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MQ01ABD100 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 45.3% (392nd of 1015)

Based on 290,496 user benchmarks.  Models: TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100, TOSHIBA MQ01ABD1
Poor: 18%Average: 45.3% Great: 62%

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Below average average bench

The Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB averaged 54.7% 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 0.46MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.26MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB is 43.4%. 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 28.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 290,496 samples)
Rank 39245.3%
Min Avg Max
15.2 Read 79 109
23.4 Write 80.6 107
11.1 Mixed 28.8 35.7
33 SusWrite 78.7 109
48.6% 66.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.4 0.5
0.31 4K Write 1.26 1.8
0.1 4K Mixed 0.46 0.6
91.8% 0.71 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
930GB free
Firmware: AX0R5J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 108 114 114 114 114 MB/s
63.7% Good
Read 110
Write 102
Mixed 34.3
SusWrite 113
65% 89.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.6
106% 0.73 MB/s
741GB free
Firmware: AX1G1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 109 109 109 110 110 MB/s
60.6% Good
Read 103
Write 102
Mixed 35.6
SusWrite 108
63% 87.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
108% 0.9 MB/s
254GB free
Firmware: AX0R2J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 102 103 104 105 104 MB/s
58.5% Above average
Read 101
Write 100
Mixed 34.2
SusWrite 103
62% 84.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
109% 0.8 MB/s
763GB free
Firmware: AX1P5J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 107 109 109 109 MB/s
56.5% Above average
Read 88.5
Write 90.2
Mixed 32.6
SusWrite 108
58% 79.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
102% 0.8 MB/s
853GB free
Firmware: AX1P6E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 98 91 93 97 96 MB/s
55.9% Above average
Read 100
Write 96.5
Mixed 30
SusWrite 94.8
58% 80.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.9 MB/s
619GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX1P6E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 89 88 82 78 83 MB/s
53.7% Above average
Read 103
Write 30.3
Mixed 34.6
SusWrite 84.2
46% 63 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
121% 0.97 MB/s
35GB free
Firmware: AX1P5E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 75 71 77 85 77 MB/s
44.5% Average
Read 79.3
Write 100
Mixed 34.9
SusWrite 75.5
53% 72.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
106% 0.87 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%, 24,541 samples2,452x
Core i3-5005UIntelBench 48%, 46,728 samples1,778x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 53%, 128,026 samples1,763x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 283,037 samples3,520x
Radeon R5AMDBench 2%, 37,708 samples2,447x
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 205,572 samples2,071x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $31Bench 65%, 324,659 samples346x
A400 480GBKingston  $55Bench 75%, 168,649 samples194x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $32Bench 56%, 103,248 samples172x
RAM
M471B5173EB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 23%, 45,638 samples1,220x
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 57,735 samples971x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 67,146 samples649x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 19% - Very poor Total price: $31

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 Comments

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USA-User
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Terrible (edit your comment) Add link

8 months ago.

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

FRA-User
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3,935

Terrible

15 months ago.

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

AUS-User
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3,262

Average

2 years ago.

Bad performance, but great amount of storage.

MEX-User
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3,242

Good

12 months ago.

It usually overheats and resets my laptop

ARG-User
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2,824

Terrible

2 years ago.

Lento y de muy mal rendimiento

KOR-User
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2,670

Excellent

19 months ago.

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

RavenBailiff
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314

Terrible

21 months 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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