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MQ01ABF050 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 45.6% (383rd of 1015)

Based on 116 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIB MQ01ABF050
Poor: 27%Average: 45.6% Great: 59%

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Below average average bench

The Toshib MQ01ABF050 500GB averaged 54.4% 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 0.28MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.15MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshib MQ01ABF050 500GB is 32.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Toshib MQ01ABF050 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.35MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 61.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 116 samples)
Rank 38345.6%
Min Avg Max
22 Read 78.3 105
44 Write 81 105
17.2 Mixed 61.3 98.1
45.4 SusWrite 74.4 104
54.5% 73.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.09 4K Read 0.35 0.5
0.29 4K Write 1.15 1.7
0.09 4K Mixed 0.28 0.6
67.1% 0.59 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
389GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AM0P
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 77 70 97 92 96 MB/s
51.8% Above average
Read 92.9
Write 98.6
Mixed 33.7
SusWrite 87.4
57% 78.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
115% 0.9 MB/s
330GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AM003M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 87 87 85 88 80 MB/s
51.7% Above average
Read 94.5
Write 100
Mixed 34.3
SusWrite 85.4
57% 78.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
119% 0.93 MB/s
111GB free
Firmware: AM00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 98 97 100 101 101 MB/s
51.3% Above average
Read 79
Write 76.5
Mixed 31
SusWrite 99.6
52% 71.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
109% 0.8 MB/s
368GB free
Firmware: AM0P
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 85 87 86 86 86 MB/s
49% Average
Read 84.8
Write 85.5
Mixed 32
SusWrite 86
52% 72.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.9 MB/s
267GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AM0P
SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 69 78 80 66 73 MB/s
36.1% Below average
Read 52.8
Write 79.9
Mixed 18.8
SusWrite 73
41% 56.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.5
90% 0.67 MB/s
367GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AM0P
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 67 58 39 55 65 MB/s
35.8% Below average
Read 64.8
Write 72.5
Mixed 26
SusWrite 59.7
41% 55.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
100% 0.8 MB/s
411GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AM0P
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 82 82 79 79 67 MB/s
35.7% Below average
Read 46.5
Write 92
Mixed 22.5
SusWrite 78.1
43% 59.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.4
64% 0.4 MB/s
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Gaming 3%
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Desktop 44%
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Workstation 2%
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System: Acer Extensa 2520G

CPU
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples13x
Core i3-6006UIntelBench 36%, 47,111 samples4x
Pentium 4405UIntelBench 48%, 3,663 samples3x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples14x
GTX 940MNvidiaBench 9%, 15,731 samples3x
HD Graphics 510IntelBench 2%, 6,504 samples3x
SSD
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples2x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples2x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples2x
RAM
AO1L16BC4R1-BQSS 1x4GBAdataBench 20%, 3,685 samples3x
M471B5173EB0-YK0 Kingston 99U5469-055.A00LF 8GBSamsungBench 38%, 57 samples2x
AO1L16BC4R1-BQSS Kingston ACR16D3LFS1KBG/2G 6GBUnknownBench 39%, 37 samples2x
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