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Toshib

MD04ACA500 5TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 81.7% (69th of 1015)

Based on 11 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIB MD04ACA500
Poor: 64%Average: 81.7% Great: 98%

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Very good average bench

The Toshib MD04ACA500 5TB averaged just 18.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Toshib MD04ACA500 5TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 2.07MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.45MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshib MD04ACA500 5TB is 33.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Toshib MD04ACA500 5TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 117MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 140MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)
Rank 6981.7%
Min Avg Max
96.7 Read 140 184
98.1 Write 145 178
55.8 Mixed 117 150
132 SusWrite 159 187
104% 140 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.02 4K Read 2.07 4.3
1.67 4K Write 2.09 2.3
0.24 4K Mixed 0.45 1.2
175% 1.53 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 186 189 186 186 190 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 177
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 187
110% 152 MB/s
4K Read 4.3
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1.2
355% 2.6 MB/s
31GB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 125 134 132 141 122 MB/s
79.8% Very good
Read 146
Write 148
Mixed 55.8
SusWrite 132
88% 120 MB/s
4K Read 2.5
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.1
267% 1.93 MB/s
807GB free
Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
75.1% Very good
Read 144
Write 118
Mixed 150
104% 137 MB/s
4K Read 1.31
4K Write 1.67
4K Mixed 0.28
116% 1.09 MB/s
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Gaming 43%
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Desktop
Desktop 85%
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Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme6 - $220

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples574x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $58Bench 70%, 229,359 samples148x
Core i7-4790Intel  $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples78x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples129x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $170Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples80x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples55x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples41x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples32x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples26x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples25x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples25x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples24x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $853

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