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MQ01ABD100 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 46.7% (359th of 1015)

Based on 322,803 user benchmarks.  Models: TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100, TOSHIBA MQ01ABD1
Poor: 23%Average: 46.7% Great: 62%

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Below average average bench

The Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB averaged 53.3% 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 0.49MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.32MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB is 38.7%. 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 29.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.42MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 322,803 samples)
Rank 35946.7%
Min Avg Max
20.2 Read 78.5 108
35.5 Write 84.1 107
12.9 Mixed 29.8 35.7
41.5 SusWrite 84.1 111
50.2% 69.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.42 0.5
0.4 4K Write 1.32 1.8
0.2 4K Mixed 0.49 0.6
96% 0.74 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
855GB free
Firmware: AX1P5J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 101 108 105 107 107 MB/s
54.9% Above average
Read 86.3
Write 101
Mixed 32.7
SusWrite 105
59% 81.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.4
85% 0.7 MB/s
811GB free
Firmware: AX0A4M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 85 95 95 96 94 MB/s
51.7% Above average
Read 86.8
Write 95.2
Mixed 32
SusWrite 93.2
56% 76.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
102% 0.8 MB/s
219GB free
Firmware: AX1P5J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 83 83 83 83 MB/s
45.9% Average
Read 76.8
Write 86.5
Mixed 32.6
SusWrite 82.9
51% 69.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
104% 0.83 MB/s
389GB free
Firmware: AX0P3D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 65 65 65 65 63 MB/s
45.6% Average
Read 94.7
Write 98.2
Mixed 23.1
SusWrite 64.5
51% 70.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.4
71% 0.4 MB/s
328GB free
Firmware: AX1P6E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 86 85 85 85 MB/s
45% Average
Read 71.1
Write 81
Mixed 31.1
SusWrite 85.6
49% 67.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
119% 0.93 MB/s
735GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX003J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 23 36 52 68 72 MB/s
21.7% Poor
Read 27.3
Write 84.5
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 48.4
33% 45.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.3
51% 0.33 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 43%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: HP Notebook

CPU
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples797x
Core i3-5005UIntelBench 38%, 50,603 samples710x
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 45%, 205,332 samples676x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples1,752x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples1,189x
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples809x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $18Bench 66%, 424,288 samples174x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $23Bench 56%, 142,801 samples108x
A400 480GBKingston  $28Bench 74%, 237,487 samples92x
RAM
M471B5173EB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 23%, 50,921 samples298x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples278x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples266x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 30% - Poor Total price: $18

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 Comments

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USA-User
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Poor (edit your comment) Add link

30 days ago.

Drastically slows down to the point of non-usability within two years with 100% HHD usage with nothing actively running.

GBR-User
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5,422

Terrible

15 months ago.

low speed, 100% usage most of the time, stop everything

CAN-User
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4,664

Poor

16 months ago.

I guess it must have been cheap when we bought it! You get what you pay for. You just gotta buy SSD's nowadays. HDD's just don't cut it.

FRA-User
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4,309

Terrible

2 years ago.

Le disque est lent il est toujours à 100 % Je le déconseille fortement !!!

AUS-User
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3,658

Average

3 years ago.

Bad performance, but great amount of storage.

MEX-User
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3,506

Good

2 years ago.

It usually overheats and resets my laptop

ARG-User
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3,070

Terrible

3 years ago.

Lento y de muy mal rendimiento

KOR-User
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2,974

Excellent

3 years ago.

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

RavenBailiff
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316

Terrible

3 years ago.

Takes 25 minutes to get to the desktop.

TheWildShadow55
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108

Good

4 years ago.

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

mazinga
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54

Average

3 years ago.

laptop shop

kieran1398
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4

Poor

6 months ago.

it worked well BUT it died less then 2 years of use but i had the same drive last for over 8 years before it died with light use but i dont recomend to buy it

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