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Toshiba HDWD120(X|E)ZSTA HDWD120UZSVA

P300 2TB

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Release date: Q4 2015.

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Average Bench: 91.2% (23rd of 1015)

Based on 30,054 user benchmarks.  Models: TOSHIBA HDWD120, TOSHIB HDWD120
Poor: 55%Average: 91.2% Great: 111%

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Excellent average bench

The Toshiba P300 2TB averaged just 8.8% 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 1.03MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba P300 2TB is 56%. 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 30.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 158MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 30,054 samples)
Rank 2391.2%
Min Avg Max
85 Read 160 195
100 Write 160 196
16 Mixed 30.5 51.1
99.1 SusWrite 158 194
91.8% 127 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 1.03 1.2
1.3 4K Write 2.09 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%
2TB free
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 189 196 196 196 196 MB/s
111% Outstanding
Read 191
Write 180
Mixed 31
SusWrite 195
107% 149 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.6
157% 1.37 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 186 191 192 189 192 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 188
Write 178
Mixed 25.8
SusWrite 190
105% 145 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.5
140% 1.23 MB/s
612GB free
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 177 179 181 181 182 MB/s
90.6% Outstanding
Read 140
Write 149
Mixed 18
SusWrite 175
87% 121 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
173% 1.37 MB/s
165GB free
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 98 97 93 95 94 MB/s
71.9% Very good
Read 153
Write 146
Mixed 38
SusWrite 97.2
79% 109 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
162% 1.3 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 19,870,593 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $49 @ launch in Oct '15
AmazonUS HDWD120UZSVA $775 mins
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Gaming
Gaming 58%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-P - $100

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $350Bench 92%, 341,147 samples5,666x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $270Bench 90%, 110,653 samples4,564x
Core i5-8400Intel  $200Bench 79%, 113,059 samples2,349x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $250Bench 56%, 642,931 samples2,785x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 100%, 491,016 samples2,022x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $405Bench 79%, 656,806 samples1,776x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $60Bench 105%, 496,833 samples890x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 199%, 134,885 samples879x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $105Bench 113%, 383,170 samples714x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $70Bench 86%, 236,250 samples1,176x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 91%, 9,049 samples553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $59Bench 78%, 48,541 samples547x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $830

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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

13 months ago.

GBR-User
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3,598

Terrible

30 days ago.

NOISY and 3 out of 4 failed after 2.5 years.

SVK-User
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1,628

Excellent

3 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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Outstanding

2 years ago.

Excellent read performance at a great price

TristisOris
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Poor

16 months ago.

to much noise.

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