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Toshiba

MQ01ABD100 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

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Average Bench: 46.5% (381st of 1015)

Based on 130,139 user benchmarks.  Models: TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100, TOSHIBA MQ01ABD1
Poor: 23%Average: 46.5% Great: 62%

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Below average average bench

The Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB averaged 53.5% 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 0.49MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.28MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB is 39%. 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 29MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.41MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 130,139 samples)
Rank 38146.5%
Min Avg Max
21.3 Read 81.4 110
36.8 Write 84.1 108
13.5 Mixed 29 35.7
42.5 SusWrite 80.5 109
50% 68.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.41 0.5
0.4 4K Write 1.28 1.8
0.2 4K Mixed 0.49 0.6
95.1% 0.73 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
836GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX1P4M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 94 96 100 99 MB/s
57.1% Above average
Read 100
Write 99.4
Mixed 33.6
SusWrite 98.7
60% 83 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.4
87% 0.73 MB/s
869GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX1R2C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 90 82 67 75 47 MB/s
51.2% Above average
Read 102
Write 107
Mixed 32.9
SusWrite 76.7
58% 79.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
107% 0.8 MB/s
788GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX0R2J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 81 92 68 92 MB/s
50.9% Above average
Read 88.3
Write 92.4
Mixed 31.3
SusWrite 88.9
55% 75.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
102% 0.8 MB/s
820GB free
Firmware: AX001C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 89 88 89 89 89 MB/s
50.4% Above average
Read 87
Write 85.5
Mixed 30
SusWrite 88.5
53% 72.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
115% 0.87 MB/s
850GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX001C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 82 81 84 81 76 MB/s
50.3% Above average
Read 93.6
Write 100
Mixed 30.8
SusWrite 81.5
56% 76.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
113% 0.83 MB/s
895GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX0R5J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 99 100 109 110 86 MB/s
49.7% Average
Read 78
Write 99.3
Mixed 25.7
SusWrite 95.2
54% 74.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
98% 0.77 MB/s
6GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX0P3D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 53 52 51 63 MB/s
31.7% Below average
Read 52.9
Write 50.6
Mixed 21.7
SusWrite 57.6
33% 45.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0
16% 0.2 MB/s
248GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX1P6E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 49 42 47 34 46 MB/s
27.3% Poor
Read 50.7
Write 40
Mixed 20.7
SusWrite 44.2
28% 38.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.3
72% 0.63 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 14%
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Desktop
Desktop 43%
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Workstation
Workstation 24%
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System: HP Pavilion Notebook

CPU
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 42%, 64,234 samples3,009x
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 52,133 samples2,397x
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 48%, 86,757 samples2,367x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 6%, 141,275 samples4,445x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 7%, 133,278 samples2,738x
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 6%, 117,901 samples1,748x
SSD
MZNTY128HDHP-000H1 128GBSamsungBench 78%, 2,408 samples449x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung  $50Bench 176%, 34,130 samples414x
SD8SNAT-256G-1006 256GBSandiskBench 63%, 1,589 samples336x
RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 35,991 samples968x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 56,562 samples896x
M471B1G73EB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 27%, 17,207 samples800x
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USA-User
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Poor (edit your comment) Add link

4 months 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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Terrible

13 months ago.

It usually overheats and resets my laptop

ARG-User
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1,956

Terrible

1 month ago.

Lento y de muy mal rendimiento

TheWildShadow55
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Good

4 months ago.

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

mazinga
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Average

2 months ago.

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