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DT01ACA300 3TB

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Release date: Q1 2013.

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Average Bench: 86% (52nd of 1015)

Based on 36,390 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: 55%Average: 86% Great: 108%

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Very good average bench

The Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB averaged just 13.9% 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 52.8%. 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 30.4MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 147MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 36,390 samples)
Rank 5286%
Min Avg Max
89.3 Read 153 192
89 Write 150 190
17.1 Mixed 30.4 49.1
88.4 SusWrite 147 190
86.6% 120 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 1.03 1.2
1.18 4K Write 2.03 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%
657GB free
Firmware: MX6OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 147 150 146 148 147 MB/s
81.4% Excellent
Read 136
Write 142
Mixed 18
SusWrite 147
80% 111 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
174% 1.33 MB/s
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX6OABX0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 133 136 138 142 MB/s
80.6% Excellent
Read 146
Write 160
Mixed 36.7
SusWrite 134
86% 119 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.6
145% 1.2 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: MX6OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 133 114 125 136 124 MB/s
71.5% Very good
Read 124
Write 110
Mixed 54.5
SusWrite 126
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
144% 1.1 MB/s
657GB free
Firmware: MX6OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 127 131 131 131 127 MB/s
64.1% Good
Read 94.5
Write 144
Mixed 20.8
SusWrite 129
70% 96.9 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
140% 1.1 MB/s
884GB free
Firmware: XMO6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 119 118 119 119 MB/s
62.4% Good
Read 98.5
Write 117
Mixed 49
SusWrite 119
70% 95.8 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
147% 1.23 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $108 @ launch in Jan '13
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Gaming
Gaming 107%
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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) - $110

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $350Bench 97%, 291,649 samples5,268x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $251Bench 91%, 98,474 samples3,005x
Core i7-7700Intel  $323Bench 83%, 90,953 samples574x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 123%, 448,609 samples2,147x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $380Bench 97%, 574,429 samples2,086x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $208Bench 70%, 570,049 samples2,005x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $70Bench 104%, 410,120 samples1,121x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $99Bench 113%, 331,339 samples631x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 55%, 9,045 samples450x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $80Bench 87%, 184,619 samples1,151x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 8,143 samples451x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $76Bench 73%, 40,441 samples405x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 102% - Outstanding Total price: $1,138

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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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Liked (edit your comment) Add link

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FRA-User
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Terrible

20 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

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

2 years ago.

Failed in less than 6 months.

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