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Toshiba PH3300U-1I72

MD04ACA300 3TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 80.5% (76th of 1015)

Based on 151 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MD04ACA300
Poor: 54%Average: 80.5% Great: 101%

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Very good average bench

The Toshiba MD04ACA300 3TB averaged just 19.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Toshiba MD04ACA300 3TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 2.66MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.88MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MD04ACA300 3TB is 47.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba MD04ACA300 3TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 76.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 138MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 151 samples)
Rank 7680.5%
Min Avg Max
90.3 Read 141 178
90.9 Write 138 174
45.6 Mixed 76.6 143
88.6 SusWrite 141 181
90.9% 124 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.83 4K Read 2.66 5.68
0.55 4K Write 2.02 2.4
0.24 4K Mixed 0.88 1.2
246% 1.85 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 174 177 175 184 170 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 177
Write 168
Mixed 70.2
SusWrite 176
108% 148 MB/s
4K Read 5
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.1
371% 2.77 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 176 179 175 177 178 MB/s
92.6% Outstanding
Read 145
Write 131
Mixed 70.2
SusWrite 177
96% 131 MB/s
4K Read 3.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 1
290% 2.1 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 163 162 162 163 160 MB/s
89.8% Excellent
Read 149
Write 175
Mixed 70.6
SusWrite 162
101% 139 MB/s
4K Read 7.2
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.1
463% 3.5 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 171 175 172 178 174 MB/s
86.8% Excellent
Read 128
Write 136
Mixed 60.3
SusWrite 174
91% 125 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
237% 1.77 MB/s
71GB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 123 132 160 168 156 MB/s
85% Excellent
Read 153
Write 152
Mixed 65.2
SusWrite 143
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 2.5
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.1
267% 1.93 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 105 111 115 123 119 MB/s
79.2% Very good
Read 164
Write 154
Mixed 43.5
SusWrite 112
86% 118 MB/s
4K Read 4.1
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.6
247% 1.73 MB/s
967GB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 134 132 131 134 132 MB/s
76.7% Very good
Read 135
Write 137
Mixed 61.9
SusWrite 132
85% 116 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1.1
248% 1.8 MB/s
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

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Core i7-6700KIntel  $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples7,007x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $90Bench 72%, 342,244 samples3,880x
Core i7-6700Intel  $130Bench 72%, 282,363 samples1,107x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples2,310x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples1,461x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1,319x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples937x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples821x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $116Bench 310%, 455,997 samples336x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples860x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples603x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples583x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $840

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