Toshiba

DT01ACA300 3TB

▲ DT01ACA300 3TB
BENCHMARKS (77,186)
MKT (0.3%)
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Effective Speed -5%Effective Speed -5%Average Score -36%Read -5%, Write 2%, 4K Read -23%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed -167%, 4K Mixed -46%, SusWrite -4%Peak Score -25%Read -6%, Write 1%, 4K Read -44%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed -90%, 4K Mixed -28%, SusWrite -3%Value & Sentiment -240%User Rating -9%, Market Share -928%, Price -19%, Value -4%Nice To Haves -29%Age -29%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Black 2TB (2013)

Black 6TB (2015)

Average Bench: 85.2% (53^rd of 1015)

Based on 77,186 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: 52%Average: 85.2% Great: 108%

Popular builds with this HDD

Very good average bench

The Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB averaged just 14.8% 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 1.04MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB is 55.4%. 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 146MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 77,186 samples)

Rank 5385.2%

Min	Avg	Max
87	Read 151	190
89.4	Write 149	190
15.9	Mixed 30.7	52
86.3	SusWrite 146	190
86% 119 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.8	4K Read 1.04	1.2
1.1	4K Write 2	2.3
0.4	4K Mixed 0.6	0.8
147% 1.22 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 25 mins ago.

2TB free

Firmware: MX6OABB0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 176 177 176 177 176 MB/s

99.1% Outstanding

Write 170

Mixed 22.2

SusWrite 176

97% 134 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 2.2

4K Mixed 0.6

153% 1.3 MB/s

HUN-User, 1 hr ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: MX6OABB0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 165 167 166 165 166 MB/s

92.8% Outstanding

Write 164

Mixed 34.3

SusWrite 165

94% 130 MB/s

4K Read 1.2

4K Write 2.2

4K Mixed 0.6

157% 1.33 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 hr ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: MX6OABB0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 128 131 131 129 131 MB/s

76.4% Very good

Write 102

Mixed 22.4

SusWrite 129

71% 97.9 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 0.5

4K Mixed 0.3

88% 0.63 MB/s

NZL-User, 1 hr ago.

209GB free

Firmware: MX6OABB0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 112 112 113 113 112 MB/s

54.5% Above average

Write 86.8

Mixed 10.9

SusWrite 112

52% 71.8 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2.1

4K Mixed 0.8

170% 1.3 MB/s

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 53%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $200

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $300Bench 92%, 573,344 samples	5,400x
Core i5-8600KIntel $220Bench 91%, 212,568 samples	3,467x
Core i5-8400Intel $172Bench 84%, 246,199 samples	2,383x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,100,889 samples	2,199x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 799,418 samples	1,693x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,100,904 samples	1,590x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $66Bench 107%, 556,834 samples	866x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $110Bench 114%, 389,170 samples	584x
A400 240GBKingston $32Bench 66%, 270,305 samples	521x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $73Bench 82%, 440,698 samples	1,175x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 86%, 449,592 samples	476x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $83Bench 83%, 120,573 samples	431x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $929

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HDrivePro

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1,391

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

Added 6 years ago.

USA-User

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7,740

Good (edit your comment) Add link

3 months ago.

Noisy buy a reliable workhorse

FRA-User

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3,841

Terrible

3 years ago.

very unstable, always form bad sectors

HDrivePro

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1,391

Very good

6 years ago.

Chris8508

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8

Good

4 years ago.

Noisy but fast and cheap.

malted

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2

Good

6 years ago.

Good performer

PurpleX

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2

Excellent

5 years ago.

quite, excellent seq. read/write speeds.

Seletus

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Terrible

4 years ago.

Failed in less than 6 months.

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Intel Core i5-11400F $180	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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DT01ACA300 3TB

Average Bench: 85.2% (53^rd of 1015)

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Average Bench: 85.2% (53rd of 1015)

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