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HTS 541010A9E680 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 41.3% (478th of 1015)

Based on 1,386 user benchmarks.  Model: HGST HTS 541010A9E680
Poor: 17%Average: 41.3% Great: 59%

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Below average average bench

The Hitachi HTS 541010A9E680 1TB averaged 58.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.53MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.34MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HTS 541010A9E680 1TB is 41.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Hitachi HTS 541010A9E680 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 30.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 66.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,386 samples)
Rank 47841.3%
Min Avg Max
24.4 Read 75 103
21 Write 66.9 99.8
18 Mixed 30.8 38.2
23.8 SusWrite 68.8 103
44% 60.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.46 0.6
0.4 4K Write 1.34 1.6
0.3 4K Mixed 0.53 0.6
103% 0.78 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
671GB free
Firmware: JA0O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 108 109 108 109 110 MB/s
54% Above average
Read 79.8
Write 68.3
Mixed 30
SusWrite 108
52% 71.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
115% 0.87 MB/s
512GB free
Firmware: 0301
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 80 79 79 80 MB/s
49.8% Average
Read 94
Write 100
Mixed 37.3
SusWrite 79.3
57% 77.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
115% 0.87 MB/s
284GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 76 77 77 76 MB/s
44.6% Average
Read 79
Write 74.2
Mixed 28.9
SusWrite 76.2
47% 64.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.9 MB/s
80GB free
Firmware: JA0O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 67 65 66 66 67 MB/s
39.6% Below average
Read 71.9
Write 64.6
Mixed 28.9
SusWrite 65.9
42% 57.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
115% 0.87 MB/s
119GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 69 69 69 68 MB/s
36.7% Below average
Read 59
Write 59.9
Mixed 25.4
SusWrite 68.6
39% 53.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
113% 0.83 MB/s
473GB free
Firmware: JA0O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 35 35 35 34 MB/s
25.6% Poor
Read 53.9
Write 34.9
Mixed 30.8
SusWrite 34.9
28% 38.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.6
121% 0.8 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 6%
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Desktop
Desktop 44%
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Workstation
Workstation 5%
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System: HP Pavilion Notebook

CPU
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples1,341x
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 45%, 205,332 samples1,253x
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples912x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples1,939x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples1,401x
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples807x
SSD
MZNLN128HAHQ-000H1 128GBSamsungBench 78%, 14,590 samples262x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples146x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples132x
RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples393x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples317x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples264x
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