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Toshiba

MK3052GSX 300GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 29.2% (758th of 1015)

Based on 6 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MK3052GSX
Poor: 24%Average: 29.2% Great: 34%

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Very poor average bench

The Toshiba MK3052GSX 300GB averaged 70.7% 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 0.32MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.22MB/s

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MK3052GSX 300GB is just 9.88%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Toshiba MK3052GSX 300GB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 44.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 38.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)
Rank 75829.2%
Min Avg Max
44.6 Read 51 58.2
46.6 Write 52.8 60.4
22.2 Mixed 38.2 58.7
39.4 SusWrite 44.2 48.9
34.4% 46.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.37 4K Read 0.41 0.43
1.14 4K Write 1.22 1.3
0.21 4K Mixed 0.32 0.6
75.4% 0.65 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
58GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LV010P Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s
34.1% Below average
Read 58.2
Write 60.4
Mixed 58.7
44% 59.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.37
4K Write 1.22
4K Mixed 0.21
61% 0.6 MB/s
99GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LV010P Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s
31.1% Below average
Read 55.7
Write 52.4
Mixed 22.2
32% 43.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.43
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.21
64% 0.61 MB/s
91GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LV010P Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s
30.4% Below average
Read 53.4
Write 52.5
Mixed 37.7
36% 47.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.42
4K Write 1.14
4K Mixed 0.26
67% 0.61 MB/s
258GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LV010P Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s
28.1% Poor
Read 47.7
Write 49.8
Mixed 48
37% 48.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.42
4K Write 1.25
4K Mixed 0.27
70% 0.64 MB/s
270GB free
Firmware: LV010P
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 53 54 54 53 43 MB/s
27.4% Poor
Read 46.5
Write 55
Mixed 35.8
SusWrite 48.9
34% 46.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
107% 0.77 MB/s
250GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LV01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 42 44 41 30 45 MB/s
24.2% Poor
Read 44.6
Write 46.6
Mixed 26.8
SusWrite 39.4
29% 39.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.4
83% 0.67 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,348,572 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 51%
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Workstation
Workstation 5%
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System: HP EliteBook 8560p

CPU
Core i7-2620MIntelBench 52%, 16,111 samples67x
Core i5-2520MIntel  $34Bench 48%, 45,308 samples65x
Core i5-2540MIntel  $315Bench 52%, 16,964 samples59x
GPU
Radeon HD 6470MAMDBench 2%, 4,805 samples117x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples85x
Radeon HD 7400MAMDBench 2%, 4,688 samples30x
SSD
A400 120GBKingston  $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples9x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples5x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples111x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples45x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples26x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 11% - Very poor Total price: $29

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