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Toshiba

MQ01ABD100 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 47.1% (354th of 1015)

Based on 275,453 user benchmarks.  Models: TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100, TOSHIBA MQ01ABD1
Poor: 24%Average: 47.1% Great: 63%

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Below average average bench

The Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB averaged 52.8% 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 1.31MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB is 39.6%. 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 275,453 samples)
Rank 35447.1%
Min Avg Max
26.2 Read 82.7 110
31.6 Write 83.5 108
15.2 Mixed 29.8 35.9
31.6 SusWrite 81.5 112
50.4% 69.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.42 0.5
0.5 4K Write 1.31 1.8
0.12 4K Mixed 0.48 0.6
94.6% 0.73 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
931GB free
Firmware: AX1P5J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 116 116 116 117 MB/s
65.5% Good
Read 113
Write 106
Mixed 34.9
SusWrite 116
67% 92.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.6
108% 0.73 MB/s
882GB free
Firmware: AX0R5J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 111 110 109 111 MB/s
58.5% Above average
Read 94.1
Write 100
Mixed 12.7
SusWrite 110
57% 79.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.5
83% 0.5 MB/s
324GB free
Firmware: AX001U
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 88 77 99 96 100 MB/s
52.9% Above average
Read 92.8
Write 93.5
Mixed 12.8
SusWrite 91.8
52% 72.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.2
48% 0.37 MB/s
561GB free
Firmware: AX0R2J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 105 104 103 105 MB/s
52.8% Above average
Read 80.5
Write 82.9
Mixed 31
SusWrite 104
54% 74.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
96% 0.73 MB/s
479GB free
Firmware: AX0P3D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 87 87 88 88 MB/s
49.4% Average
Read 85.6
Write 82.5
Mixed 31.4
SusWrite 86.5
52% 71.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.5
94% 0.7 MB/s
326GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX1P
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 92 77 83 83 92 MB/s
37.9% Below average
Read 44.5
Write 84.8
Mixed 27.5
SusWrite 87.5
44% 61.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
98% 0.77 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 37%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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System: HP Notebook

CPU
A8-7410 APU (2015 M.Ca)AMDBench 36%, 26,498 samples2,681x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 52%, 134,895 samples1,999x
Core i3-5005UIntelBench 48%, 50,650 samples1,961x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 280,786 samples3,985x
Radeon R5AMDBench 2%, 38,995 samples2,676x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 317,273 samples2,314x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 67%, 370,522 samples396x
A400 480GBKingston  $44Bench 73%, 179,499 samples217x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $35Bench 56%, 116,181 samples210x
RAM
M471B5173EB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 23%, 46,382 samples1,344x
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 60,560 samples1,059x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 74,233 samples712x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 22% - Poor Total price: $28

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 Comments

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USA-User
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Poor (edit your comment) Add link

20 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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4,974

Terrible

10 days ago.

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

CAN-User
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4,220

Poor

1 month 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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3,987

Terrible

18 months ago.

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

AUS-User
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3,344

Average

2 years ago.

Bad performance, but great amount of storage.

MEX-User
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3,308

Good

15 months ago.

It usually overheats and resets my laptop

ARG-User
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2,876

Terrible

2 years ago.

Lento y de muy mal rendimiento

KOR-User
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2,726

Excellent

22 months ago.

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

RavenBailiff
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312

Terrible

2 years ago.

Takes 25 minutes to get to the desktop.

TheWildShadow55
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98

Good

2 years ago.

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

mazinga
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54

Average

2 years ago.

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