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Toshiba HDWE140(X|E)ZSTA

X300 4TB

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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
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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%
3TB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 164 165 163 165 166 MB/s
91.3% Outstanding
Read 152
Write 142
Mixed 67
SusWrite 165
96% 132 MB/s
4K Read 3.5
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.2
324% 2.37 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: FP1R
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 143 143 142 145 143 MB/s
90.6% Outstanding
Read 171
Write 173
Mixed 66.6
SusWrite 143
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 6.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1.1
444% 3.37 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 150 142 148 145 142 MB/s
84.5% Excellent
Read 149
Write 148
Mixed 65
SusWrite 145
92% 127 MB/s
4K Read 2.4
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.1
267% 1.97 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $150 @ launch in Oct '15
AmazonUS HDWE140XZSTA $14621 mins
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $192

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Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples4,643x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples4,263x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $151Bench 96%, 383,420 samples3,412x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,235x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples2,073x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,468x
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970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples1,835x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $102Bench 394%, 276,089 samples1,106x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples866x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples770x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples724x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples646x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $937

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 Comments

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

High performance premium storage...

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9,840

Liked (edit your comment) Add link

2 years ago.

GBR-User
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5,782

Poor

3 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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4,573

Excellent

6 years ago.

perf/price is better than WD black

CZE-User
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3,344

Poor

3 years ago.

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

SRB-User
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2,780

Poor

3 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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2,322

Excellent

6 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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1,198

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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