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Toshiba

MK2556GSY 250GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 41.6% (470th of 1015)

Based on 1,386 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MK2556GSY
Poor: 19%Average: 41.6% Great: 59%

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Below average average bench

The Toshiba MK2556GSY 250GB averaged 58.3% 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 0.63MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.37MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MK2556GSY 250GB is 40%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba MK2556GSY 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 32.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 71.6MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,386 samples)
Rank 47041.6%
Min Avg Max
15.5 Read 73.4 104
30 Write 76.3 104
15.5 Mixed 32.7 50.6
35.7 SusWrite 71.6 105
46.3% 63.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.51 0.7
0.6 4K Write 1.37 1.7
0.3 4K Mixed 0.63 0.8
117% 0.84 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
232GB free
Firmware: LH003C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 100 107 106 107 107 MB/s
60.7% Good
Read 106
Write 103
Mixed 37
SusWrite 106
64% 87.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.87 MB/s
131GB free
Firmware: LH00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 106 104 104 106 MB/s
60.4% Good
Read 106
Write 92.7
Mixed 37.2
SusWrite 105
62% 85.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1 MB/s
231GB free
Firmware: LH003C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 103 96 103 102 96 MB/s
57.3% Above average
Read 99.6
Write 82.5
Mixed 32.3
SusWrite 99.9
57% 78.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.93 MB/s
232GB free
Firmware: LH000D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 85 101 101 102 101 MB/s
56.3% Above average
Read 98.1
Write 96.6
Mixed 30.8
SusWrite 98.2
59% 80.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.93 MB/s
114GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LH003A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 85 72 76 89 83 MB/s
49.3% Average
Read 91.9
Write 80.3
Mixed 30.9
SusWrite 79.9
52% 70.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 1 MB/s
193GB free
Firmware: LH003C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 88 89 87 89 89 MB/s
48.6% Average
Read 81.4
Write 88.2
Mixed 42.4
SusWrite 87.9
55% 75 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
129% 0.9 MB/s
207GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LH003C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 74 82 83 59 68 MB/s
42% Average
Read 71.6
Write 86.4
Mixed 39.8
SusWrite 74.4
50% 68.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.9 MB/s
86GB free
Firmware: LH003C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 77 77 56 78 MB/s
41.6% Average
Read 70.3
Write 69.6
Mixed 28.6
SusWrite 74.3
44% 60.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.93 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 41%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Latitude E6410

CPU
Core i5 M 520Intel  $70Bench 40%, 23,644 samples101x
Core i7 M 620IntelBench 42%, 9,076 samples86x
Core i5 M 560Intel  $65Bench 41%, 10,722 samples81x
GPU
NVS 3100MNvidiaBench 1%, 9,073 samples396x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples16x
GTX 770Nvidia  $279Bench 34%, 116,895 samples1x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples24x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $23Bench 56%, 142,801 samples14x
CS900 120GBPNY  $25Bench 69%, 42,924 samples8x
RAM
HMT325S6BFR8C-H9 2x2GBHynixBench 33%, 8,194 samples32x
M471B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 41%, 10,285 samples20x
M471B5773CHS-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 29%, 8,570 samples20x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 49% - Average Total price: $95

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