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Toshiba PH3400U-1I72

MD04ACA400 4TB

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Release date: Q4 2014.

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Average Bench: 83.6% (66th of 1015)

Based on 3,621 user benchmarks.  Models: TOSHIBA MD04ACA400, TOSHIBA MD04ACA4
Poor: 56%Average: 83.6% Great: 104%

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Very good average bench

The Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB averaged just 16.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 3.35MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.08MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB is 47.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 62MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 143MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,621 samples)
Rank 6683.6%
Min Avg Max
98.4 Read 147 181
93.3 Write 143 177
43.7 Mixed 62 70.5
92.7 SusWrite 144 183
90.4% 124 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.1 4K Read 3.35 6.9
1.61 4K Write 2.14 2.4
0.8 4K Mixed 1.08 1.2
300% 2.19 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 162 164 166 164 163 MB/s
91.8% Outstanding
Read 159
Write 154
Mixed 65.5
SusWrite 160
98% 135 MB/s
4K Read 3.6
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1.1
315% 2.33 MB/s
904GB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 168 165 169 165 166 MB/s
90.7% Outstanding
Read 150
Write 137
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 166
93% 128 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1
238% 1.73 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 114 109 112 116 109 MB/s
68.8% Good
Read 130
Write 133
Mixed 46.7
SusWrite 110
76% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
167% 1.13 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $154 @ launch in Nov '14
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BHPhotoUS $1403 years
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Gaming 108%
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Desktop 99%
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Workstation
Workstation 104%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X370-PRO - $100

CPU
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $161Bench 85%, 90,716 samples5,230x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD  $155Bench 89%, 58,806 samples4,005x
Ryzen 7 1800XAMD  $200Bench 92%, 40,402 samples2,306x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 123%, 448,609 samples2,448x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $380Bench 97%, 574,429 samples2,346x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $208Bench 70%, 570,049 samples1,896x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 129,236 samples1,995x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $70Bench 104%, 410,120 samples1,456x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $99Bench 113%, 331,339 samples1,301x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $80Bench 87%, 184,619 samples1,785x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $95Bench 92%, 85,808 samples1,382x
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL  $176Bench 107%, 17,697 samples655x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 115% - Outstanding Total price: $968

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Excellent

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