Toshiba

MD04ACA50D 5TB

MD04ACA50D 5TB
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Effective Speed -4%Effective Speed -4%Average Score +16% Read -4%, Write 1%, 4K Read 122%, 4K Write -2%, Mixed 1%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite -4%Peak Score +51% Read -7%, Write -2%, 4K Read 283%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed 71%, 4K Mixed 17%, SusWrite -1%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +25% Age 25%

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Average Bench: 84.9% (46^th of 1015)

Based on 209 user benchmarks. Model: TOSHIBA MD04ACA50D

Poor: 60%Average: 84.9% Great: 108%

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Very good average bench

The Toshiba MD04ACA50D 5TB averaged just 15.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Toshiba MD04ACA50D 5TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 2.89MB/s

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

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MD04ACA50D 5TB is 47.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba MD04ACA50D 5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 82.7MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 145MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 209 samples)

Rank 4684.9%

Min	Avg	Max
104	Read 149	187
101	Write 145	184
40.5	Mixed 82.7	168
57.8	SusWrite 146	195
95.7% 130 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.8	4K Read 2.89	6.55
1.7	4K Write 2.11	2.4
0.24	4K Mixed 0.85	1.2
254% 1.95 MB/s

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

BIH-User, 5 months ago.

372GB free

Firmware: FS2A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 114 115 114 116 116 MB/s

88.1% Excellent

Write 186

Mixed 69.8

SusWrite 115

102% 140 MB/s

4K Read 6.2

4K Write 2.4

4K Mixed 1.1

425% 3.23 MB/s

DEU-User, 5 months ago.

198GB free

Firmware: FS2A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 164 142 117 108 107 MB/s

84.1% Excellent

Write 158

Mixed 50

SusWrite 134

91% 125 MB/s

4K Read 2

4K Write 2.1

4K Mixed 1

233% 1.7 MB/s

DEU-User, 3 months ago.

186GB free

Firmware: FS2A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 137 147 152 123 115 MB/s

83.1% Excellent

Write 155

Mixed 63.7

SusWrite 138

93% 127 MB/s

4K Read 2.6

4K Write 2.2

4K Mixed 1.1

271% 1.97 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 month ago.

136GB free

Firmware: FS2A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 160 157 155 157 159 MB/s

60.2% Good

Write 153

Mixed 51.6

SusWrite 156

76% 104 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 0.8

151% 1.13 MB/s

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Desktop 115%

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Workstation 230%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z690-A

CPU
Core i7-12700KIntel $228Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	2,111x
Core i9-12900KIntel $331Bench 117%, 66,991 samples	1,760x
Core i5-12600KIntel $184Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	754x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	837x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $630Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	780x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $600Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	552x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	1,001x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	606x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	319x

RAM
Vengeance LPX 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsairBench 162%, 23,486 samples	499x
Skill Intl F5-6000J3636F162x16GBGBench 172%, 21,264 samples	454x
Vengeance LPX 5200 C40 2x16GBCorsairBench 155%, 8,648 samples	387x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,236

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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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) $35	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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MD04ACA50D 5TB

Average Bench: 84.9% (46^th of 1015)

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Average Bench: 84.9% (46th of 1015)

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