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Toshiba PH3400U-1I72

MD04ACA400 4TB

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Release date: Q4 2014.

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Average Bench: 84.2% (56th of 1010)

Based on 2,706 user benchmarks.  Models: TOSHIBA MD04ACA400, TOSHIBA MD04ACA4
Poor: 56%Average: 84.2% Great: 105%

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Very good average bench

The Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB averaged just 15.7% 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 48.8%. 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 62.3MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 145MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,706 samples)
Rank 5684.2%
Min Avg Max
96.6 Read 148 184
95.3 Write 145 181
40.8 Mixed 62.3 71.2
94 SusWrite 145 183
91.1% 125 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.2 4K Read 3.35 7
1.5 4K Write 2.13 2.4
0.7 4K Mixed 1.08 1.2
299% 2.19 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1TB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 175 174 176 178 176 MB/s
84.2% Excellent
Read 117
Write 129
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 176
88% 121 MB/s
4K Read 3.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1.1
315% 2.3 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 12,468,350 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $154 @ launch in Nov '14
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BHPhotoUS $1402 years
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Gaming 63%
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Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 59%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $349Bench 85%, 171,890 samples1,062x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $255Bench 81%, 93,356 samples1,001x
Core i7-4790Intel  $308Bench 74%, 71,114 samples307x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $300Bench 64%, 328,704 samples650x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $340Bench 99%, 416,626 samples306x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $460Bench 123%, 352,399 samples243x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $80Bench 106%, 319,548 samples295x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $97Bench 111%, 263,223 samples212x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $65Bench 53%, 126,003 samples126x
RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 61%, 17,958 samples139x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 36,909 samples114x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 55%, 24,289 samples96x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $729

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Excellent

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