrite 25.9
16% 21.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.3
68% 0.6 MB/s
5GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PT000D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 20 25 24 23 25 MB/s
8.8% Terrible
Read 6.9
Write 22.2
Mixed 11
SusWrite 23.6
12% 15.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.2
39% 0.33 MB/s
55GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PT00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 26 26 22 24 21 MB/s
8.46% Terrible
Read 4.7
Write 26.1
Mixed 16.5
SusWrite 24.5
13% 18 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.2
47% 0.43 MB/s
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Gaming 3%
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Desktop 41%
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Workstation 3%
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System: HP EliteBook 2540p

CPU
Core i7 L 640IntelBench 41%, 2,030 samples6x
Core i5 M 540IntelBench 41%, 8,329 samples2x
GPU
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples8x
SSD
GOODRAM 120GBBench 68%, 5,433 samples2x
SKC380S3120G 120GBKingstonBench 43%, 208 samples1x
EX. 240GBQ200Bench 81%, 97 samples1x
RAM
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples4x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples3x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples1x
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