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Toshiba

HDWG21E 14TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 109% (1st of 1015)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA HDWG21E
Poor: 50%Average: 109% Great: 139%

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Outstanding average bench

The Toshiba HDWG21E 14TB averaged 8.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Toshiba HDWG21E 14TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.93MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 193MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba HDWG21E 14TB is 88.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Toshiba HDWG21E 14TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 63.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.69MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 1109%
Min Avg Max
30.3 Read 193 250
24.9 Write 182 243
23.2 Mixed 63.1 84.5
12 SusWrite 187 248
114% 156 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.76 1
0.7 4K Write 1.69 1.9
0.4 4K Mixed 0.93 1.2
166% 1.13 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
12TB free
Firmware: 0601
SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 249 249 245 248 250 MB/s
136% Outstanding
Read 227
Write 204
Mixed 66
SusWrite 248
135% 186 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
165% 1.13 MB/s
8.5TB free
Firmware: 0601
SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 208 206 222 225 225 MB/s
124% Outstanding
Read 218
Write 227
Mixed 68.3
SusWrite 216
132% 182 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
167% 1.17 MB/s
12.5TB free
Firmware: 0601
SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 192 196 200 196 194 MB/s
123% Outstanding
Read 233
Write 209
Mixed 70
SusWrite 195
128% 177 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
161% 1.1 MB/s
8TB free
Firmware: 0601
SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 224 228 226 228 229 MB/s
121% Outstanding
Read 195
Write 184
Mixed 56.9
SusWrite 226
120% 166 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
165% 1.13 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: 0601
SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 210 209 212 208 211 MB/s
115% Outstanding
Read 192
Write 186
Mixed 67.2
SusWrite 210
119% 164 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
165% 1.13 MB/s
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Workstation 112%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG RAMPAGE VI EXTREME

CPU
Core i9-7900XIntel  $413Bench 82%, 19,432 samples186x
Core i9-7980XEIntel  $1,286Bench 80%, 4,653 samples168x
Core i7-7820XIntel  $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples126x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples187x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples95x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples83x
SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $249Bench 279%, 18,356 samples51x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples49x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples45x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples22x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 8x8GBG.SKILLBench 125%, 648 samples18x
F4 DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 105%, 6,151 samples18x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $1,260

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