Toshiba

DT01ACA300 3TB

▲ DT01ACA300 3TB
BENCHMARKS (45,028)
MKT (0.4%)
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Release date: Q1 2013.

500GB 1TB 2TB 3TB

Effective Speed -5%Effective Speed -5%Average User Bench -35%Read -6%, Write 1%, 4K Read -25%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed -162%, 4K Mixed -45%, SusWrite -3%Peak Lab Bench -26%Read -5%, Write 1%, 4K Read -43%, 4K Write -10%, Mixed -93%, 4K Mixed -28%, SusWrite -4%Value & Sentiment -165%User Rating -28%, Market Share -631%, Price -6%, Value 5%Nice To Haves -39%Age -39%

Market Leaders

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 85.9% (52^nd of 1015)

Based on 45,028 user benchmarks. Models: TOSHIBA DT01ACA300, TOSHIBA DT01ACA3

The 3TB Toshiba DT01ACA300 is 3.5" desktop hard drive. Like its 2TB sibling, the DT01ACA300 sports a rotation speed of 7,200 RPM and has a relatively low peak/idle power draw of 6.4/5.2 Watts. With peak sequential read/write speeds of 197/183 MBps and peak 4k read/write speeds of 1.17/2.19 Mbps the 3TB DT01ACA300 achieves an effective speed of 143 MBps which places the DT01ACA300 amongst the top handful of 3TB drives. Pricing of the DT01ACA300 is also very aggressive which makes the DT01ACA300 a superb value proposition. Comparing the DT01ACA300 and Barracuda shows that the DT01ACA300 is marginally faster but also slightly more expensive. ^{[Nov '14 HDrivePro]}

Poor: 53%Average: 85.9% Great: 108%

Popular builds with this HDD

Very good average bench

The Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB averaged just 14.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.61MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.03MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB is 55.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 31.3MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 148MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 45,028 samples)

Rank 5285.9%

Min	Avg	Max
85.1	Read 151	193
90	Write 149	192
18.8	Mixed 31.3	50.8
93.9	SusWrite 148	189
86.6% 120 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.7	4K Read 1.03	1.2
0.88	4K Write 2.01	2.3
0.4	4K Mixed 0.61	0.8
148% 1.22 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

DNK-User, 38 mins ago.

2.5TB free

Firmware: MX6OABB0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 183 190 190 188 190 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 162

Mixed 32.7

SusWrite 188

101% 140 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 0.6

150% 1.23 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

2TB free

Firmware: MX6OABB0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 152 153 155 152 156 MB/s

87.1% Excellent

Write 139

Mixed 30

SusWrite 153

85% 118 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 2.3

4K Mixed 0.7

166% 1.37 MB/s

DEU-User, 16 mins ago.

142GB free

Firmware: MX6OABB0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 93 94 94 97 99 MB/s

69.3% Good

Write 144

Mixed 24.7

SusWrite 95.6

74% 103 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 0.7

161% 1.27 MB/s

USA-User, 20 mins ago.

1TB free

Firmware: MX6OABB0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 122 133 130 123 126 MB/s

69.1% Good

Write 141

Mixed 12.8

SusWrite 126

71% 98.8 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.6

4K Mixed 0.7

132% 0.97 MB/s

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Gaming 93%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 62%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) - $114

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $345Bench 83%, 306,631 samples	5,953x
Core i5-7600KIntel $229Bench 74%, 103,504 samples	3,374x
Core i7-7700Intel $305Bench 72%, 110,356 samples	680x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 100%, 491,016 samples	2,415x
GTX 1070Nvidia $405Bench 79%, 656,806 samples	2,373x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $250Bench 56%, 642,931 samples	2,222x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $60Bench 105%, 496,833 samples	1,249x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $105Bench 113%, 383,170 samples	700x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 55%, 10,469 samples	498x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $70Bench 86%, 236,250 samples	1,292x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 9,650 samples	503x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $75Bench 73%, 52,452 samples	455x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $1,116

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

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FRA-User

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Terrible

2 years ago.

very unstable, always form bad sectors

HDrivePro

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Very good

4 years ago.

Chris8508

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8

Good

3 years ago.

Noisy but fast and cheap.

malted

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Good

4 years ago.

Good performer

PurpleX

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Excellent

3 years ago.

quite, excellent seq. read/write speeds.

Seletus

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Terrible

3 years ago.

Failed in less than 6 months.

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Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1660 $220	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $60
Intel Core i5-9600K $225	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $278	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $105
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $70	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $612	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $64	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

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DT01ACA300 3TB

Average Bench: 85.9% (52^nd of 1015)

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Average Bench: 85.9% (52nd of 1015)

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Average Bench: 85.9% (52^nd of 1015)