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Toshiba

MG03ACA400 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 78.7% (83rd of 1015)

Based on 722 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MG03ACA400
Poor: 49%Average: 78.7% Great: 96%

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Good average bench

The Toshiba MG03ACA400 4TB averaged 21.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Toshiba MG03ACA400 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.97MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.81MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MG03ACA400 4TB is 47.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba MG03ACA400 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 58.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 134MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 722 samples)
Rank 8378.7%
Min Avg Max
82.7 Read 139 170
76.7 Write 134 163
43.4 Mixed 58.2 66.2
76.2 SusWrite 135 169
84.9% 116 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 0.85 0.9
2.1 4K Write 2.81 3.2
0.7 4K Mixed 0.97 1.1
195% 1.54 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: FL1D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 161 158 157 161 156 MB/s
91% Outstanding
Read 159
Write 156
Mixed 63.7
SusWrite 158
98% 134 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.9
193% 1.6 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: FL1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 150 155 148 152 157 MB/s
86% Excellent
Read 147
Write 149
Mixed 61.7
SusWrite 152
93% 127 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.9
193% 1.6 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: FL1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 137 136 133 138 136 MB/s
84.1% Excellent
Read 157
Write 145
Mixed 60.4
SusWrite 136
91% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.9
193% 1.6 MB/s
986GB free
Firmware: FL1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 115 114 116 112 MB/s
77.6% Very good
Read 156
Write 147
Mixed 61.9
SusWrite 114
87% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 0.9
193% 1.63 MB/s
3.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: FL1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 91 136 95 125 132 MB/s
75% Very good
Read 146
Write 115
Mixed 63.7
SusWrite 115
80% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 0.9
182% 1.53 MB/s
214GB free
Firmware: FL1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 122 121 120 123 120 MB/s
69.4% Good
Read 121
Write 133
Mixed 57.2
SusWrite 121
79% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1
204% 1.63 MB/s
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Typical MG03ACA400 4TB Builds (Compare 5,582 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 31%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 27%
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Motherboard: Dell Precision Tower 5810

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 v3IntelBench 72%, 10,197 samples1,302x
Xeon E5-1650 v3IntelBench 77%, 7,962 samples1,013x
Xeon E5-1650 v4IntelBench 83%, 3,842 samples457x
GPU
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples437x
Quadro K2200Nvidia  $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples411x
Quadro M2000NvidiaBench 21%, 5,678 samples310x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples112x
SM871 2.5 7mm 256GBSamsungBench 94%, 1,320 samples109x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $50Bench 106%, 237,241 samples67x
RAM
HMA451R7MFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 90%, 1,961 samples367x
HMA41GR7MFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 96%, 1,319 samples227x
9ASF1G72PZ-2G3B1 4x8GBMicronBench 93%, 857 samples201x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 27% - Poor Total price: $80

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