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MG08ACA1 16TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 98.3% (5th of 1015)

Based on 13 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MG08ACA1
Poor: 62%Average: 98.3% Great: 136%

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Excellent average bench

The Toshiba MG08ACA1 16TB averaged just 1.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Toshiba MG08ACA1 16TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.85MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.65MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MG08ACA1 16TB is 74.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Toshiba MG08ACA1 16TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 71.9MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 164MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 13 samples)
Rank 598.3%
Min Avg Max
45.9 Read 178 249
54.1 Write 182 236
6.5 Mixed 71.9 102
66.7 SusWrite 164 245
109% 149 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 1.07 1.8
0.9 4K Write 3.65 7.6
0.6 4K Mixed 0.85 1
207% 1.86 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 4303
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 139 135 138 135 88 MB/s
88% Excellent
Read 175
Write 167
Mixed 60.7
SusWrite 130
97% 133 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 7.2
4K Mixed 0.8
276% 3.1 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 4303
SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 64 43 45 45 49 MB/s
70.3% Very good
Read 177
Write 186
Mixed 94.2
SusWrite 66.7
96% 131 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 4.1
4K Mixed 0.8
219% 2.07 MB/s
454GB free
Firmware: 0102
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 125 98 105 82 54 MB/s
54.9% Above average
Read 93.8
Write 54.1
Mixed 6.5
SusWrite 97.6
45% 63 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.77 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 18%
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Desktop
Desktop 66%
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Workstation
Workstation 19%
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System: HP Z820 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 65%, 4,306 samples147x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples115x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2687W 01stBench 71%, 1,646 samples88x
GPU
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples147x
Quadro K5000NvidiaBench 21%, 3,775 samples139x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples67x
SSD
860 500GBSamsungBench 89%, 2,934 samples55x
860 1TBSamsungBench 86%, 2,531 samples38x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples32x
RAM
M393B2G70DB0-CMA 16x16GBSamsungBench 101%, 41 samples25x
M391B5173QH0-CMA 8x4GBSamsungBench 84%, 111 samples20x
M393B1G70QH0-CMA 4x8GBSamsungBench 82%, 512 samples19x
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