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Toshiba

HDWQ140 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 96.8% (6th of 1015)

Based on 2 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA HDWQ140
Poor: 92%Average: 96.8% Great: 102%

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Excellent average bench

The Toshiba HDWQ140 2TB averaged just 3.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Toshiba HDWQ140 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.6MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 94.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 166MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)
Rank 696.8%
Min Avg Max
152 Read 166 180
167 Write 175 182
92 Mixed 94.8 97.7
167 SusWrite 170 174
111% 152 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.5 4K Read 1.6 1.7
3.1 4K Write 3.1 3.1
1.1 4K Mixed 1.1 1.1
246% 1.93 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
789GB free
Firmware: FJ1M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 174 172 174 175 173 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 182
Mixed 97.7
SusWrite 174
116% 158 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1.1
250% 1.97 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: FJ1M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 169 167 167 169 168 MB/s
91.8% Outstanding
Read 152
Write 167
Mixed 92
SusWrite 167
106% 145 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1.1
242% 1.9 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,364,568 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 45%
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Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

System: HP xw8600 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X54501stBench 47%, 826 samples21x
CPU: Intel Xeon X54501stBench 47%, 324 samples17x
Xeon X5450Intel  $299Bench 50%, 5,870 samples12x
GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples9x
Quadro FX 5600NvidiaBench 6%, 254 samples9x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples8x
SSD
870 QVO 2TBSamsung  $145Bench 102%, 41,734 samples9x
870 EVO 250G 250GBSamsungBench 92%, 167 samples4x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples4x
RAM
49GBUnknownBench 18%, 1,461 samples45x
65GBUnknownBench 19%, 1,017 samples36x
41GBUnknownBench 17%, 2,583 samples24x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 47% - Average Total price: $145

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