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Toshiba HDWD130(X|E)ZSTA HDWD130UZSVA

P300 3TB

▲ 66505 ▼

Release date: Q4 2015.

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Average Bench: 90.6% (28th of 1015)

Based on 18,449 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA HDWD130
Poor: 61%Average: 90.6% Great: 110%

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Excellent average bench

The Toshiba P300 3TB averaged just 9.3% 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 1.05MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba P300 3TB is 49.4%. 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 30.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 156MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 18,449 samples)
Rank 2890.6%
Min Avg Max
98.9 Read 159 194
98.7 Write 158 196
18.1 Mixed 30.5 50.3
97.9 SusWrite 156 192
91% 126 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.71 4K Read 1.05 1.2
1.5 4K Write 2.08 2.4
0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 0.8
148% 1.24 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: MX6OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 195 198 197 198 197 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 194
Write 193
Mixed 22
SusWrite 197
109% 151 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.6
159% 1.37 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX6OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 192 192 193 190 193 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 185
Write 186
Mixed 24.8
SusWrite 192
106% 147 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.6
155% 1.33 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: MX6OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 178 182 190 188 189 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 190
Write 192
Mixed 23.2
SusWrite 184
106% 147 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.6
155% 1.33 MB/s
269GB free
Firmware: MX6OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 88 106 106 108 106 MB/s
79.8% Very good
Read 175
Write 172
Mixed 26.3
SusWrite 103
86% 119 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.7
162% 1.33 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX6O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 93 96 96 96 97 MB/s
75.5% Very good
Read 167
Write 168
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 95.6
82% 113 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
177% 1.4 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 17,071,992 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $49 @ launch in Oct '15
EbayUS HDWD130XZSTA $6016 mins
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Gaming 108%
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Desktop
Desktop 99%
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Workstation
Workstation 103%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X370-PRO - $148

CPU
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $162Bench 84%, 94,773 samples5,199x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD  $155Bench 89%, 58,849 samples3,995x
Ryzen 7 1800XAMD  $200Bench 93%, 40,038 samples2,301x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 123%, 449,288 samples2,440x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $380Bench 98%, 573,744 samples2,338x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $208Bench 70%, 570,243 samples1,889x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 127,708 samples1,993x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $92Bench 104%, 410,120 samples1,450x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $99Bench 112%, 318,788 samples1,298x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $90Bench 86%, 166,861 samples1,778x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $95Bench 92%, 84,434 samples1,381x
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL  $176Bench 107%, 17,852 samples652x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 114% - Outstanding Total price: $1,028

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Performance that meets demands...

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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

8 months ago.

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

DEU-User
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Excellent

27 days ago.

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

BRA-User
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Excellent

17 months ago.

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

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