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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: 91.5% (24th of 1015)

Based on 29,650 user benchmarks.  Models: TOSHIBA HDWD120, TOSHIB HDWD120
Poor: 60%Average: 91.5% Great: 111%

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Excellent average bench

The Toshiba P300 2TB averaged just 8.5% 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 51.1%. 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 30.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 158MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 29,650 samples)
Rank 2491.5%
Min Avg Max
105 Read 161 196
107 Write 162 196
19.2 Mixed 30.2 50.2
101 SusWrite 158 194
92.2% 128 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 1.05 1.2
1.57 4K Write 2.1 2.4
0.4 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%
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 195 198 198 196 197 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 200
Write 194
Mixed 31
SusWrite 197
112% 155 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.6
155% 1.33 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 160 190 193 192 192 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 192
Write 193
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 186
107% 148 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.6
155% 1.33 MB/s
636GB free
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 200 200 201 200 200 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 179
Write 159
Mixed 21.2
SusWrite 193
99% 138 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
146% 1.17 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 150 149 155 153 156 MB/s
96% Outstanding
Read 182
Write 171
Mixed 33.1
SusWrite 153
97% 135 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
153% 1.3 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 18,415,197 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $49 @ launch in Oct '15
AmazonUS HDWD120UZSVA $7728 mins
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Gaming
Gaming 76%
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Desktop
Desktop 118%
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Workstation
Workstation 99%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-P - $100

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $350Bench 107%, 328,671 samples5,246x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $260Bench 102%, 116,390 samples4,218x
Core i5-8400Intel  $199Bench 89%, 97,953 samples2,181x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $250Bench 70%, 635,304 samples2,608x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 123%, 505,858 samples1,862x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $400Bench 97%, 637,429 samples1,646x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 204%, 143,079 samples842x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $104Bench 106%, 446,313 samples842x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $103Bench 114%, 354,977 samples658x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $70Bench 87%, 230,653 samples1,092x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 92%, 8,485 samples510x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $65Bench 79%, 39,200 samples504x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 117% - Outstanding 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

11 months ago.

GBR-User
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3,460

Excellent

17 months ago.

£50 2TB HDD with 140MB/s 180read/write sequential. Honestly the best speed/cost hard drive out there.

SVK-User
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1,586

Excellent

1 month 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

14 months ago.

to much noise.

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