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Toshiba

MG05ACA800E 8TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 109% (2nd of 1015)

Based on 114 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MG05ACA800E
Poor: 68%Average: 109% Great: 135%

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Outstanding average bench

The Toshiba MG05ACA800E 8TB averaged 9.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Toshiba MG05ACA800E 8TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.96MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.6MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MG05ACA800E 8TB is 66.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Toshiba MG05ACA800E 8TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 92MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 188MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 114 samples)
Rank 2109%
Min Avg Max
109 Read 191 236
118 Write 191 233
64.2 Mixed 92 181
93.1 SusWrite 188 236
121% 165 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.77 4K Read 1.6 2.3
1.45 4K Write 3.96 5.1
0.3 4K Mixed 0.55 0.8
201% 2.04 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: GX4K
SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 211 219 223 194 212 MB/s
125% Outstanding
Read 221
Write 212
Mixed 93.5
SusWrite 213
135% 185 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 0.6
212% 2.03 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: GX4K
SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 197 200 201 202 191 MB/s
116% Outstanding
Read 207
Write 198
Mixed 95.9
SusWrite 198
128% 175 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 4.9
4K Mixed 0.7
235% 2.4 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: GX4K
SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 188 187 188 185 183 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 170
Write 181
Mixed 87.2
SusWrite 186
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 4.8
4K Mixed 0.6
214% 2.27 MB/s
802GB free
Firmware: GX1A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 138 139 136 138 138 MB/s
75.3% Very good
Read 124
Write 131
Mixed 72.3
SusWrite 137
85% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 0.3
158% 1.97 MB/s
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Gaming 126%
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Desktop 93%
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Workstation 140%
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System: Asus WS-C621E-SAGE Series

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon Silver 4114T1stBench 59%, 62 samples15x
CPU: Intel Xeon Silver 41141stBench 57%, 300 samples13x
CPU: Intel Xeon Gold 61481stBench 69%, 40 samples10x
GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $1,090Bench 171%, 86,707 samples16x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 130%, 395,296 samples16x
Quadro GV100NvidiaBench 170%, 58 samples9x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $150Bench 307%, 55,620 samples11x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $400Bench 244%, 21,581 samples8x
KSG60ZSE1T02 1TBToshibaBench 94%, 16 samples7x
RAM
M393A2G40EB1-CRC 12x16GBSamsungBench 109%, 24 samples7x
72ASS8G72LZ-2G6D2 4x31.8GBMicronBench 76%, 13 samples6x
9965690-002.A00G 8x8GBKingstonBench 74%, 10 samples6x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 43% - Average Total price: $1,240

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