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Toshiba

MQ01ABD100 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 46% (389th of 1015)

Based on 183,104 user benchmarks.  Models: TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100, TOSHIBA MQ01ABD1
Poor: 23%Average: 46% Great: 62%

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Below average average bench

The Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB averaged 54.0% 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 0.48MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.25MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB is 39.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 28.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.41MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 183,104 samples)
Rank 38946%
Min Avg Max
25.2 Read 80.1 110
39 Write 83.7 107
14.5 Mixed 28.7 35.7
46.2 SusWrite 80.1 110
49.5% 68.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.41 0.5
0.4 4K Write 1.25 1.7
0.2 4K Mixed 0.48 0.6
93.7% 0.71 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
519GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX1P5J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 86 95 93 92 93 MB/s
53.3% Above average
Read 94.2
Write 95.6
Mixed 35
SusWrite 91.4
58% 79 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
109% 0.8 MB/s
117GB free
Firmware: AX0P3D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 62 62 62 62 MB/s
49.4% Average
Read 110
Write 95.2
Mixed 32.8
SusWrite 61.7
55% 75.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
98% 0.77 MB/s
889GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX003M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 89 78 73 83 86 MB/s
47.7% Average
Read 84.7
Write 84.9
Mixed 31.1
SusWrite 81.5
51% 70.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.4
87% 0.73 MB/s
116GB free
Firmware: AX003J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 79 76 79 80 80 MB/s
45.2% Average
Read 78.5
Write 80.2
Mixed 31
SusWrite 79.1
49% 67.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
107% 0.77 MB/s
130GB free
Firmware: AX0R5J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 65 68 67 66 66 MB/s
38.3% Below average
Read 67.8
Write 48.5
Mixed 20
SusWrite 65.8
37% 50.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.2
44% 0.3 MB/s
505GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX1R4C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 81 80 72 69 73 MB/s
38.2% Below average
Read 57.2
Write 94.8
Mixed 21.2
SusWrite 75.9
45% 62.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
96% 0.77 MB/s
748GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX0R2J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 46 62 61 56 59 MB/s
28.1% Poor
Read 40
Write 39.5
Mixed 20.8
SusWrite 57.7
29% 39.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.4
77% 0.6 MB/s
779GB free
Firmware: AX1P2C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 17 18 18 18 18 MB/s
19.2% Very poor
Read 49
Write 15.5
Mixed 21
SusWrite 17.7
19% 25.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.3
59% 0.4 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 13%
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Desktop
Desktop 41%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 21%
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System: HP Pavilion Notebook

CPU
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 40%, 81,229 samples4,024x
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 46%, 113,823 samples3,128x
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 45%, 61,452 samples3,085x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 184,491 samples5,869x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 177,409 samples3,572x
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 148,243 samples2,295x
SSD
MZNLN128HAHQ-000H1 128GBSamsungBench 78%, 6,405 samples631x
MZNTY128HDHP-000H1 128GBSamsungBench 80%, 3,046 samples535x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung  $60Bench 184%, 53,409 samples464x
RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 48,428 samples1,238x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 82,049 samples1,205x
M471B1G73EB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 22,009 samples1,014x
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 Comments

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USA-User
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Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

14 days ago.

I have this in my dell laptop with a GTX 1050, a i5 7300hq and 8GB of RAM. It is definitely the weak point of the system and it can make the overall laptop seem slow and take a long time to load programs and games. Cheap but very slow for performance laptops

MEX-User
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2,590

Terrible

22 months ago.

It usually overheats and resets my laptop

AUS-User
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2,580

Average

6 months ago.

Bad performance, but great amount of storage.

ARG-User
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2,260

Terrible

9 months ago.

Lento y de muy mal rendimiento

KOR-User
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2,112

Excellent

28 days ago.

Considering that it is 1TB of notebook hdd and small, it is good storage.

RavenBailiff
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278

Terrible

3 months ago.

Takes 25 minutes to get to the desktop.

TheWildShadow55
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86

Good

12 months ago.

It's a cheap 1TB hard drive, it works

mazinga
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50

Average

10 months ago.

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