Toshiba HK4R Enterprise SSD Review (1920GB)

128KB SEQUENTIAL READ/WRITE

Sequential performance is measured similarly to the other two tests before. The drive is first secure erased to get it in a clean state. Next, we precondition the drive with a 128KB sequential write workload at QD256 until the drive is in a steady state. Finally, we cycle through QD1-256 for 5 minutes each for writes and then reads. All this is scripted to run with no breaks in between. The last hour of preconditioning, the average MB/s, and average latency for each QD is graphed below.

Toshiba HK4R 2TB 128K PRE

Sequential results are mostly in line with the 524MB/s rating, however, we can see there is some mild variability where it dips down to 490MB/s. Latency averages in the high side of 64ms as well.

Toshiba HK4R 2TB seq read Toshiba HK4R 2TB seq read lat

The Toshiba HK4R and Samsung PM863 both show their dominance during the sequential read tests. From QD2-32 the HK4R and PM863 are very close in performance with the Samsung edging out slightly. Latency maintains under 8ms until QD32.

Toshiba HK4R 2TB seq write Toshiba HK4R 2TB seq write iops

In sequential write testing the surprisingly beat out both the Samsung and Micron SSD. At QD4-32 it maintained a speed of nearly 520MB/s and latency maxed out at an average of 8ms.

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