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Toshiba HDWE140(X|E)ZSTA

X300 4TB

▲ 54209 ▼

Release date: Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 84% (58th of 1015)

Based on 23,740 user benchmarks.  Models: TOSHIBA HDWE140, TOSHIB HDWE140
Poor: 57%Average: 84% Great: 104%

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Very good average bench

The Toshiba X300 4TB averaged just 16.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Toshiba X300 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 3.47MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.09MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba X300 4TB is 46.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba X300 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 63.3MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 144MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 23,740 samples)
Rank 5884%
Min Avg Max
98.4 Read 148 182
98 Write 146 178
46.1 Mixed 63.3 71.7
90.3 SusWrite 144 183
91.4% 125 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.3 4K Read 3.47 6.96
1.8 4K Write 2.2 2.5
0.9 4K Mixed 1.09 1.2
306% 2.25 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
836GB free
Firmware: FP1R
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 111 121 120 115 124 MB/s
83.8% Excellent
Read 171
Write 167
Mixed 64.4
SusWrite 119
95% 130 MB/s
4K Read 5.8
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.1
408% 3.1 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: FP1R
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 123 122 124 125 124 MB/s
70.2% Very good
Read 121
Write 101
Mixed 57
SusWrite 123
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1.1
224% 1.53 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $150 @ launch in Oct '15
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Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $165Bench 86%, 635,419 samples4,753x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $169Bench 98%, 65,928 samples4,373x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $124Bench 96%, 383,420 samples3,500x
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RTX 3070Nvidia  $395Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,301x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $792Bench 187%, 424,051 samples2,116x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,509x
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970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples1,886x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $90Bench 385%, 327,441 samples1,129x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $110Bench 297%, 331,647 samples889x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples789x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $57Bench 85%, 346,786 samples750x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $98Bench 89%, 144,399 samples661x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 102% - Outstanding Total price: $776

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 Comments

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

High performance premium storage...

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9,972

Liked (edit your comment) Add link

2 years ago.

GBR-User
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5,854

Poor

4 years ago.

Bought 3 X300 drives 1x3Tb 2x5Tb all failed after 12 months absolute garbage and only light use

FRA-User
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4,635

Excellent

7 years ago.

perf/price is better than WD black

CZE-User
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3,384

Poor

4 years ago.

Realy fast HDD. Aprox. 200 MB/s transfer from HDWE140 (4TB) to other one.

SRB-User
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2,836

Poor

4 years ago.

Fast, but definitely not reliable because it brick/failed on me after just 2 months of mild use

HRV-User
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2,356

Excellent

7 years ago.

Best buy on the market considering performance and storage capacity. It's faster than WD Black and Seagate Barracuda as tested with CrystalDiskMark. In short, sequential read/write are over 190 MB/s. The only downside is rather high "spin up retry count" as within 1000 working hours it already has already 4, 5 or more, while WD and Seagate have 0, but that shouldn't affect its lifetime or performance during the 5 year period. Afterwards, it's questionable.

URY-User
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1,216

Excellent

6 years ago.

Hugely faster peak random read y writer.

Mendolino
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12

Excellent

4 years ago.

Ej podajcie mu peypala i zoba jak zapierdala

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