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Toshiba

MD03ACA400R 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 80.3% (78th of 1015)

Based on 38 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA MD03ACA400R
Poor: 47%Average: 80.3% Great: 95%

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Very good average bench

The Toshiba MD03ACA400R 4TB averaged just 19.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Toshiba MD03ACA400R 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.84MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.6MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MD03ACA400R 4TB is 47.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba MD03ACA400R 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 68.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 138MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 38 samples)
Rank 7880.3%
Min Avg Max
33.6 Read 142 167
25.9 Write 143 175
42.5 Mixed 68.1 89.5
24.4 SusWrite 138 169
89.7% 123 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.8 0.9
0.6 4K Write 2.6 3.2
0.3 4K Mixed 0.84 1.1
175% 1.41 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 148 153 149 149 152 MB/s
89% Excellent
Read 160
Write 162
Mixed 88.9
SusWrite 150
103% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.7
150% 1.23 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 140 140 139 141 139 MB/s
77.6% Very good
Read 130
Write 166
Mixed 89
SusWrite 140
96% 131 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.7
156% 1.3 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 116 116 119 116 117 MB/s
73.8% Very good
Read 140
Write 169
Mixed 90
SusWrite 117
95% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
161% 1.27 MB/s
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Typical MD03ACA400R 4TB Builds (Compare 9,557 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 142%
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Desktop
Desktop 103%
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Workstation
Workstation 130%
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Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56)

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples3,395x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $175Bench 98%, 128,080 samples1,359x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,042x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples917x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples867x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples792x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples519x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples373x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD  $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples308x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples620x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples310x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsair  $50Bench 89%, 87,344 samples277x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 103% - Outstanding Total price: $655

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