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Toshiba

MN05ACA600 6TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 85.2% (46th of 1015)

Based on 21 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MN05ACA600
Poor: 68%Average: 85.2% Great: 100%

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Very good average bench

The Toshiba MN05ACA600 6TB averaged just 14.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Toshiba MN05ACA600 6TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 3.31MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.07MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MN05ACA600 6TB is 31.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Toshiba MN05ACA600 6TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 63.8MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 143MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 21 samples)
Rank 4685.2%
Min Avg Max
101 Read 153 196
41.4 Write 145 183
48.9 Mixed 63.8 73.4
40.9 SusWrite 143 197
92% 126 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.2 4K Read 3.31 7.4
0.7 4K Write 2.13 2.4
0.5 4K Mixed 1.07 1.2
296% 2.17 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: FS1M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 164 164 168 163 163 MB/s
93.3% Outstanding
Read 164
Write 162
Mixed 67.3
SusWrite 161
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 3.1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1.1
294% 2.17 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: FS1M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 137 135 138 139 136 MB/s
91.7% Outstanding
Read 182
Write 172
Mixed 69.3
SusWrite 137
102% 140 MB/s
4K Read 3.8
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.1
325% 2.43 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: FS1M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 153 152 158 152 157 MB/s
86.5% Excellent
Read 147
Write 159
Mixed 65.9
SusWrite 154
96% 131 MB/s
4K Read 3.2
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1.1
294% 2.13 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: FS1M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 106 105 106 105 MB/s
59.4% Above average
Read 101
Write 102
Mixed 49
SusWrite 106
65% 89.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 1.1
206% 1.37 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 86%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 81%
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Motherboard: Asrock B450 Steel Legend

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,223x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples379x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples347x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples283x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples241x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples234x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples90x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples85x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples79x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples304x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples188x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples168x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 91% - Outstanding Total price: $451

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Intel Core i5-12400F $128Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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