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Toshiba HDWE160(X|E)ZSTA

X300 6TB

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Release date: Q4 2015.

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Average Bench: 89.7% (32nd of 1015)

Based on 1,643 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA HDWE160
Poor: 63%Average: 89.7% Great: 112%

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Very good average bench

The Toshiba X300 6TB averaged just 10.3% 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 3.76MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.07MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba X300 6TB is 49.1%. 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 63MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 154MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,643 samples)
Rank 3289.7%
Min Avg Max
99.8 Read 157 196
104 Write 154 189
41.2 Mixed 63 73
88.3 SusWrite 154 198
96.2% 132 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1 4K Read 3.76 7.4
1.5 4K Write 2.15 2.4
0.6 4K Mixed 1.07 1.2
315% 2.32 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1TB free
Firmware: FS2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 150 154 156 157 154 MB/s
85% Excellent
Read 143
Write 124
Mixed 54.2
SusWrite 154
86% 119 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1
193% 1.3 MB/s
746GB free
Firmware: FS2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 137 142 142 141 141 MB/s
80.1% Excellent
Read 138
Write 127
Mixed 59
SusWrite 140
85% 116 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.1
250% 1.8 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 19,870,927 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $150 @ launch in Oct '15
AmazonUS HDWE160XZSTA $17222 mins
BHPhotoUS HDWE160XZSTA $17719 months
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Gaming 111%
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Desktop
Desktop 117%
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Workstation
Workstation 94%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7 - $249

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $350Bench 92%, 341,147 samples8,296x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $270Bench 90%, 110,653 samples747x
Core i7-8086KIntel  $683Bench 95%, 18,110 samples500x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $799Bench 124%, 356,296 samples3,657x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 100%, 491,016 samples1,607x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $405Bench 79%, 656,806 samples906x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 220%, 85,522 samples951x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 199%, 134,885 samples903x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $105Bench 113%, 383,170 samples592x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $105Bench 87%, 81,399 samples786x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $70Bench 86%, 236,250 samples664x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $73Bench 86%, 121,281 samples336x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 51% - Above average Total price: $1,643

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Good

9 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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