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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% (60th of 1010)

Based on 3,518 user benchmarks.  Models: TOSHIBA MD04ACA400, TOSHIBA MD04ACA4
Poor: 58%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 3.38MB/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 46.3%. 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. Sustained Write Speed 144MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,518 samples)
Rank 6083.6%
Min Avg Max
91.8 Read 147 182
91.2 Write 145 180
41.7 Mixed 62 71.3
92.2 SusWrite 144 184
90.7% 124 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.1 4K Read 3.38 7.1
1.7 4K Write 2.16 2.4
0.79 4K Mixed 1.08 1.2
301% 2.21 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 182 180 184 180 180 MB/s
99.3% Outstanding
Read 164
Write 166
Mixed 67.5
SusWrite 181
105% 145 MB/s
4K Read 3.9
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.1
329% 2.47 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 15,714,779 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $154 @ launch in Nov '14
AmazonUS $11023 mins
BHPhotoUS $1402 years
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Gaming 108%
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Desktop 100%
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Workstation
Workstation 105%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X370-PRO - $144

CPU
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $147Bench 85%, 98,183 samples4,912x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD  $186Bench 89%, 52,286 samples3,800x
Ryzen 7 1800XAMD  $230Bench 93%, 37,519 samples2,172x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 123%, 459,370 samples2,313x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $364Bench 98%, 535,855 samples2,216x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $230Bench 71%, 516,221 samples1,785x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 201%, 127,835 samples1,938x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $65Bench 105%, 411,158 samples1,387x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $105Bench 112%, 348,851 samples1,251x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $105Bench 87%, 168,565 samples1,682x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $110Bench 91%, 82,671 samples1,294x
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL  $200Bench 105%, 15,148 samples617x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 113% - Outstanding Total price: $1,024

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Excellent

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