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Release date: Q2 2015.

Release date: Q4 2013.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 60,308 user samples
52,322 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 87% 855GB free
Worst Bench: 45% 326GB free
Poor: 45% Great: 87%
SPEED RANK: 142nd / 1015
7,986 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 92% 3.5TB free
Worst Bench: 47% 2.5TB free
Poor: 47% Great: 92%
SPEED RANK: 115th / 1015
Effective Speed
Effective HDD Speed
67.4 % 73 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+8%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
122 MB/s 125 MB/s +2%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
114 MB/s 128 MB/s Faster write speed.
+12%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
0.97 MB/s 1.01 MB/s +4%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
2.41 MB/s Faster random write.
+19%
2.02 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
80.5 MB/s Hugely faster mixed IO speed.
+155%
31.6 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
0.94 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+32%
0.71 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
113 MB/s 129 MB/s Faster sustained write speed.
+14%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
157 MB/s 161 MB/s +3%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
147 MB/s 160 MB/s Slightly faster peak write speed.
+9%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
1.2 MB/s 1.2 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
2.8 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+22%
2.3 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
102 MB/s Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed.
+87%
54.6 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
1 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+25%
0.8 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
150 MB/s 161 MB/s Slightly faster peak sustained write speed.
+7%
Market Share
Based on 53,961,964 HDDs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.21 % Hugely higher market share.
+425%
0.04 %
Value
Value For Money
38.6 % 39.2 % +2%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
51 % 53 % +4%
Price
Price (score)
$35 Much cheaper.
+77%
$149
Age
Newest
114 Months More recent.
+13%
131 Months
Capacity
Capacity
1TB 4TB

The HGST Deskstar NAS is one of the few NAS drives to feature a 7,200 RPM rotational speed. This relatively high rotational speed helps the 4TB Deskstar NAS achieve a 4k read/write speed of 1.14/2.2 MB/s. 1.14 MB/s is actually the highest 4K read speed I have seen to date on a 4TB drive. In terms of sequential read/write speeds the Deskstar NAS clocked in at 161/144 MB/s which are also a reasonable set of scores. Overall the Deskstar NAS scored an effective speed of 116 MB/s which despite being 14% below the group leaders, is still second place for a 4TB capacity drive. With 4TB of capacity and an above average performance profile the HGST Deskstar NAS represents very good value for money. [Mar '14 HDrivePro]

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