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DT01ACA300 3TB

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Release date: Q1 2013.

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Average Bench: 84.8% (56th of 1010)

Based on 34,663 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]

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Poor: 54%Average: 84.8% Great: 108%

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Very good average bench

The Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB averaged just 15.1% 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 0.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.03MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB is 54%. 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 30.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 144MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 34,663 samples)
Rank 5684.8%
Min Avg Max
93.3 Read 151 192
85.3 Write 148 190
16.2 Mixed 30.7 49.5
82.5 SusWrite 144 190
85.6% 119 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 1.03 1.2
0.9 4K Write 2.02 2.3
0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 0.8
147% 1.22 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: MX6OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 186 186 187 189 188 MB/s
97.4% Outstanding
Read 153
Write 188
Mixed 36.8
SusWrite 187
102% 141 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
157% 1.33 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX6OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 158 166 165 166 164 MB/s
91.7% Outstanding
Read 157
Write 149
Mixed 33
SusWrite 163
91% 126 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
168% 1.23 MB/s
755GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX6O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 147 147 157 159 167 MB/s
86% Excellent
Read 146
Write 138
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 154
83% 115 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
153% 1.3 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX6OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 130 135 131 132 146 MB/s
62.2% Good
Read 82.6
Write 163
Mixed 22.1
SusWrite 134
72% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.8
139% 0.8 MB/s
280GB free
Firmware: MX6OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 86 80 83 81 82 MB/s
54.4% Above average
Read 107
Write 94
Mixed 43
SusWrite 82.1
60% 81.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
131% 1.07 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $108 @ launch in Jan '13
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Gaming 106%
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Desktop
Desktop 93%
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Workstation
Workstation 72%
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Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) - $67

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $350Bench 96%, 253,912 samples4,459x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $251Bench 90%, 78,590 samples2,584x
Core i7-7700Intel  $309Bench 82%, 73,718 samples470x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $498Bench 122%, 359,442 samples1,861x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $350Bench 98%, 465,493 samples1,760x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $250Bench 71%, 459,273 samples1,703x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $63Bench 105%, 350,190 samples1,009x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 114%, 291,972 samples564x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 55%, 7,717 samples389x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $115Bench 87%, 145,991 samples979x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 7,032 samples398x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $90Bench 72%, 36,441 samples345x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $1,093

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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...

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FRA-User
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Terrible

16 months ago.

very unstable, always form bad sectors

HDrivePro
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Very good

4 years ago.

Chris8508
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Good

2 years ago.

Noisy but fast and cheap.

malted
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Good

3 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

2 years ago.

Failed in less than 6 months.

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