ToshibaHDTS225EZSTA HDTS225XZSTA
$225
Group Average(9 Highest-Voted)
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 3,223 user samples
3,223 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 106% 170GB free
Worst Bench: 55% 44GB free (System drive)
Poor: 55% Great: 106%
SPEED RANK: 460th / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed
81.7 % 96.3 % Faster effective speed.
+18%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
435 MB/s 453 MB/s +4%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
340 MB/s 399 MB/s Faster write speed.
+17%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
20.5 MB/s 32.1 MB/s Much faster random read.
+57%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
65.8 MB/s 85.6 MB/s Much faster random write.
+30%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
361 MB/s Slightly faster mixed IO speed.
+6%
340 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
34.3 MB/s 41.8 MB/s Faster random mixed IO.
+22%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
286 MB/s 311 MB/s Slightly faster sustained write speed.
+9%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
500 MB/s 503 MB/s +1%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
466 MB/s 483 MB/s +4%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
26.3 MB/s 40.1 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+53%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
101 MB/s 120 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+19%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
448 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+11%
403 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
45.5 MB/s 54 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+19%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
456 MB/s Slightly faster peak sustained write speed.
+10%
416 MB/s
Market Share
Based on 75,666,471 SSDs tested
User Rating
UBM User Rating
51 % 56.1 % More popular.
+10%
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0 % 0.15 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
Price
Price (score)
$225 85.6 USD Hugely cheaper.
+162%
Value
Value For Money
5.86 % 16.6 % Hugely better value.
+183%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed
367 MB/s +1% 365 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed
332 MB/s 357 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue write.
+7%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
352 MB/s Faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+19%
295 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed
320 MB/s 324 MB/s +1%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed
237 MB/s 286 MB/s Faster deep queue write.
+21%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
262 MB/s Faster deep queue mixed IO.
+12%
233 MB/s
Age
Newest
131 Months 94.3 Months Much more recent.
+39%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score
1156 Pts 1,228 Pts Slightly stronger server IO.
+6%
Capacity
Capacity
256GB   —
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The Toshiba HG5d is a reasonable SSD. Considering that Toshiba is amongst the few manufacturers that produce both their own NAND flash and SSD controllers, the HG5d is a little disappointing. With a Real World Speed of 444 MBps the Q Series lies just above the 50th percentile. Relative performance is better for server orientated workloads where the HG5d scored an AS SSD Total score of 970 points putting it in 11th position and at the 66th percentile, additionally the HG5d demonstrated very strong mixed 4K transfer rates peaking at 51.1 MB/s, the second highest seen to date on a 256GB SSD. The Toshiba HG5d is not a bad SSD but neither is it cutting edge which given it's relative youth counts strongly against it. Overall there are both faster and cheaper deals to be had elsewhere. [Sep '13 SSDrivePro]

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