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HMS5C4040BLE640 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 60.8% (183rd of 1014)

Based on 902 user benchmarks.  Model: HGST HMS5C4040BLE640
Poor: 37%Average: 60.8% Great: 73%

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Above average average bench

The Hitachi HMS5C4040BLE640 4TB averaged 39.2% 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 0.59MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.93MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HMS5C4040BLE640 4TB is 36.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Hitachi HMS5C4040BLE640 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 26.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 104MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 902 samples)
Rank 18360.8%
Min Avg Max
52 Read 104 128
62.8 Write 107 131
11 Mixed 26.7 49.5
66.3 SusWrite 108 129
62.4% 86.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.83 1
1.44 4K Write 1.93 2.1
0.3 4K Mixed 0.59 0.7
136% 1.12 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: MPAOA5D0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 123 126 123 125 123 MB/s
69% Good
Read 117
Write 114
Mixed 31.8
SusWrite 124
70% 96.5 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
158% 1.27 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: MPAOA5D0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 88 116 117 116 116 MB/s
66.9% Good
Read 122
Write 121
Mixed 21.6
SusWrite 111
68% 93.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.6
141% 1.17 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: MPAOA5D0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 120 117 120 120 120 MB/s
66.1% Good
Read 111
Write 114
Mixed 43.7
SusWrite 119
71% 97 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
139% 1.17 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: MPAOA5D0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 119 121 120 119 MB/s
65.1% Good
Read 107
Write 118
Mixed 28.8
SusWrite 120
68% 93.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.6
141% 1.17 MB/s
489GB free
Firmware: MPAOA5D0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 77 78 78 80 79 MB/s
43.1% Average
Read 71.5
Write 79.2
Mixed 21.2
SusWrite 78.3
45% 62.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.5
122% 1.03 MB/s
327GB free
Firmware: MPAOA5D0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 65 62 66 63 MB/s
37.4% Below average
Read 66.4
Write 75.9
Mixed 15.9
SusWrite 63.7
40% 55.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
118% 0.97 MB/s
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Gaming 37%
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Desktop
Desktop 93%
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Workstation
Workstation 34%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H470I AORUS PRO AX

CPU
Core i5-10400Intel  $130Bench 84%, 71,804 samples23x
Core i7-10700KIntel  $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples23x
Core i7-10700FIntel  $180Bench 93%, 44,448 samples13x
GPU
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples12x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples12x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples11x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples16x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples11x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples10x
RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x31.5GBUnknownBench 92%, 1,196 samples13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $74Bench 76%, 29,684 samples8x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples7x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 77% - Very good Total price: $423

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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