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Toshiba HDWD130(X|E)ZSTA HDWD130UZSVA

P300 3TB

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Release date: Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 89.4% (30th of 1015)

Based on 31,318 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA HDWD130
Poor: 62%Average: 89.4% Great: 109%

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Very good average bench

The Toshiba P300 3TB averaged just 10.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Toshiba P300 3TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.07MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba P300 3TB is 47.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba P300 3TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 30.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 153MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 31,318 samples)
Rank 3089.4%
Min Avg Max
104 Read 159 193
95.7 Write 154 193
18 Mixed 30.6 49.5
95.3 SusWrite 153 192
89.5% 124 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.9 4K Read 1.07 1.2
1.2 4K Write 2.06 2.4
0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 0.8
150% 1.24 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
916GB free
Firmware: MX6OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 169 169 173 168 172 MB/s
99.8% Outstanding
Read 178
Write 169
Mixed 28.5
SusWrite 170
98% 136 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.5
140% 1.23 MB/s
71GB free
Firmware: MX6OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 161 163 156 166 162 MB/s
86.5% Excellent
Read 141
Write 158
Mixed 31
SusWrite 161
88% 122 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
149% 1.27 MB/s
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX6OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 107 94 120 139 143 MB/s
83.9% Excellent
Read 172
Write 157
Mixed 36.6
SusWrite 120
88% 122 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.5
138% 1.2 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: MX6OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 24 28 30 29 MB/s
60.8% Good
Read 184
Write 28.5
Mixed 43.3
SusWrite 28.1
52% 71 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.8
152% 0.9 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 23,765,881 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $49 @ launch in Oct '15
AmazonUS HDWD130UZSVA $1169 mins
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Typical P300 3TB Builds (Compare 31,397 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 59%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser

Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO (MS-7B48) - $96

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $370Bench 93%, 408,183 samples9,854x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $250Bench 90%, 143,861 samples6,707x
Core i5-8400Intel  $200Bench 80%, 148,752 samples4,471x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $271Bench 57%, 731,522 samples4,656x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $346Bench 79%, 737,242 samples3,290x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 104%, 580,251 samples3,244x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $51Bench 103%, 563,518 samples1,448x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $70Bench 106%, 241,473 samples1,446x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 112%, 447,965 samples1,008x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $73Bench 85%, 299,493 samples2,213x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 10,300 samples794x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $68Bench 88%, 106,686 samples761x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Good Total price: $861

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Performance that meets demands...

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USA-User
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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

17 months ago.

Really quiet and fast! Great value, especially on sale.

DEU-User
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3,911

Excellent

10 months ago.

Bought two drives. Both became defective (extremely loud rotation sound while idling) within a day.

BRA-User
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Excellent

2 years ago.

One excepcional HDD, velocity of write and read very Good! And your price, no comments... :D

HUN-User
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Excellent

5 months ago.

Fast and big with great price.

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