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HUA721050KLA330 500GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 37.9% (540th of 1015)

Based on 1,003 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitachi HUA721050KLA330
Poor: 18%Average: 37.9% Great: 47%

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Poor average bench

The Hitachi HUA721050KLA330 500GB averaged 62.0% 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 0.83MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.77MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HUA721050KLA330 500GB is 29.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HUA721050KLA330 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 39.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 63.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,003 samples)
Rank 54037.9%
Min Avg Max
30.2 Read 68 82
27.1 Write 68.8 85.5
21.5 Mixed 39.7 47.8
24 SusWrite 63.9 82.6
44.1% 60.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.77 0.9
0.5 4K Write 1.59 1.9
0.3 4K Mixed 0.83 1
154% 1.06 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
52GB free
Firmware: GK6OA90A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 76 78 80 80 MB/s
45.8% Average
Read 81.3
Write 79.4
Mixed 46
SusWrite 77.9
52% 71.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
156% 1.13 MB/s
406GB free
Firmware: GK6OAB0A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 82 82 81 81 81 MB/s
45.7% Average
Read 78.4
Write 79.4
Mixed 40.4
SusWrite 80.7
51% 69.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1
180% 1.2 MB/s
75GB free
Firmware: GK6OA9RA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 57 57 58 56 56 MB/s
37% Below average
Read 71.7
Write 74.6
Mixed 43.6
SusWrite 57.1
45% 61.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.9
152% 0.9 MB/s
62GB free
Firmware: GK6OAB0A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 61 60 55 66 61 MB/s
36.9% Below average
Read 68.7
Write 73.3
Mixed 40.1
SusWrite 59.6
44% 60.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
169% 1.17 MB/s
108GB free
Firmware: GK6OAB0A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 54 52 53 52 53 MB/s
36.9% Below average
Read 75.5
Write 83.2
Mixed 44.2
SusWrite 52.5
47% 63.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 1
178% 1.2 MB/s
428GB free
Firmware: A90A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 47 48 46 47 49 MB/s
16.6% Very poor
Read 10.7
Write 32.8
Mixed 18.2
SusWrite 47.3
20% 27.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.2
36% 0.23 MB/s
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Gaming 4%
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Desktop 40%
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Workstation 4%
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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 760

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel  $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples120x
Core2 Duo E7400Intel  $130Bench 38%, 14,354 samples27x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel  $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples26x
GPU
Q45/Q43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 16,152 samples68x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples26x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples22x
SSD
CS900 240GBPNY  $20Bench 73%, 61,417 samples6x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples6x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung  $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples6x
RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples147x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples53x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples47x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 51% - Above average Total price: $109

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