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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: 90.4% (23rd of 1010)

Based on 17,602 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA HDWD130
Poor: 59%Average: 90.4% Great: 110%

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Excellent average bench

The Toshiba P300 3TB averaged just 9.5% 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 1.04MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba P300 3TB is 50.9%. 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 156MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 17,602 samples)
Rank 2390.4%
Min Avg Max
103 Read 159 195
98.9 Write 156 195
17.3 Mixed 30.1 49.5
100 SusWrite 156 192
90.5% 125 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 1.04 1.2
0.79 4K Write 2.04 2.4
0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 0.8
148% 1.23 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
805GB free
Firmware: MX6OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 103 102 103 101 102 MB/s
73.9% Very good
Read 156
Write 148
Mixed 32.7
SusWrite 101
79% 109 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
148% 1.2 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 15,714,779 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $49 @ launch in Oct '15
EbayUS HDWD130XZSTA $702 mins
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Gaming 108%
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Desktop 100%
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Workstation
Workstation 105%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X370-PRO - $144

CPU
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $147Bench 85%, 98,183 samples4,912x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD  $186Bench 89%, 52,286 samples3,800x
Ryzen 7 1800XAMD  $230Bench 93%, 37,519 samples2,172x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 123%, 459,370 samples2,313x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $364Bench 98%, 535,855 samples2,216x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $230Bench 71%, 516,221 samples1,785x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 201%, 127,835 samples1,938x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $65Bench 105%, 411,158 samples1,387x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $105Bench 112%, 348,851 samples1,251x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $105Bench 87%, 168,565 samples1,682x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $110Bench 91%, 82,671 samples1,294x
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL  $200Bench 105%, 15,148 samples617x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 113% - Outstanding Total price: $1,024

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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

5 months ago.

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

DEU-User
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3,267

Excellent

12 months ago.

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

BRA-User
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Excellent

15 months ago.

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

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