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HTS723232L9A360 320GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 32.6% (659th of 1015)

Based on 1,522 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitachi HTS723232L9A360
Poor: 13%Average: 32.6% Great: 45%

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Poor average bench

The Hitachi HTS723232L9A360 320GB averaged 67.3% 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 0.69MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.56MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HTS723232L9A360 320GB is 32.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HTS723232L9A360 320GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 34.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 53MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,522 samples)
Rank 65932.6%
Min Avg Max
17.8 Read 60.6 79.8
13.5 Write 56.3 77.6
13.7 Mixed 34.6 44.9
15.7 SusWrite 53 78.7
37.6% 51.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.56 0.7
0.5 4K Write 1.02 1.2
0.3 4K Mixed 0.69 0.8
119% 0.76 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
292GB free
Firmware: FC4OC60D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 75 79 80 77 81 MB/s
45.7% Average
Read 81.2
Write 78.7
Mixed 44.1
SusWrite 78.1
52% 70.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
134% 0.83 MB/s
298GB free
Firmware: FC4OC60D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 75 75 75 75 MB/s
43.6% Average
Read 77.2
Write 75.1
Mixed 44.4
SusWrite 74.8
50% 67.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.87 MB/s
298GB free
Firmware: FC4OC60D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 75 75 75 73 MB/s
43.3% Average
Read 76.6
Write 73.3
Mixed 44.2
SusWrite 74.2
49% 67.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.9
150% 0.9 MB/s
298GB free
Firmware: FC4OC60D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 76 76 75 75 MB/s
42.5% Average
Read 73.4
Write 71.8
Mixed 41
SusWrite 74.8
48% 65.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
134% 0.83 MB/s
0GB free
Firmware: FC4OC60D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 74 76 77 76 MB/s
42.1% Average
Read 71
Write 59.5
Mixed 39.8
SusWrite 75.5
45% 61.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
123% 0.8 MB/s
227GB free
Firmware: FC4OC30F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 72 75 76 78 78 MB/s
36.1% Below average
Read 51.9
Write 38.1
Mixed 29.7
SusWrite 73.8
36% 48.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.8
137% 0.8 MB/s
151GB free
Firmware: FC4OC60D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 60 59 60 60 61 MB/s
34.1% Below average
Read 59.2
Write 57
Mixed 36.5
SusWrite 59.4
39% 53 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
121% 0.77 MB/s
298GB free
Firmware: FC4OC30F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 66 64 75 76 MB/s
26.3% Poor
Read 23.7
Write 47.2
Mixed 23.5
SusWrite 67.8
30% 40.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.5
87% 0.6 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 51%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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System: HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel  $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples337x
Core i7-2630QMIntel  $199Bench 55%, 39,605 samples256x
Core i7-3610QMIntel  $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples181x
GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples840x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples384x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples183x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples91x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples43x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples40x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples111x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples82x
M471B5673EH1-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 27%, 1,322 samples70x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $228

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