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Toshiba HDWD130(X|E)ZSTA HDWD130UZSVA

P300 3TB

▲ 65497 ▼

Release date: Q4 2015.

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Average Bench: 91.5% (25th of 1010)

Based on 12,445 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA HDWD130
Poor: 61%Average: 91.5% Great: 110%

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Excellent average bench

The Toshiba P300 3TB averaged just 8.5% 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 0.61MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.06MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba P300 3TB is 48.8%. 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 30.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 157MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12,445 samples)
Rank 2591.5%
Min Avg Max
107 Read 162 194
99.1 Write 160 196
18 Mixed 30.5 50.9
94 SusWrite 157 193
91.8% 127 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.9 4K Read 1.06 1.2
1.31 4K Write 2.08 2.4
0.5 4K Mixed 0.61 0.8
150% 1.25 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: 180 184 181 185 185 186 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 193
Write 179
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 184
105% 146 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.6
155% 1.33 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: MX6OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 165 175 173 175 173 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 179
Write 154
Mixed 21.3
SusWrite 171
95% 131 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
168% 1.37 MB/s
167GB free
Firmware: MX6OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 121 121 121 120 MB/s
72.2% Very good
Read 132
Write 128
Mixed 31
SusWrite 120
74% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
158% 1.13 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 12,407,937 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $49 @ launch in Oct '15
AmazonUS HDWD130XZSTA $8522 mins
EbayUS HDWD130XZSTA $8525 secs
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Typical P300 3TB Builds (Compare 13,446 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
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Gaming 107%
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Desktop
Desktop 98%
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Workstation
Workstation 102%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X370-PRO - $140

CPU
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $188Bench 84%, 65,182 samples4,133x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD  $169Bench 89%, 36,461 samples3,141x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $130Bench 80%, 114,788 samples1,784x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $460Bench 123%, 332,411 samples1,938x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $330Bench 98%, 400,102 samples1,816x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $243Bench 71%, 371,092 samples1,451x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 196%, 101,901 samples1,777x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $85Bench 103%, 342,830 samples1,170x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $103Bench 110%, 237,348 samples1,034x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $130Bench 86%, 110,500 samples1,348x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $130Bench 90%, 57,116 samples1,094x
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL  $210Bench 106%, 10,582 samples503x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 113% - Outstanding Total price: $1,018

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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

1 month ago.

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

DEU-User
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2,855

Excellent

7 months ago.

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

BRA-User
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Excellent

11 months ago.

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

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