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Toshiba

MG06ACA600E 6TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 105% (2nd of 1015)

Based on 62 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MG06ACA600E
Poor: 64%Average: 105% Great: 134%

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Outstanding average bench

The Toshiba MG06ACA600E 6TB averaged 5.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Toshiba MG06ACA600E 6TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.89MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.78MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MG06ACA600E 6TB is 70.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Toshiba MG06ACA600E 6TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 88.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.74MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 62 samples)
Rank 2105%
Min Avg Max
96.5 Read 178 236
108 Write 182 230
59.3 Mixed 88.7 119
111 SusWrite 189 236
117% 160 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.74 1
1.3 4K Write 2.78 7.55
0.41 4K Mixed 0.89 1.1
181% 1.47 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
5.5TB free
Firmware: 0108
SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 229 231 229 227 227 MB/s
132% Outstanding
Read 231
Write 246
Mixed 117
SusWrite 228
150% 206 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 6.6
4K Mixed 0.8
244% 2.73 MB/s
5.5TB free
Firmware: 0108
SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 232 226 226 227 229 MB/s
126% Outstanding
Read 210
Write 221
Mixed 118
SusWrite 228
142% 194 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 6.5
4K Mixed 0.8
243% 2.7 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 198 202 197 200 197 MB/s
115% Outstanding
Read 203
Write 219
Mixed 79.9
SusWrite 198
127% 175 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 1.1
185% 1.2 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 166 169 171 170 168 MB/s
87.2% Excellent
Read 136
Write 158
Mixed 86.9
SusWrite 168
101% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
133% 0.9 MB/s
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Gaming 99%
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Desktop 101%
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Workstation 91%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING II

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $142Bench 96%, 383,420 samples1,015x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples922x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples597x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples574x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples335x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples324x
SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples253x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples245x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples176x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples434x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples295x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples136x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 102% - Outstanding Total price: $547

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