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Toshiba HDWD130(X|E)ZSTA HDWD130UZSVA

P300 3TB

▲ 65499 ▼

Release date: Q4 2015.

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Average Bench: 91.9% (20th of 1010)

Based on 14,680 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA HDWD130
Poor: 59%Average: 91.9% Great: 111%

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Excellent average bench

The Toshiba P300 3TB averaged just 8.0% 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

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba P300 3TB is 52.4%. 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 30.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 157MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14,680 samples)
Rank 2091.9%
Min Avg Max
100 Read 163 197
92 Write 159 196
16 Mixed 30.1 50.3
92.9 SusWrite 157 193
91.8% 127 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 1.05 1.2
1.3 4K Write 2.08 2.4
0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 0.8
149% 1.24 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX6OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 140 164 165 164 165 MB/s
95.7% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 182
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 160
97% 134 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
174% 1.33 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX6OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 148 148 151 151 150 MB/s
87.3% Excellent
Read 155
Write 164
Mixed 55.7
SusWrite 149
95% 131 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
153% 1.3 MB/s
352GB free
Firmware: MX6OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 128 130 131 132 132 MB/s
79.5% Very good
Read 146
Write 142
Mixed 24.6
SusWrite 130
80% 111 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 14,196,231 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $49 @ launch in Oct '15
EbayUS HDWD130XZSTA $8316 mins
AmazonUS HDWD130UZSVA $8950 mins
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Gaming 107%
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Desktop
Desktop 100%
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Workstation
Workstation 104%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X370-PRO - $148

CPU
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $160Bench 85%, 79,589 samples4,574x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD  $180Bench 89%, 49,030 samples3,517x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $149Bench 81%, 127,726 samples1,995x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $498Bench 122%, 359,442 samples2,153x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $350Bench 98%, 465,493 samples2,058x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $250Bench 71%, 459,273 samples1,642x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 111,914 samples1,871x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $63Bench 105%, 350,190 samples1,310x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 114%, 291,972 samples1,154x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $115Bench 87%, 145,991 samples1,547x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $125Bench 94%, 72,616 samples1,204x
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL  $190Bench 105%, 13,930 samples567x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 113% - Outstanding Total price: $1,021

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HDrivePro
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Official site www.toshiba.eu/...

Performance that meets demands...

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USA-User
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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

4 months ago.

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

DEU-User
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3,079

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

13 months ago.

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

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