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Toshiba PH3400U-1I72

MD04ACA400 4TB

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Release date: Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 82.6% (68th of 1014)

Based on 7,140 user benchmarks.  Models: TOSHIBA MD04ACA400, TOSHIBA MD04ACA4
Poor: 55%Average: 82.6% Great: 104%

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Very good average bench

The Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB averaged just 17.3% 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 3.24MB/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 49.4%. 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 61.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 142MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 7,140 samples)
Rank 6882.6%
Min Avg Max
91.6 Read 145 183
94.7 Write 143 180
43.9 Mixed 61.7 70.3
92.1 SusWrite 142 184
89.7% 123 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.1 4K Read 3.24 7.16
1.6 4K Write 2.13 2.4
0.7 4K Mixed 1.09 1.2
295% 2.15 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 180 182 182 183 181 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 177
Write 181
Mixed 70
SusWrite 181
111% 152 MB/s
4K Read 5.8
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.2
419% 3.13 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 153 153 155 155 154 MB/s
94.1% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 173
Mixed 67.3
SusWrite 154
103% 142 MB/s
4K Read 5.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1.1
402% 3.03 MB/s
684GB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 122 127 124 129 132 MB/s
74.8% Very good
Read 133
Write 133
Mixed 60.8
SusWrite 127
83% 113 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.1
255% 1.83 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 42 50 56 49 51 MB/s
62.8% Good
Read 170
Write 154
Mixed 67.5
SusWrite 47.6
80% 110 MB/s
4K Read 2.6
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
251% 1.93 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $154 @ launch in Nov '14
BHPhotoUS $1404 years
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Typical MD04ACA400 4TB Builds (Compare 9,174 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 113%
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Desktop
Desktop 100%
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Workstation
Workstation 106%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-P - $100

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $290Bench 99%, 249,609 samples2,716x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $195Bench 95%, 181,330 samples1,820x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $380Bench 99%, 248,977 samples1,296x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $505Bench 113%, 284,999 samples1,752x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $450Bench 107%, 278,915 samples733x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia  $770Bench 129%, 110,161 samples693x
SSD
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel  $110Bench 198%, 86,407 samples559x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBIntel  $65Bench 159%, 78,098 samples409x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 288%, 172,037 samples390x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $69Bench 86%, 300,565 samples453x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $65Bench 83%, 371,676 samples371x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 23,394 samples340x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $1,074

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Excellent

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