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Toshiba

DT01ACA200 2TB

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Release date: Q1 2013.

Average Bench: 85.7% (42nd of 1015)

Based on 344,862 user benchmarks.  Models: TOSHIBA DT01ACA200, TOSHIBA DT01ACA2, DT01ACA200

The 2TB Toshiba DT01ACA200 is a 3.5" desktop hard drive. This model sports a rotation speed of 7,200 RPM and is reasonably power efficient for a 2TB desktop drive consuming just 6.4 Watts when loaded and 5.2 Watts when idle. The DT01ACA200 has impressive performance with peak sequential read/write speeds of 193/182 MB/s and peak 4k read/write speeds of 1.16/2.28 MBps. These raw figures produce an effective speed of 141 MBps which ranks the 2TB DT01ACA200 amongst the top handful of 2TB hard drives. Not only is the 2TB DT01ACA200 a great performer but it is also priced aggressively and therefore represents superb value for money for a 2TB capacity drive. Comparing the 2TB and 3TB versions shows that performance is very similar but the 3TB offers 50% more capacity for just 25% more cash which makes the difference between good and great value for money. [Nov '14 HDrivePro]

Poor: 49%Average: 85.7% Great: 108%

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Very good average bench

The Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB averaged just 14.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.58MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.02MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB is 58.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 30.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 148MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 344,862 samples)
Rank 4285.7%
Min Avg Max
77.7 Read 150 188
89.5 Write 151 190
17.4 Mixed 30.5 49.3
88.5 SusWrite 148 191
86.7% 120 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 1.02 1.2
0.84 4K Write 2.04 2.4
0.3 4K Mixed 0.58 0.8
144% 1.21 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
469GB free
Firmware: MX4OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 164 170 171 170 168 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 179
Mixed 29.8
SusWrite 168
101% 140 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.5
137% 1.17 MB/s
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX4OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 129 133 144 159 167 MB/s
88.6% Excellent
Read 165
Write 156
Mixed 24.6
SusWrite 144
88% 122 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
147% 1.23 MB/s
677GB free
Firmware: MX4OAD30
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 121 119 120 119 MB/s
76.8% Very good
Read 148
Write 157
Mixed 20.7
SusWrite 119
80% 111 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
164% 1.33 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX4OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 97 95 95 96 96 MB/s
76.3% Very good
Read 170
Write 172
Mixed 38
SusWrite 95.4
86% 119 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.5
140% 1.23 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $80 @ launch in Jan '13
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Gaming
Gaming 32%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 30%
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System: Dell XPS 8930

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel  $188Bench 87%, 349,567 samples3,061x
Core i7-9700Intel  $227Bench 92%, 79,875 samples1,558x
Core i7-8700KIntel  $170Bench 88%, 746,287 samples334x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples941x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples714x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples658x
SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba  $50Bench 125%, 44,050 samples582x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba  $33Bench 145%, 33,719 samples271x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples162x
RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples485x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples479x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples368x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $297

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 Comments

HDrivePro
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Official site storage.toshiba.eu/...

Toshiba’s 7200 RPM 3.5-inch (8.9cm) HDD series...

Added 9 years ago.
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Good (edit your comment) Add link

15 months ago.

3 years in and its clicking and getting slow i have to replace it

POL-User
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Terrible

15 months ago.

Got a new one and it broke after 3 months of use... WTF

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Excellent

6 years ago.

So far, for a low cost HDD, it's more than I could expect.

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