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HUA722020ALA330 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 57.7% (210th of 1015)

Based on 1,342 user benchmarks.  Model: HUA722020ALA330
Poor: 39%Average: 57.7% Great: 70%

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Average average bench

The Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB averaged 42.2% 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 0.82MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.74MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB is 31.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 53.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 98.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,342 samples)
Rank 21057.7%
Min Avg Max
60.1 Read 102 123
53.7 Write 102 126
36.7 Mixed 53.5 61.4
59.5 SusWrite 98.7 123
65.3% 89.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.74 0.8
1 4K Write 1.34 1.5
0.6 4K Mixed 0.82 0.9
146% 0.97 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: JKAOA3FB
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 124 116 122 124 121 MB/s
67.9% Good
Read 116
Write 114
Mixed 58.8
SusWrite 120
75% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
146% 1 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: JKAOA3FB
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 114 116 109 109 117 MB/s
64.2% Good
Read 113
Write 109
Mixed 58.6
SusWrite 111
72% 97.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 0.97 MB/s
681GB free
Firmware: JKAOA35C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 97 97 96 100 96 MB/s
56.2% Above average
Read 101
Write 106
Mixed 57.4
SusWrite 94.9
66% 89.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1 MB/s
418GB free
Firmware: JKAOA35C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 87 86 86 84 90 MB/s
52.2% Above average
Read 95.6
Write 102
Mixed 50.3
SusWrite 86.2
61% 83.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.93 MB/s
750GB free
Firmware: JKAOA3FB
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 69 67 67 68 MB/s
50% Above average
Read 107
Write 104
Mixed 62.2
SusWrite 67.5
63% 85.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.03 MB/s
681GB free
Firmware: JKAOA35C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 49 48 50 67 61 MB/s
45.2% Average
Read 104
Write 109
Mixed 55.1
SusWrite 53.6
59% 80.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
146% 0.97 MB/s
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Core i7-7700KIntel  $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples3,907x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples766x
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples367x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples907x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples783x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples782x
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850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples268x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples268x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples196x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples355x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples288x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples138x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Very good Total price: $1,206

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