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Toshiba

HDWU130 3TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 73.4% (115th of 1015)

Based on 115 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA HDWU130
Poor: 47%Average: 73.4% Great: 89%

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Good average bench

The Toshiba HDWU130 3TB averaged 26.5% 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 0.51MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.88MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba HDWU130 3TB is 42.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba HDWU130 3TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 28.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 127MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 115 samples)
Rank 11573.4%
Min Avg Max
78.7 Read 128 157
75.7 Write 129 163
15.3 Mixed 28.1 49.1
80.4 SusWrite 127 158
74.7% 103 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.88 1
1.18 4K Write 1.96 2.2
0.3 4K Mixed 0.51 0.7
130% 1.12 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: MZ6OACK0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 149 152 148 151 150 MB/s
85.3% Excellent
Read 149
Write 143
Mixed 35.5
SusWrite 148
86% 119 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.5
136% 1.2 MB/s
693GB free
Firmware: MZ6OACK0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 103 93 97 97 94 MB/s
72.9% Very good
Read 155
Write 147
Mixed 45.8
SusWrite 99
81% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.5
134% 1.2 MB/s
650GB free
Firmware: MZ6OACK0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 119 123 121 123 120 MB/s
72.4% Very good
Read 131
Write 144
Mixed 19.2
SusWrite 121
75% 104 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.4
125% 1.17 MB/s
569GB free
Firmware: MZ6OACK0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 115 116 116 115 115 MB/s
68.7% Good
Read 124
Write 134
Mixed 18
SusWrite 115
70% 97.7 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.5
134% 1.17 MB/s
100GB free
Firmware: MZ6OACK0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 73 69 70 72 69 MB/s
40.8% Average
Read 70.4
Write 72
Mixed 10.9
SusWrite 71.6
40% 56.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.3
80% 0.73 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 79%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 66%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B365 M AORUS ELITE-CF

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel  $96Bench 85%, 299,482 samples731x
Core i7-9700Intel  $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples166x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples163x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples185x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples164x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples125x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples50x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples50x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples42x
RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples200x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples63x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples37x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $523

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