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Toshiba HDWD120(X|E)ZSTA HDWD120UZSVA

P300 2TB

▲ 63332 ▼

Release date: Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 89.9% (27th of 1015)

Based on 38,259 user benchmarks.  Models: TOSHIBA HDWD120, TOSHIB HDWD120
Poor: 59%Average: 89.9% Great: 110%

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Very good average bench

The Toshiba P300 2TB averaged just 10.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Toshiba P300 2TB 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

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba P300 2TB is 50.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba P300 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 31MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 155MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 38,259 samples)
Rank 2789.9%
Min Avg Max
94.5 Read 158 194
96.4 Write 158 195
19 Mixed 31 49
95 SusWrite 155 193
90.6% 126 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 1.05 1.2
1.23 4K Write 2.08 2.4
0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 0.8
148% 1.24 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
329GB free
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 111 110 113 111 113 MB/s
69.7% Good
Read 130
Write 118
Mixed 15.3
SusWrite 112
68% 94 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
153% 1.13 MB/s
160GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 91 74 86 83 96 MB/s
68.7% Good
Read 150
Write 149
Mixed 18
SusWrite 89.3
73% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.3
76% 0.7 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 23,065,441 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $49 @ launch in Oct '15
AmazonUS HDWD120XZSTA $632 months
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Typical P300 2TB Builds (Compare 19,421 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 59%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-P - $115

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $355Bench 93%, 383,533 samples6,512x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $245Bench 91%, 141,514 samples5,240x
Core i5-8400Intel  $200Bench 79%, 139,458 samples2,738x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $277Bench 57%, 752,023 samples3,146x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 104%, 564,777 samples2,338x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $346Bench 79%, 759,017 samples2,058x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $60Bench 103%, 520,826 samples1,003x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 203%, 174,625 samples946x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $107Bench 114%, 429,703 samples798x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 83%, 266,645 samples1,348x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $68Bench 79%, 61,021 samples648x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 90%, 12,066 samples639x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $870

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 Comments

HDrivePro
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Official site www.toshiba.eu/...

Performance that meets demands...

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USA-User
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Liked (edit your comment) Add link

18 months ago.

GBR-User
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3,874

Terrible

5 months ago.

NOISY and 3 out of 4 failed after 2.5 years.

SVK-User
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1,712

Excellent

7 months ago.

wtf?this hdd have too much noise???NO is sillent hdd..and have good speed my read 195MB/S...is 4 month old....

vatiquette
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14

Outstanding

2 years ago.

Excellent read performance at a great price

TristisOris
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Poor

20 months ago.

to much noise.

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