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Toshiba

HDWL120 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 68.6% (134th of 1015)

Based on 1,726 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA HDWL120
Poor: 51%Average: 68.6% Great: 80%

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Above average average bench

The Toshiba HDWL120 2TB averaged 31.4% 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 Write Speed 5.44MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.57MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba HDWL120 2TB is 29.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Toshiba HDWL120 2TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 51.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 106MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,726 samples)
Rank 13468.6%
Min Avg Max
96.9 Read 131 145
73.7 Write 126 147
21.1 Mixed 51.2 60.1
57.8 SusWrite 106 139
75.7% 104 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 1.28 1.4
1.19 4K Write 5.44 6.61
0.3 4K Mixed 0.57 0.7
217% 2.43 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1TB free
Firmware: JT000A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 121 126 125 125 124 MB/s
76.6% Very good
Read 141
Write 143
Mixed 60.4
SusWrite 124
85% 117 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 6.7
4K Mixed 0.7
256% 2.9 MB/s
672GB free
Firmware: JT000A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 130 126 126 127 126 MB/s
73% Very good
Read 125
Write 122
Mixed 52.7
SusWrite 128
78% 107 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 6.5
4K Mixed 0.6
241% 2.8 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: JT000A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 108 109 109 109 109 MB/s
70.6% Very good
Read 135
Write 134
Mixed 53.5
SusWrite 109
79% 108 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 6.4
4K Mixed 0.6
244% 2.8 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: JT000A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 106 105 106 105 MB/s
69.7% Good
Read 136
Write 127
Mixed 55
SusWrite 105
77% 106 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 6.2
4K Mixed 0.6
240% 2.73 MB/s
239GB free
Firmware: JT000A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 73 75 74 75 74 MB/s
60.9% Good
Read 135
Write 149
Mixed 56.3
SusWrite 75.1
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 6.4
4K Mixed 0.7
255% 2.83 MB/s
139GB free
Firmware: JT000A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 68 68 68 67 69 MB/s
60.5% Good
Read 140
Write 141
Mixed 56
SusWrite 69
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 6.4
4K Mixed 0.6
239% 2.77 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,952,030 HDDs tested

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Gaming 65%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 91%
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Workstation
Workstation 62%
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Motherboard: MSI B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,751x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $120Bench 73%, 179,588 samples443x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $138Bench 86%, 635,419 samples390x
GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $218Bench 71%, 428,800 samples339x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples284x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $282Bench 100%, 447,556 samples249x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 275%, 495,311 samples106x
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples104x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples98x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples335x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples229x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples183x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $426

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