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Toshiba HDWD120(X|E)ZSTA HDWD120UZSVA

P300 2TB

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Release date: Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 90.5% (23rd of 1015)

Based on 41,021 user benchmarks.  Models: TOSHIBA HDWD120, TOSHIB HDWD120
Poor: 61%Average: 90.5% Great: 110%

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Excellent average bench

The Toshiba P300 2TB averaged just 9.4% 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 1.06MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba P300 2TB is 48.5%. 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 30.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 156MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 41,021 samples)
Rank 2390.5%
Min Avg Max
100 Read 159 193
101 Write 158 195
17.8 Mixed 30.6 50.8
97.1 SusWrite 156 193
90.9% 126 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 1.06 1.2
1.4 4K Write 2.09 2.4
0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 0.8
149% 1.25 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: 195 186 186 196 197 196 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 194
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 193
107% 149 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
156% 1.3 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 185 187 186 186 187 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 178
Write 182
Mixed 41.5
SusWrite 186
106% 147 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
153% 1.3 MB/s
846GB free
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 154 154 156 156 155 MB/s
88.5% Excellent
Read 154
Write 158
Mixed 40
SusWrite 154
92% 127 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
176% 1.37 MB/s
521GB free
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 78 94 101 95 95 MB/s
65.7% Good
Read 138
Write 133
Mixed 37.3
SusWrite 90.9
72% 99.8 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
149% 1.27 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 21,705,722 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $49 @ launch in Oct '15
AmazonUS HDWD120XZSTA $6320 days
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Gaming
Gaming 59%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-P - $100

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $340Bench 92%, 380,080 samples6,146x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $245Bench 90%, 142,192 samples4,940x
Core i5-8400Intel  $194Bench 79%, 134,689 samples2,586x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $280Bench 57%, 768,624 samples3,003x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $412Bench 103%, 554,017 samples2,196x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $409Bench 78%, 677,712 samples1,938x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $61Bench 105%, 507,744 samples963x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 144,261 samples924x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $107Bench 111%, 442,547 samples752x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $58Bench 84%, 285,104 samples1,276x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $65Bench 77%, 59,004 samples605x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 91%, 11,641 samples589x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $839

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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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3,768

Terrible

3 months ago.

NOISY and 3 out of 4 failed after 2.5 years.

SVK-User
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1,678

Excellent

6 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

18 months ago.

to much noise.

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