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Toshiba

MD04ACA50D 5TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 84.9% (46th 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

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
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
835GB free
Firmware: FS2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 196 196 195 197 196 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 177
Write 181
Mixed 70.2
SusWrite 196
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 3.9
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.1
329% 2.47 MB/s
198GB free
Firmware: FS2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 164 142 117 108 107 MB/s
84.1% Excellent
Read 159
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
186GB free
Firmware: FS2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 137 147 152 123 115 MB/s
83.1% Excellent
Read 150
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
136GB free
Firmware: FS2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 160 157 155 157 159 MB/s
60.2% Good
Read 53.1
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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Gaming 209%
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Desktop
Desktop 114%
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Workstation
Workstation 233%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z690-A

CPU
Core i7-12700KIntel  $214Bench 114%, 133,111 samples2,207x
Core i9-12900KIntel  $275Bench 117%, 66,991 samples1,850x
Core i5-12600KIntel  $159Bench 109%, 101,563 samples784x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $730Bench 187%, 424,051 samples881x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia  $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples802x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia  $493Bench 158%, 218,061 samples576x
SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $118Bench 385%, 327,441 samples1,042x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung  $170Bench 402%, 182,136 samples625x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $116Bench 310%, 455,997 samples338x
RAM
Vengeance DDR5 5600 C36 2x16GBCorsair  $105Bench 162%, 40,739 samples527x
TZ/RJ/FX DDR5 6400 C36 2x16GBG.SKILL  $83Bench 173%, 39,467 samples478x
Vengeance LPX 5200 C40 2x16GBCorsairBench 155%, 8,648 samples407x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $1,167

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