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TOSHIBA MK2556GSY

Price and performance details for the TOSHIBA MK2556GSY can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the Hard Drive compared to the 10 other common Hard Drives in terms of PassMark Disk Rating.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the Disk Rating per dollar.

TOSHIBA MK2556GSY

Drive Size:  232.9 GB

Other names:  TOSHIBA MK2556GSY

Drive First Benchmarked: 2012-10-28

Drive Rating/$Price: 15.13

Overall Rank:  16406

Last Price Change:  $39.86 USD (2024-09-07)

Average Drive Rating
603
Samples: 22

Disk Test Suite Average Results for TOSHIBA MK2556GSY

Sequential Read81 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write87 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)6 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD11 MBytes/Sec
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Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 7th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
Seagate ST2000DM008
 2,313
Seagate ST1000DM010
 1,379
Seagate Barracuda 2TB Hard Drive
 1,317
TOSHIBA DT01ACA100
 1,255
WDC WD10EZEX
 1,218
Seagate ST1000DM003
 1,176
TOSHIBA DT01ACA050
 1,144
TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100
 1,062
WDC WD10SPZX
 902
TOSHIBA MK2556GSY
 		603
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Last 5 Baselines for TOSHIBA MK2556GSY
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL3142325 - Dec 17 2025
644
BL2675243 - Jun 05 2025
453
BL2207358 - Sep 30 2024
707
BL2165069 - Aug 09 2024
617
BL1886817 - Aug 20 2023
718
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