Toshiba 1TB (MQ01ABD100H) 2.5'' SSHD Review

Storage/HDD by stefan @ 2014-03-03

We could refer to the MQ01ABD100H 1TB hybrid from Toshiba as a 5400RPM drive on steroids, which offers 8GB NAND caching capabilities and offers a boost for data which is frequently accessed. The drive is also available at a lower capacity of 750GB while retaining the same 8GB of NAND cache.

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Test Setup and Test Results

Test Bench:

CPU : Intel I5 3750K Retail @ 4.7GHz

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14

Motherboard : ASRock Z77 Extreme6

RAM :GeIL PC3-17000 2133MHz 8GB EVO Leggera

Video : Sparkle X560 Calibre

Power Supply : Cooler Master 850W

HDD : Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7200.10

Case: Cooler Master ATCS 840

 

The drive is shipped unformatted:

 

 

Here is a snapshot of the total reported free space by Windows 7:

 

 

With the help of AIDA64, we can extract more information regarding the drive:

 

 

 

The Tests

 

AIDA64 Disk Benchmark

 

 

CrystalMark

 

 

HDTach

 

 

1st run

2nd run

 

HDTune

 

1st run

2nd run

 

PCMark05 HDD Test Suite

 

 

PCMark Vantage HDD Test Suite

 

 

 

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