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Toshiba HDWD120(X|E)ZSTA HDWD120UZSVA

P300 2TB

▲ 63332 ▼

Release date: Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 89.1% (34th of 1015)

Based on 35,230 user benchmarks.  Models: TOSHIBA HDWD120, TOSHIB HDWD120
Poor: 58%Average: 89.1% Great: 111%

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Very good average bench

The Toshiba P300 2TB averaged just 10.8% 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 0.59MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.04MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba P300 2TB is 53.1%. 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 30.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 155MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 35,230 samples)
Rank 3489.1%
Min Avg Max
79.2 Read 156 197
101 Write 159 198
18.8 Mixed 30.1 47.7
98.7 SusWrite 155 194
90.1% 125 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 1.04 1.2
1.28 4K Write 2.08 2.4
0.4 4K Mixed 0.59 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%
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 186 191 191 187 191 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 187
Write 180
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 189
104% 144 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
176% 1.37 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 174 173 177 176 177 MB/s
98.1% Outstanding
Read 168
Write 166
Mixed 31
SusWrite 174
97% 135 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.6
153% 1.33 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 157 150 149 151 149 MB/s
86.1% Excellent
Read 149
Write 156
Mixed 31
SusWrite 151
88% 122 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
147% 1.23 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $49 @ launch in Oct '15
AmazonUS HDWD120XZSTA $637 days
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Typical P300 2TB Builds (Compare 17,932 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 59%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-P - $119

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $355Bench 93%, 368,008 samples6,043x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $258Bench 92%, 129,597 samples4,850x
Core i5-8400Intel  $194Bench 80%, 126,402 samples2,535x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $227Bench 57%, 719,672 samples2,962x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 104%, 528,138 samples2,155x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $369Bench 79%, 714,011 samples1,906x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $76Bench 105%, 529,683 samples950x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 152,751 samples909x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $107Bench 112%, 412,784 samples747x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $71Bench 85%, 252,931 samples1,247x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $60Bench 79%, 53,032 samples592x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 91%, 11,488 samples581x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $848

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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

16 months ago.

GBR-User
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3,730

Terrible

3 months ago.

NOISY and 3 out of 4 failed after 2.5 years.

SVK-User
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1,662

Excellent

5 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

18 months ago.

to much noise.

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