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HDS724020ALE640 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 70.7% (123rd of 1015)

Based on 551 user benchmarks.  Model: HGST HDS724020ALE640
Poor: 54%Average: 70.7% Great: 87%

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Good average bench

The Hitachi HDS724020ALE640 2TB averaged 29.3% 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 0.58MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.95MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HDS724020ALE640 2TB is 33.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HDS724020ALE640 2TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 55.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 120MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 551 samples)
Rank 12370.7%
Min Avg Max
85.4 Read 124 157
89.5 Write 124 154
15.2 Mixed 55.2 146
90 SusWrite 120 151
77.3% 106 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.53 4K Read 0.95 1.12
1.4 4K Write 1.99 2.23
0.19 4K Mixed 0.58 0.8
141% 1.17 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
892GB free
Firmware: MJ6OA5K0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 125 127 126 127 127 MB/s
73.1% Very good
Read 128
Write 142
Mixed 16
SusWrite 127
74% 103 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
171% 1.33 MB/s
687GB free
Firmware: MJ6OA5K0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 118 118 116 118 116 MB/s
67.2% Good
Read 117
Write 124
Mixed 32.7
SusWrite 117
71% 97.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
162% 1.3 MB/s
744GB free
Firmware: MJ6OA5K0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 116 115 111 116 MB/s
62.2% Good
Read 102
Write 110
Mixed 41.4
SusWrite 114
67% 91.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
172% 1.3 MB/s
177GB free
Firmware: MJ6OA5K0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 123 120 146 125 124 MB/s
61.3% Good
Read 87.3
Write 89
Mixed 19.9
SusWrite 126
58% 80.6 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
156% 1.23 MB/s
680GB free
Firmware: MJ6OA5K0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 109 108 107 109 108 MB/s
61.1% Good
Read 105
Write 110
Mixed 35
SusWrite 108
65% 89.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
152% 1.2 MB/s
142GB free
Firmware: MJ6OA5K0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 109 112 111 110 113 MB/s
58.1% Above average
Read 91.3
Write 77.5
Mixed 21.3
SusWrite 111
54% 75.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
172% 1.3 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,312,006 HDDs tested

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Typical HDS724020ALE640 2TB Builds (Compare 969 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 111%
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Desktop
Desktop 95%
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Workstation
Workstation 102%
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Motherboard: Asrock Z370 Gaming K6

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples560x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples151x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples47x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples126x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples108x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples61x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples39x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples34x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples31x
RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples51x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples37x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples33x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $751

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