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Toshiba

MQ01ABD100 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 47% (368th of 1015)

Based on 164,644 user benchmarks.  Models: TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100, TOSHIBA MQ01ABD1
Poor: 24%Average: 47% Great: 63%

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Below average average bench

The Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB averaged 53.0% 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 0.49MB/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 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 29.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.41MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 164,644 samples)
Rank 36847%
Min Avg Max
24.8 Read 82.4 110
44.6 Write 85.1 109
15.2 Mixed 29.3 35.8
43.9 SusWrite 81.2 110
50.5% 69.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.41 0.5
0.4 4K Write 1.28 1.7
0.2 4K Mixed 0.49 0.6
95% 0.73 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
457GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX0R5J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 87 93 93 90 90 MB/s
55.6% Above average
Read 108
Write 102
Mixed 32.6
SusWrite 86
60% 82 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
96% 0.73 MB/s
856GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX1R4C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 74 92 84 86 83 MB/s
54.4% Above average
Read 104
Write 102
Mixed 31.2
SusWrite 85.6
59% 80.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
115% 0.87 MB/s
880GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX003J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 84 86 78 81 MB/s
47.2% Average
Read 81.8
Write 82.8
Mixed 30
SusWrite 82.5
50% 69.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.4
85% 0.7 MB/s
144GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX0P2D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 85 75 80 86 78 MB/s
38.9% Below average
Read 55.7
Write 55.3
Mixed 20.8
SusWrite 80.1
38% 53 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.5
81% 0.53 MB/s
753GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX0A1D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 78 82 87 80 78 MB/s
37.8% Below average
Read 52.8
Write 95
Mixed 21.2
SusWrite 78.8
45% 62 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.3
70% 0.6 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: AX1P5E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 51 64 71 63 56 MB/s
37.2% Below average
Read 64.8
Write 65.4
Mixed 25.2
SusWrite 64.6
40% 55 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
102% 0.83 MB/s
117GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX0P3D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 42 50 44 45 42 MB/s
27.3% Poor
Read 50.7
Write 70.7
Mixed 18
SusWrite 44.2
33% 45.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.3
68% 0.6 MB/s
759GB free
Firmware: AX0P2D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 21 12 17 22 24 MB/s
9.03% Terrible
Read 12.7
Write 20.9
Mixed 6.8
SusWrite 18.6
11% 14.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.2
39% 0.33 MB/s
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Typical MQ01ABD100 1TB Builds (Compare 26,966 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 13%
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Desktop
Desktop 42%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 22%
Surfboard

System: HP Pavilion Notebook

CPU
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 80,083 samples3,782x
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 46%, 109,445 samples2,936x
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 44%, 59,091 samples2,892x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 178,328 samples5,500x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,556 samples3,359x
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 139,513 samples2,167x
SSD
MZNLN128HAHQ-000H1 128GBSamsungBench 77%, 5,498 samples572x
MZNTY128HDHP-000H1 128GBSamsungBench 79%, 2,773 samples506x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 182%, 47,411 samples447x
RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 44,270 samples1,173x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 76,165 samples1,115x
M471B1G73EB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 20,573 samples946x
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 Comments

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USA-User
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Terrible (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

DEU-User
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3,739

Terrible

2 months ago.

Very slow. not recommended.

ITA-User
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2,715

Terrible

1 month ago.

Terribly slow!!!

AUS-User
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2,512

Average

4 months ago.

Bad performance, but great amount of storage.

MEX-User
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2,500

Terrible

19 months ago.

It usually overheats and resets my laptop

ARG-User
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2,186

Terrible

7 months ago.

Lento y de muy mal rendimiento

RavenBailiff
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260

Terrible

1 month ago.

Takes 25 minutes to get to the desktop.

TheWildShadow55
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70

Good

10 months ago.

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

mazinga
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50

Average

8 months ago.

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