My mechanical Toshiba 2.5" 1Tb drive reads at 250mbps

[dexter2]

Just one question... Is this normal? Because I've seen drives on the internet do a lot less than this and haven't seen any high-end ones do this speed. Also, I'm not actually sure if this is the drive was reading or writing at the time. I saw it on Windows 8.1 task manager. I just assume it's reading.

 

[drtweak]

was it 250Mbps or MBps? There IS a difference. 250 Mbps is Mega BIT so that is more like 30 Mega BYTES per second. I doubt it is 250MBps or Mega Bytes per second. I don't know of any single disk drive that can do that yet.

 

[dexter2]

was it 250Mbps or MBps? There IS a difference. 250 Mbps is Mega BIT so that is more like 30 Mega BYTES per second. I doubt it is 250MBps or Mega Bytes per second. I don't know of any single disk drive that can do that yet.

Well it was certainly 250Mbps/MBps. Whatever Windows measures that sort of thing in, which I would assume would be Mbps. I am not mistaken, it was definitely 250.

 

[drtweak]

Ok there is a HUGE difference between MBps and Mbps you MUST pay attention to see if the B is B or b. B is Bytes b is bits. Bits is 1/8 the size or speed of Bytes since it takes 8 bits for one byte. Some things Windows measure in Bits like Network Connection Speed. I don't know about the windows 8 task manager but on Windows 10 it does show in Bytes but just make sure it isn't KB you are seeing instead.

But I have never see a hard drive read or write that fast. Maybe the new 8 and 10 TB drives can but on a 2.5 inch 1TB disk drive?

 

[dexter2]

Ok there is a HUGE difference between MBps and Mbps you MUST pay attention to see if the B is B or b. B is Bytes b is bits. Bits is 1/8 the size or speed of Bytes since it takes 8 bits for one byte. Some things Windows measure in Bits like Network Connection Speed. I don't know about the windows 8 task manager but on Windows 10 it does show in Bytes but just make sure it isn't KB you are seeing instead.

But I have never see a hard drive read or write that fast. Maybe the new 8 and 10 TB drives can but on a 2.5 inch 1TB disk drive?

Okay, I understand. I would assume, if it is on Windows 10, it would be the same on Windows 8. Mbps. It would be kinda pointless using MBps, but I understand and know that they use it for network speed. But, I am absolutely positive that it was 250. Whether it be writing or reading I don't know: I am away from my main machine for a few days. Although, I would assume it is read because when I download or update a Steam game, on Steam you have the little graph which shows how much data Steam is downloading and how much data Steam is writing. At the same time, on task manager, the values seem to be kinda close, dropping when the other drops.

 

[drtweak]

It could have been a burst read or write. If the buffer on the hard drive is large like 64MB or so I could see it busting that high for a few seconds until the Buffer is full and it is slowed down buy the hard drives. I get that a lot with my drives and what not. Doubt it was a substained read/write speed though.

 

[popatim]

Is it the Toshiba MQ01ABDH?

 

[dexter2]

It could have been a burst read or write. If the buffer on the hard drive is large like 64MB or so I could see it busting that high for a few seconds until the Buffer is full and it is slowed down buy the hard drives. I get that a lot with my drives and what not. Doubt it was a substained read/write speed though.

I am back at my main machine (the one I'm having problems with), thanks for waiting Okay, so it seems to be MB/s.

 

[dexter2]

Is it the Toshiba MQ01ABDH?

Is there a software I can use to find that out or will I need to crack open my case?

 

[drtweak]

Install Crystal Disk Info in my signature. It will give you model number

 

[drtweak]

Is it the Toshiba MQ01ABDH?

Toshiba makes a SSHD 😵 that might explain a lot.

 

[dexter2]

Install Crystal Disk Info in my signature. It will give you model number

Okay I have installed Crystal Disk Info, and my drive seems to be a "TOSHIBA DT01ACA100 1000.2 GB"

 

[Rafael Mestdag]

My short-stroked 1TB Seagate which I formatted and partitioned in 2 halves(the first half is the active partition) reads at about 204-210MB(Megabytes) according to a series of measurements done by Crystal Disk Mark. And it writes on average, at 165MB(Megabytes).

Download Crystal Disk Mark from here in order to measure your disk as well:

http://crystalmark.info/download/index-e.html

You have to click on the "15MB" link under "[2016/02/03] CrystalDiskMark 5.1.2 - Disk Benchmark" and you'll be downloading the program. Install it and take the measurements using small portions of your disk at first like 50MB twice for each measurement.

Tell us what the program will have told you.

 

[Rafael Mestdag]

This page explains everything you need to know about the software and its results.

https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2012/03/how-fast-your-san-or-how-slow/

 

[dexter2]

My short-stroked 1TB Seagate which I formatted and partitioned in 2 halves(the first half is the active partition) reads at about 204-210MB(Megabytes) according to a series of measurements done by Crystal Disk Mark. And it writes on average, at 165MB(Megabytes).

Download Crystal Disk Mark from here in order to measure your disk as well:

http://crystalmark.info/download/index-e.html

You have to click on the "15MB" link under "[2016/02/03] CrystalDiskMark 5.1.2 - Disk Benchmark" and you'll be downloading the program. Install it and take the measurements using small portions of your disk at first like 50MB twice for each measurement.

Tell us what the program will have told you.

Thank you, I will perform these tests when I am back at my main machine (a few days). Sorry it has to be like that, it's just how my life rolls at the current point in time.