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Toshiba HDWD120(X|E)ZSTA HDWD120UZSVA

P300 2TB

▲ 63335 ▼

Release date: Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 91.6% (21st of 1015)

Based on 49,266 user benchmarks.  Models: TOSHIBA HDWD120, TOSHIB HDWD120
Poor: 62%Average: 91.6% Great: 110%

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Excellent average bench

The Toshiba P300 2TB averaged just 8.4% 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 48.2%. 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 30.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 157MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 49,266 samples)
Rank 2191.6%
Min Avg Max
107 Read 162 194
98.9 Write 160 194
18 Mixed 30.2 49.3
94.2 SusWrite 157 194
91.8% 127 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 1.06 1.2
1.4 4K Write 2.1 2.4
0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 0.8
150% 1.25 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 172 160 162 176 184 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 194
Write 194
Mixed 21.8
SusWrite 170
104% 145 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.6
161% 1.4 MB/s
948GB free
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 169 171 169 171 171 MB/s
96.2% Outstanding
Read 166
Write 164
Mixed 50.3
SusWrite 169
100% 137 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.6
145% 1.2 MB/s
568GB free
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 100 101 100 99 98 MB/s
80.4% Excellent
Read 181
Write 178
Mixed 30
SusWrite 99
88% 122 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.5
148% 1.33 MB/s
13GB free
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 131 132 132 136 134 MB/s
74.5% Very good
Read 124
Write 161
Mixed 25.5
SusWrite 135
80% 112 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.4
124% 1.1 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 27,247,791 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $49 @ launch in Oct '15
AmazonUS HDWD120UZSVA $733 days
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Typical P300 2TB Builds (Compare 22,502 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 59%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 88%
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Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-P - $150

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $350Bench 95%, 454,731 samples7,433x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $240Bench 93%, 164,075 samples6,042x
Core i5-8400Intel  $175Bench 86%, 168,261 samples3,168x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $252Bench 57%, 789,870 samples3,616x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 103%, 706,651 samples2,665x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $408Bench 78%, 785,629 samples2,368x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $75Bench 104%, 662,032 samples1,110x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 175,522 samples1,009x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 110%, 469,351 samples892x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $75Bench 84%, 374,591 samples1,509x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $70Bench 79%, 71,852 samples744x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 88%, 14,924 samples720x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Very good Total price: $902

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 Comments

HDrivePro
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Performance that meets demands...

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Liked (edit your comment) Add link

22 months ago.

GBR-User
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4,206

Poor

12 days ago.

NOISY and 3 out of 4 failed after 2.5 years.

SVK-User
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1,796

Excellent

12 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

3 years ago.

Excellent read performance at a great price

TristisOris
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Poor

2 years ago.

to much noise.

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