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Toshiba

MC04ACA300E 3TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 83.4% (60th of 1015)

Based on 29 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MC04ACA300E
Poor: 69%Average: 83.4% Great: 96%

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Very good average bench

The Toshiba MC04ACA300E 3TB averaged just 16.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Toshiba MC04ACA300E 3TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 3.12MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.63MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MC04ACA300E 3TB is 27.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Toshiba MC04ACA300E 3TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 77.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.53MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 29 samples)
Rank 6083.4%
Min Avg Max
105 Read 149 184
105 Write 147 182
37.3 Mixed 77.4 166
105 SusWrite 140 185
93.9% 128 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 3.12 6.9
0.35 4K Write 1.53 2.4
0.23 4K Mixed 0.63 1.2
229% 1.76 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: 138 138 141 140 143 142 MB/s
91% Outstanding
Read 176
Write 160
Mixed 43.5
SusWrite 140
94% 130 MB/s
4K Read 5
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.4
260% 1.93 MB/s
401GB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 137 134 136 131 130 MB/s
84.3% Excellent
Read 158
Write 158
Mixed 64.4
SusWrite 134
94% 129 MB/s
4K Read 6.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.1
450% 3.4 MB/s
403GB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 129 135 137 132 133 MB/s
81.5% Excellent
Read 152
Write 158
Mixed 67.9
SusWrite 131
93% 127 MB/s
4K Read 3.7
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.1
321% 2.4 MB/s
964GB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 114 115 116 116 117 MB/s
77% Very good
Read 152
Write 152
Mixed 69.9
SusWrite 116
90% 122 MB/s
4K Read 3.5
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1.1
305% 2.2 MB/s
16GB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 115 127 130 135 127 MB/s
76.4% Very good
Read 141
Write 135
Mixed 63.6
SusWrite 124
85% 116 MB/s
4K Read 2.3
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1.1
261% 1.9 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 105 105 107 105 MB/s
70.5% Very good
Read 139
Write 158
Mixed 67.5
SusWrite 105
86% 118 MB/s
4K Read 3.2
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.1
296% 2.17 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 136 136 138 135 135 MB/s
68.8% Good
Read 105
Write 105
Mixed 37.3
SusWrite 135
69% 95.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.5
115% 0.73 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 89%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 76%
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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples3,922x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples769x
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples367x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples910x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples786x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples784x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples269x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples268x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples198x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples357x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples290x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples138x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $1,006

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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