Toshiba

MG03ACA100 1TB

MG03ACA100 1TB
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Effective Speed -22%Effective Speed -22%Average Score -17%Read -21%, Write -14%, 4K Read -55%, 4K Write 32%, Mixed -47%, 4K Mixed 10%, SusWrite -22%Peak Score -26%Read -26%, Write -22%, 4K Read -90%, 4K Write 27%, Mixed -52%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite -24%Value & Sentiment -3,933%User Rating -19%, Market Share -7,847%Nice To Haves -0%Age -0%

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Average Bench: 72.4% (118^th of 1014)

Based on 1,552 user benchmarks. Model: TOSHIBA MG03ACA100

Poor: 48%Average: 72.4% Great: 91%

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Good average bench

The Toshiba MG03ACA100 1TB averaged 27.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.95MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.83MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MG03ACA100 1TB is 42.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba MG03ACA100 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 56MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 124MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,552 samples)

Rank 11872.4%

Min	Avg	Max
79.3	Read 128	158
80.5	Write 126	154
44	Mixed 56	64.5
75.4	SusWrite 124	159
79.2% 109 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.7	4K Read 0.84	0.9
2.2	4K Write 2.83	3.2
0.66	4K Mixed 0.95	1.1
193% 1.54 MB/s

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The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 2 days ago.

347GB free

Firmware: FL2H

SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 114 115 114 112 111 MB/s

72.1% Very good

Write 137

Mixed 60.3

SusWrite 114

82% 112 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2.9

4K Mixed 1.1

213% 1.63 MB/s

NLD-User, 3 days ago.

237GB free

Firmware: FL1A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 89 85 88 87 85 MB/s

48.3% Average

Write 84.7

Mixed 47.6

SusWrite 86

55% 75 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 2.1

4K Mixed 0.9

168% 1.23 MB/s

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI A320M-A PRO MAX (MS-7C52)

CPU
Ryzen 3 3200GAMD $75Bench 63%, 104,122 samples	436x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	322x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	300x

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GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	221x
Radeon Vega 8 GraphicsAMDBench 10%, 115,953 samples	199x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	164x

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A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	129x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	77x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	51x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	84x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	66x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	66x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $298

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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MG03ACA100 1TB

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