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Toshiba PH3400U-1I72

MD04ACA400 4TB

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Release date: Q4 2014.

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Average Bench: 85.4% (55th of 1015)

Based on 4,074 user benchmarks.  Models: TOSHIBA MD04ACA400, TOSHIBA MD04ACA4
Poor: 59%Average: 85.4% Great: 105%

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Very good average bench

The Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB averaged just 14.5% 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 3.36MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.09MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB is 45.8%. 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 62.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 145MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,074 samples)
Rank 5585.4%
Min Avg Max
96.9 Read 149 183
92.3 Write 145 180
44.5 Mixed 62.4 70.3
94.8 SusWrite 148 185
91.8% 126 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.1 4K Read 3.36 6.9
1.52 4K Write 2.13 2.4
0.82 4K Mixed 1.09 1.2
301% 2.19 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: 176 177 168 183 171 174 MB/s
97% Outstanding
Read 163
Write 159
Mixed 65
SusWrite 175
102% 140 MB/s
4K Read 3
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.2
303% 2.2 MB/s
480GB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 102 107 109 105 104 MB/s
64.3% Good
Read 118
Write 81.7
Mixed 41.5
SusWrite 105
63% 86.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
178% 1.37 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $154 @ launch in Nov '14
BHPhotoUS $1403 years
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Gaming
Gaming 124%
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Desktop
Desktop 110%
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Workstation
Workstation 117%
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Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO - $187

CPU
Ryzen 7 1800XAMD  $230Bench 93%, 44,411 samples4,738x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD  $154Bench 89%, 60,416 samples3,486x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $235Bench 85%, 105,987 samples3,301x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $709Bench 153%, 383,820 samples3,233x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 120%, 529,146 samples2,307x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $400Bench 97%, 637,429 samples1,676x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 202%, 141,790 samples1,978x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 220%, 90,581 samples1,703x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $103Bench 115%, 362,672 samples1,006x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $78Bench 90%, 100,078 samples1,188x
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL  $131Bench 101%, 20,605 samples1,111x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $105Bench 88%, 68,650 samples755x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 113% - Outstanding Total price: $1,303

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Excellent

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