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HDS724040AL 4TB

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 71.9% (119th of 1015)

Based on 78 user benchmarks.  Model: HGST HDS724040AL
Poor: 46%Average: 71.9% Great: 93%

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Good average bench

The Hitachi HDS724040AL 4TB averaged 28.0% 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 0.49MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.94MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HDS724040AL 4TB is 47%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Hitachi HDS724040AL 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 76.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 115MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 78 samples)
Rank 11971.9%
Min Avg Max
74 Read 127 172
75.6 Write 124 167
15 Mixed 76.6 157
78.6 SusWrite 115 161
81.3% 111 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.55 4K Read 0.94 1.2
0.66 4K Write 1.95 2.3
0.19 4K Mixed 0.49 0.8
129% 1.12 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: A580
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 157 158 159 159 159 MB/s
92.1% Outstanding
Read 162
Write 153
Mixed 41.5
SusWrite 159
93% 129 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
157% 1.33 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: A580
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 160 161 162 161 161 MB/s
87.9% Excellent
Read 145
Write 155
Mixed 30.8
SusWrite 161
89% 123 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
176% 1.37 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: A580
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 149 147 144 144 143 MB/s
78.8% Very good
Read 130
Write 143
Mixed 24.7
SusWrite 145
80% 110 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
158% 1.27 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: A580
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 120 119 121 120 120 MB/s
77.2% Very good
Read 150
Write 149
Mixed 30.5
SusWrite 119
81% 112 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
173% 1.37 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: MJAO
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 102 101 102 100 MB/s
68% Good
Read 136
Write 145
Mixed 39
SusWrite 100
76% 105 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
180% 1.4 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: A580
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 117 118 117 118 MB/s
65.2% Good
Read 110
Write 108
Mixed 38.7
SusWrite 118
68% 93.3 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
158% 1.27 MB/s
304GB free
Firmware: A580
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 65 45 43 47 43 MB/s
40.9% Average
Read 90.9
Write 84.3
Mixed 22.7
SusWrite 51.1
45% 62.2 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
155% 1.2 MB/s
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 46%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450 AORUS M - $99

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,430x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples1,317x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples559x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $140Bench 52%, 360,351 samples500x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples430x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples423x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples171x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples166x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples414x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples274x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples249x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $395

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