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Toshiba HDWD130(X|E)ZSTA HDWD130UZSVA

P300 3TB

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Release date: Q4 2015.

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Average Bench: 90.3% (31st of 1015)

Based on 23,928 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA HDWD130
Poor: 59%Average: 90.3% Great: 110%

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Excellent average bench

The Toshiba P300 3TB averaged just 9.7% 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 0.61MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.05MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba P300 3TB is 50.5%. 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 30.3MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 155MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 23,928 samples)
Rank 3190.3%
Min Avg Max
95.9 Read 160 194
99.5 Write 157 194
16 Mixed 30.3 49.7
99 SusWrite 155 192
90.5% 125 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 1.05 1.2
0.8 4K Write 2.02 2.4
0.4 4K Mixed 0.61 0.8
149% 1.23 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: MX6OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 186 191 188 192 189 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 175
Write 186
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 189
104% 145 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.6
161% 1.4 MB/s
575GB free
Firmware: MX6OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 140 141 141 140 141 MB/s
74.8% Very good
Read 121
Write 123
Mixed 16
SusWrite 140
72% 99.9 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 19,870,593 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $49 @ launch in Oct '15
AmazonUS HDWD130UZSVA $9020 mins
EbayUS HDWD130XZSTA $1031 min
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Gaming 93%
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Desktop
Desktop 85%
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Workstation
Workstation 81%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X370-PRO - $125

CPU
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $220Bench 69%, 126,039 samples5,801x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD  $155Bench 73%, 67,317 samples4,443x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $107Bench 70%, 193,228 samples2,632x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 100%, 491,016 samples2,693x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $405Bench 79%, 656,806 samples2,679x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $250Bench 56%, 642,931 samples2,140x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 199%, 134,885 samples2,122x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $60Bench 105%, 496,833 samples1,574x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $105Bench 113%, 383,170 samples1,423x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $70Bench 86%, 236,250 samples2,035x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $73Bench 86%, 121,281 samples1,527x
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL  $131Bench 98%, 24,919 samples736x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 54% - Above average Total price: $1,043

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HDrivePro
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Performance that meets demands...

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USA-User
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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

12 months ago.

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

DEU-User
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3,615

Excellent

4 months ago.

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

BRA-User
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2,939

Excellent

21 months ago.

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

HUN-User
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2,207

Excellent

4 days ago.

Fast and big with great price.

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