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Toshiba HDWE160(X|E)ZSTA

X300 6TB

▲ 55105 ▼

Release date: Q4 2015.

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Average Bench: 87.8% (39th of 1010)

Based on 915 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA HDWE160
Poor: 59%Average: 87.8% Great: 110%

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Very good average bench

The Toshiba X300 6TB averaged just 12.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Toshiba X300 6TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 3.21MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.87MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba X300 6TB is 50.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba X300 6TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 83.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 150MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 915 samples)
Rank 3987.8%
Min Avg Max
108 Read 154 193
103 Write 151 189
43.8 Mixed 83.2 167
74.7 SusWrite 150 197
98.7% 135 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 3.21 7
1.34 4K Write 2.1 2.4
0.24 4K Mixed 0.87 1.2
269% 2.06 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: FS2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 162 160 160 161 160 MB/s
98.9% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 175
Mixed 71.8
SusWrite 160
108% 148 MB/s
4K Read 4.3
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1.2
355% 2.6 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: FS2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 130 130 108 137 137 MB/s
86.8% Excellent
Read 175
Write 178
Mixed 70.2
SusWrite 126
100% 137 MB/s
4K Read 5.2
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.1
380% 2.83 MB/s
971GB free
Firmware: FS2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 108 121 118 112 112 MB/s
63.5% Good
Read 107
Write 105
Mixed 54.2
SusWrite 114
69% 94.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1.2
223% 1.47 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $150 @ launch in Oct '15
AmazonUS HDWE160XZSTA $1653 mins
BHPhotoUS HDWE160XZSTA $1778 months
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Desktop 127%
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Workstation 116%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 - $219

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $370Bench 107%, 149,191 samples4,945x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $260Bench 102%, 55,693 samples449x
Core i7-8086KIntel  $431Bench 110%, 5,442 samples221x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $713Bench 153%, 185,206 samples2,273x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $450Bench 124%, 285,789 samples1,092x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $350Bench 100%, 365,950 samples531x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $150Bench 217%, 56,693 samples698x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 196%, 88,159 samples669x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $110Bench 113%, 239,506 samples380x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $155Bench 89%, 27,041 samples466x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $147Bench 86%, 96,351 samples359x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $145Bench 91%, 50,667 samples207x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 114% - Outstanding Total price: $1,606

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 Comments

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

High performance premium storage...

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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

14 months ago.

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Good

10 months ago.

One Question: Unlike all other HDD manufacturers, why doesn't Toshiba list the drive's spec for: MTBF and Load/Unload values for their X300 drives ? I've attempted to obtain this info from Toshiba Japan as well as their international affiliates, all of which confirm this info is not disclosed by Toshiba. When asked why, their response was they feel this specification is not necessary for consumer HDD's. I am hopeful you can look into this further as this non-disclosure is quite concerning. If the actual MTBF is say 500K and the load/ unload is 100K...wow this would be a huge concern considering the present norm is 1,000,000 and 300K respectively. Pls express your concerns or forward your inquiry to Toshiba: answer@webcom.toshiba.co.jp

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