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Toshiba

MK2561GS 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 41.4% (477th of 1015)

Based on 46 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MK2561GS
Poor: 23%Average: 41.4% Great: 57%

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Below average average bench

The Toshiba MK2561GS 250GB averaged 58.5% 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 0.45MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.41MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MK2561GS 250GB is 34.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Toshiba MK2561GS 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 52MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 63.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 46 samples)
Rank 47741.4%
Min Avg Max
2.2 Read 72.7 98.8
26.2 Write 71.6 102
3.5 Mixed 52 95.6
27.8 SusWrite 63.4 101
48% 64.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0 4K Read 0.45 0.7
0.56 4K Write 1.41 1.8
0.1 4K Mixed 0.45 0.7
95% 0.77 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
233GB free
Firmware: 0D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 105 105 105 106 MB/s
59.2% Above average
Read 101
Write 78.7
Mixed 31.7
SusWrite 105
58% 79.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
123% 0.97 MB/s
166GB free
Firmware: 0D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 101 102 103 103 MB/s
57.2% Above average
Read 98
Write 101
Mixed 28.8
SusWrite 101
60% 82.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1 MB/s
179GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 78 89 92 75 87 MB/s
50.5% Above average
Read 90.4
Write 97.5
Mixed 26.8
SusWrite 85.4
54% 75 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
121% 0.93 MB/s
41GB free
Firmware: 0C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 87 89 90 81 MB/s
43.6% Average
Read 67.8
Write 64.6
Mixed 37.8
SusWrite 83.9
46% 63.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
140% 1.07 MB/s
156GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MC001D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 54 64 55 66 65 MB/s
37.8% Below average
Read 73.5
Write 43.5
Mixed 29.6
SusWrite 58
37% 51.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.87 MB/s
115GB free
Firmware: 0C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 77 69 59 59 57 MB/s
34.5% Below average
Read 53.3
Write 62.2
Mixed 31.9
SusWrite 66.8
39% 53.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.4
95% 0.83 MB/s
38GB free
Firmware: 0C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 34 34 34 35 35 MB/s
33.4% Below average
Read 82.4
Write 34.3
Mixed 27
SusWrite 34.1
33% 44.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.5
88% 0.53 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 4%
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Desktop
Desktop 42%
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Workstation
Workstation 4%
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System: HP Pavilion 14 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples114x
Core i5-4200UIntel  $281Bench 43%, 64,450 samples100x
Core i7-4510UIntelBench 47%, 63,054 samples83x
GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples323x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples51x
Radeon R5AMDBench 2%, 40,685 samples48x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples45x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples29x
Green 240GB (2018)WD  $50Bench 45%, 156,194 samples15x
RAM
16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 1x8GBMicronBench 27%, 14,954 samples22x
SH5641G8FJ8NWRNSQG 1x8GBSmartBench 28%, 3,351 samples20x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples18x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 22% - Poor Total price: $28

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