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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: 15.08

Overall Rank:  16159

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

Average Drive Rating
601
Samples: 21

Disk Test Suite Average Results for TOSHIBA MK2556GSY

Sequential Read80 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write86 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 HDDs Common Drives
As of 12th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
Seagate ST1000DM010
1,392
TOSHIBA DT01ACA100
1,264
WDC WD10EZEX
1,227
Seagate ST2000DM001
1,196
Seagate ST1000DM003
1,176
TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100
1,072
WDC WD10SPZX
911
HGST HTS721010A9E630
809
TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100
782
TOSHIBA MK2556GSY
601
Last 5 Baselines for TOSHIBA MK2556GSY
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL2675243 - Jun 05 2025
453
BL2207358 - Sep 30 2024
707
BL2165069 - Aug 09 2024
617
BL1886817 - Aug 20 2023
718
BL1865362 - Jul 21 2023
629