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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 89.1% (28th of 1015)

Based on 40 user benchmarks.  Model: MG04ACA400N
Poor: 65%Average: 89.1% Great: 113%

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Very good average bench

The MG04ACA400N 4TB averaged just 10.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the MG04ACA400N 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.76MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 4.47MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MG04ACA400N 4TB is 47.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the MG04ACA400N 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 81.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 150MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 40 samples)
Rank 2889.1%
Min Avg Max
75.3 Read 150 210
93.4 Write 158 203
50.5 Mixed 81.7 104
108 SusWrite 160 200
101% 137 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 1.51 2.7
2.6 4K Write 4.47 5.5
0.2 4K Mixed 0.76 1.1
230% 2.25 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: FJ8J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 187 172 183 180 179 MB/s
99.2% Outstanding
Read 168
Write 172
Mixed 92.4
SusWrite 177
112% 152 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 4
4K Mixed 0.9
245% 2.2 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: FJ3J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 136 153 150 152 152 MB/s
78.8% Very good
Read 128
Write 110
Mixed 66.2
SusWrite 147
82% 113 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.5
135% 0.97 MB/s
738GB free
Firmware: FJ8J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 110 107 108 108 110 MB/s
59.7% Above average
Read 98.8
Write 75.7
Mixed 56.1
SusWrite 108
62% 84.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 0.6
190% 1.97 MB/s
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Typical MG04ACA400N 4TB Builds (Compare 902 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 43%
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 44%
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System: Apple MacPro5,1

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X56901stBench 72%, 2,873 samples203x
Xeon X5690IntelBench 75%, 4,873 samples124x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56801stBench 71%, 2,389 samples59x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples248x
RX 590AMD  $200Bench 57%, 122,060 samples57x
HD 5770AMDBench 10%, 37,602 samples52x
SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples47x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples25x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples21x
RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples106x
8x8GBUnknownBench 94%, 4,255 samples67x
3x16GBUnknownBench 61%, 613 samples56x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 114% - Outstanding Total price: $236

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