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Toshiba

MG03SCA100 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 52% (280th of 1015)

Based on 22 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MG03SCA100
Poor: 36%Average: 52% Great: 92%

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Average average bench

The Toshiba MG03SCA100 1TB averaged 47.9% 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 0.67MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 124MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MG03SCA100 1TB is 55.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba MG03SCA100 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 52.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 56.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 22 samples)
Rank 28052%
Min Avg Max
53.1 Read 124 204
11.5 Write 56.2 162
11.3 Mixed 49.4 114
10.4 SusWrite 52.9 160
51.9% 70.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.65 0.8
0.1 4K Write 0.95 2.5
0.2 4K Mixed 0.67 0.9
119% 0.76 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
931GB free
Firmware: DG02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 43 43 43 42 MB/s
70.7% Very good
Read 204
Write 39
Mixed 54.2
SusWrite 42.4
62% 84.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.7
122% 0.73 MB/s
892GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DG02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 36 36 42 41 42 MB/s
59.5% Above average
Read 169
Write 42.3
Mixed 51.8
SusWrite 39
55% 75.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.7
118% 0.67 MB/s
931GB free
Firmware: DG09
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 19 21 20 23 19 MB/s
53.7% Above average
Read 166
Write 39.5
Mixed 55.2
SusWrite 21.3
52% 70.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.73 MB/s
880GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DG02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 30 26 11 19 21 MB/s
23.7% Poor
Read 60.8
Write 29.3
Mixed 29.2
SusWrite 21.7
26% 35.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.4
82% 0.47 MB/s
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Typical MG03SCA100 1TB Builds (Compare 42 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 59%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: Dell PowerEdge T420

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2470 v21stBench 56%, 50 samples10x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2420 01stBench 54%, 155 samples8x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2420 v21stBench 54%, 81 samples4x
GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples5x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples5x
T600NvidiaBench 29%, 1,270 samples4x
SSD
SNV2S250G 250GBKingstonBench 198%, 2,782 samples5x
MP600 500GBForceBench 261%, 13,280 samples4x
MX500 1TBCrucial  $74Bench 106%, 202,785 samples3x
RAM
M393B1G70QH0-YK0 00CE00B300CE M393B1G70QH0-YK0 00CE00B300CE M393B2G70DB0-YK0 002C04B3002C 36KSF2G72PZ-1G4D1 48GBUnknownBench 40%, 6 samples5x
D3-64WT124SLW-1AD 6x31.8GBUnknownBench 80%, 3 samples3x
9965516-031.A00LF 019804B3 9965516-129.A00LF 019804B3 9965516-129.A00LF 32GBUnknownBench 38%, 4 samples3x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 123% - Outstanding Total price: $200

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