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Toshiba

MG04ACA400NY 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 83.2% (61st of 1015)

Based on 97 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MG04ACA400NY
Poor: 57%Average: 83.2% Great: 115%

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Very good average bench

The Toshiba MG04ACA400NY 4TB averaged just 16.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Toshiba MG04ACA400NY 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.86MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.66MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MG04ACA400NY 4TB is 58.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba MG04ACA400NY 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 66.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 108MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 97 samples)
Rank 6183.2%
Min Avg Max
104 Read 179 204
34.6 Write 108 201
43.7 Mixed 66.1 93.4
29.3 SusWrite 110 200
84.8% 116 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.19 4K Read 1.66 2.1
0.58 4K Write 1.88 3.4
0.7 4K Mixed 0.86 1.1
199% 1.47 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: FK5D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 199 199 197 198 198 MB/s
115% Outstanding
Read 203
Write 187
Mixed 81.3
SusWrite 198
122% 167 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 0.9
240% 2.03 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: FK1D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 199 199 197 199 199 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 198
Write 186
Mixed 91.6
SusWrite 199
123% 169 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1
252% 2.03 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: FK5D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 200 199 198 201 196 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 193
Write 192
Mixed 91.7
SusWrite 198
123% 169 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.9
231% 1.9 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: FK3D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 171 173 176 173 169 MB/s
85.2% Excellent
Read 125
Write 159
Mixed 69.4
SusWrite 171
96% 131 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.7
174% 1.5 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: FK3D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 46 46 46 46 46 MB/s
74.6% Very good
Read 214
Write 46.1
Mixed 49.8
SusWrite 45.9
65% 88.9 MB/s
4K Read 2.3
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.8
198% 1.27 MB/s
3.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: FK3D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 29 29 30 30 MB/s
43.3% Average
Read 122
Write 32
Mixed 38
SusWrite 29.2
41% 55.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.5
136% 0.87 MB/s
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Gaming 88%
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Desktop 92%
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Workstation 95%
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System: Dell Precision 5820 Tower X-Series

CPU
Core i9-10900XIntelBench 85%, 6,322 samples393x
Core i9-10980XEIntel  $1,100Bench 84%, 4,959 samples150x
Core i7-9800XIntel  $545Bench 83%, 4,003 samples94x
GPU
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 98%, 9,173 samples120x
RTX A4000NvidiaBench 132%, 4,246 samples57x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples54x
SSD
NVMe Samsung 512GBPm9a1Bench 282%, 2,521 samples41x
NVMe Samsung 1024GBPm9a1Bench 295%, 3,554 samples39x
NVMe SK hynix 1TBPc711Bench 277%, 5,603 samples31x
RAM
HMA82GU6DJR8N-XN 2x16GBHynixBench 92%, 722 samples66x
KC5N22-MIE 2x16GBKingstonBench 68%, 68 samples49x
HMA82GU6DJR8N-XN 4x16GBHynixBench 108%, 118 samples41x
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