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HTS542512K9A300 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 22.1% (948th of 1015)

Based on 185 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitachi HTS542512K9A300
Poor: 10%Average: 22.1% Great: 31%

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Very poor average bench

The Hitachi HTS542512K9A300 120GB averaged 77.9% 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 0.47MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.9MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HTS542512K9A300 120GB is 20.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HTS542512K9A300 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 23.3MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 33.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 185 samples)
Rank 94822.1%
Min Avg Max
15.7 Read 40.9 54.3
10 Write 39 53.5
6.4 Mixed 23.3 44.3
8.69 SusWrite 33.7 55.3
25.1% 34.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.38 0.5
0.13 4K Write 0.9 1.2
0.07 4K Mixed 0.47 0.7
84.4% 0.58 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
112GB free
Firmware: BB2OC3MP
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 56 57 56 56 55 MB/s
31.9% Below average
Read 54.9
Write 55.7
Mixed 30.9
SusWrite 56.2
36% 49.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
119% 0.77 MB/s
112GB free
Firmware: BB2OC3MP
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 57 56 56 56 56 MB/s
31.6% Below average
Read 53.9
Write 52.8
Mixed 31
SusWrite 56.1
36% 48.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
117% 0.73 MB/s
109GB free
Firmware: BB2OC32P
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 55 55 55 55 MB/s
31% Below average
Read 53
Write 53.1
Mixed 31.1
SusWrite 55
35% 48 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
119% 0.77 MB/s
104GB free
Firmware: BB2OC3MP
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 53 55 55 55 54 MB/s
30.4% Below average
Read 51.6
Write 50.8
Mixed 31.4
SusWrite 54.3
34% 47 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.6
108% 0.73 MB/s
112GB free
Firmware: BB2OC3MP
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 51 41 44 45 50 MB/s
26.3% Poor
Read 46.7
Write 52.7
Mixed 28.7
SusWrite 44.7
32% 43.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
115% 0.73 MB/s
20GB free
Firmware: BB2OC3EP
SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 31 30 30 30 30 MB/s
24.4% Poor
Read 54.7
Write 37.2
Mixed 23.5
SusWrite 30
27% 36.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
106% 0.67 MB/s
29GB free
Firmware: BB2OC3MP
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 54 53 53 54 54 MB/s
23% Poor
Read 26.9
Write 27.9
Mixed 17.2
SusWrite 53.2
23% 31.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.5
94% 0.53 MB/s
20GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BB2OC32P
SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 18 24 26 15 23 MB/s
18% Very poor
Read 42.1
Write 42.1
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 20.3
23% 31.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.6
108% 0.7 MB/s
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Desktop 102%
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Workstation 95%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B660M GAMING DDR4

CPU
Core i5-12400FIntel  $133Bench 98%, 48,886 samples597x
Core i3-12100FIntel  $95Bench 94%, 11,860 samples235x
Core i5-12400Intel  $162Bench 98%, 17,352 samples195x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples232x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples148x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples103x
SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $68Bench 224%, 92,081 samples57x
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 186%, 34,043 samples56x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples41x
RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples100x
KF3200C16D4/16GX 2x16GBKingstonBench 91%, 43,162 samples62x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples49x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $479

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