Toshiba

DT01ACA300 3TB

▲ DT01ACA300 3TB
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Effective Speed -3%Effective Speed -3%Average User Bench -23%Read -4%, Write 9%, 4K Read 24%, 4K Write 4%, Mixed -148%, 4K Mixed -43%, SusWrite -3%Peak Lab Bench -14%Read -5%, Write 4%, 4K Read 16%, 4K Write -2%, Mixed -81%, 4K Mixed -25%, SusWrite -3%Value & Sentiment -187%User Rating -29%, Market Share -678%, Price -40%, Value 0%Nice To Haves -26%Age -26%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Black 1TB (2013)

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Black 2TB (2013)

Barracuda 7200.14 3TB

Average Bench: 86.3% (47^th of 1015)

Based on 52,620 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: 57%Average: 86.3% Great: 108%

Popular builds with this HDD

Very good average bench

The Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB averaged just 13.7% 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 1.05MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB is 50.3%. 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 31.6MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 147MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 52,620 samples)

Rank 4786.3%

Min	Avg	Max
91	Read 153	190
90.1	Write 151	190
18.7	Mixed 31.6	52
87.5	SusWrite 147	189
87.2% 121 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.73	4K Read 1.05	1.2
1.4	4K Write 2.05	2.3
0.5	4K Mixed 0.6	0.8
148% 1.23 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 59 mins ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: MX6OABB0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 148 152 153 154 154 MB/s

91% Outstanding

Write 153

Mixed 25.8

SusWrite 151

89% 124 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 2.2

4K Mixed 0.5

142% 1.27 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

1TB free

Firmware: MX6OABB0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 141 147 146 146 146 MB/s

83.1% Excellent

Write 148

Mixed 28.3

SusWrite 145

84% 117 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 1.7

4K Mixed 0.6

144% 1.13 MB/s

AUS-User, 37 mins ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: MX6OABB0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 65 141 63 107 95 MB/s

75.8% Very good

Write 145

Mixed 71

SusWrite 102

88% 120 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 0.5

130% 1.13 MB/s

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Gaming 96%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 62%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 87%, 366,906 samples	6,789x
Core i5-7600KIntel $251Bench 83%, 128,494 samples	3,823x
Core i7-7700Intel $314Bench 76%, 131,104 samples	792x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 104%, 564,777 samples	2,738x
GTX 1070Nvidia $346Bench 79%, 759,017 samples	2,675x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $277Bench 57%, 752,023 samples	2,517x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $60Bench 103%, 520,826 samples	1,380x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $107Bench 114%, 429,703 samples	773x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 54%, 11,994 samples	568x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 83%, 266,645 samples	1,454x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 10,597 samples	567x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $64Bench 72%, 57,535 samples	533x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $1,156

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Comments

HDrivePro

level
891

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

Added 5 years ago.

USA-User

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6,114

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

1 month ago.

Noisy buy a reliable workhorse

FRA-User

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3,181

Terrible

2 years ago.

very unstable, always form bad sectors

HDrivePro

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891

Very good

5 years ago.

Chris8508

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8

Good

3 years ago.

Noisy but fast and cheap.

malted

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2

Good

4 years ago.

Good performer

PurpleX

level
2

Excellent

4 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 i5-9600K $218	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $42
Intel Core i5-9400F $155	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $384	Nvidia RTX 2060 $340	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $204

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $653	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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DT01ACA300 3TB

Average Bench: 86.3% (47^th of 1015)

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Average Bench: 86.3% (47th of 1015)

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Average Bench: 86.3% (47^th of 1015)