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Toshiba

MD05ACA8 8TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 70.8% (121st of 1015)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MD05ACA8
Poor: 34%Average: 70.8% Great: 131%

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Good average bench

The Toshiba MD05ACA8 8TB averaged 29.1% 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 0.65MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.88MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 50.9MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 103MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 12170.8%
Min Avg Max
53.5 Read 143 233
49.6 Write 116 226
28.2 Mixed 50.9 86.8
53.2 SusWrite 103 223
75.1% 103 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 1.35 2.9
1.2 4K Write 3.88 5.9
0.5 4K Mixed 0.65 0.8
200% 1.96 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
6.5TB free
Firmware: GX0B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 223 220 229 221 229 MB/s
131% Outstanding
Read 233
Write 226
Mixed 86.8
SusWrite 223
140% 192 MB/s
4K Read 2.9
4K Write 5.9
4K Mixed 0.8
319% 3.2 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: GX0B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 60 57 72 77 89 MB/s
71.9% Very good
Read 180
Write 107
Mixed 50.4
SusWrite 70.1
74% 102 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 0.7
206% 2.13 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: GX0B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 52 48 44 49 MB/s
46.3% Average
Read 107
Write 49.6
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 53.2
43% 59.6 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 0.5
166% 1.73 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: GX0B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 61 58 67 70 73 MB/s
33.9% Below average
Read 53.5
Write 79.7
Mixed 38
SusWrite 64.3
43% 58.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.6
110% 0.77 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,954,285 HDDs tested

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Gaming 83%
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Desktop
Desktop 85%
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Workstation
Workstation 81%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX X470-F GAMING - $190

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $150Bench 76%, 159,077 samples1,487x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $137Bench 86%, 635,419 samples317x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $175Bench 74%, 142,983 samples290x
GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples241x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples241x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $237Bench 124%, 840,268 samples206x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples196x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $100Bench 297%, 331,647 samples191x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $117Bench 310%, 455,997 samples183x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $46Bench 84%, 215,644 samples211x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples150x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $88Bench 91%, 87,239 samples142x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 105% - Outstanding Total price: $670

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