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Toshiba

MG04ACA1 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 67.6% (140th of 1015)

Based on 24 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MG04ACA1
Poor: 46%Average: 67.6% Great: 104%

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Above average average bench

The Toshiba MG04ACA1 1TB averaged 32.3% 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 0.69MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.58MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MG04ACA1 1TB is 58.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba MG04ACA1 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 56.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 62.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 24 samples)
Rank 14067.6%
Min Avg Max
20.6 Read 175 206
15.6 Write 62.1 182
18.1 Mixed 54.7 171
8.1 SusWrite 56.3 199
63.7% 86.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 1.58 3.1
0.1 4K Write 1.03 3.6
0.2 4K Mixed 0.69 1.1
161% 1.1 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
931GB free
Firmware: FK5D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 199 199 198 198 198 MB/s
111% Outstanding
Read 189
Write 180
Mixed 111
SusWrite 199
125% 170 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 0.9
258% 2.23 MB/s
931GB free
Firmware: FJ4A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 189 186 186 190 190 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 175
Write 182
Mixed 97.2
SusWrite 188
118% 161 MB/s
4K Read 3
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 1.1
312% 2.53 MB/s
439GB free
Firmware:
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 45 44 45 45 MB/s
71.9% Very good
Read 206
Write 45
Mixed 27.8
SusWrite 44.5
58% 80.7 MB/s
4K Read 3.1
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.8
229% 1.5 MB/s
750GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FK3D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 42 40 41 40 41 MB/s
63.5% Good
Read 181
Write 36.8
Mixed 49.7
SusWrite 40.7
56% 77 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.7
156% 0.97 MB/s
878GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FK5D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 34 34 33 33 34 MB/s
45.3% Average
Read 124
Write 32
Mixed 30.6
SusWrite 34
40% 55.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.4
104% 0.67 MB/s
572GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FK1D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 75 66 67 76 87 MB/s
27.5% Poor
Read 20.6
Write 56.6
Mixed 29.3
SusWrite 74.8
33% 45.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.2
62% 0.7 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 17%
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Desktop
Desktop 65%
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Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Dell Precision T7610

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2650 v21stBench 64%, 1,386 samples64x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v21stBench 75%, 766 samples64x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v21stBench 66%, 1,377 samples40x
GPU
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples56x
Quadro K5000NvidiaBench 21%, 3,775 samples41x
Quadro K6000Nvidia  $4,000Bench 44%, 1,173 samples24x
SSD
860 1TBSamsungBench 86%, 2,531 samples23x
870 1TBSamsungBench 91%, 1,067 samples19x
860 500GBSamsungBench 89%, 2,934 samples17x
RAM
M393B1G70QH0-CMA 8x8GBSamsungBench 94%, 283 samples34x
HMT41GR7AFR4C-RD 8x8GBHynixBench 94%, 307 samples21x
18JSF1G72PZ-1G9E1 4x8GBMicronBench 77%, 512 samples19x
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