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Deskstar NAS 4TB

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Release date: Q4 2013.

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Average Bench: 72% (120th of 1010)

Based on 2,643 user benchmarks.  Model: HGST HDN724040ALE640

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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Poor: 48%Average: 72% Great: 91%

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Good average bench

The HGST Deskstar NAS 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 0.71MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.01MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB is 43.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 29.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 125MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,643 samples)
Rank 12072%
Min Avg Max
72.8 Read 125 163
82.8 Write 127 161
11.6 Mixed 29.8 51.5
83 SusWrite 126 160
73.6% 102 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 1.01 1.2
1.4 4K Write 2.03 2.3
0.4 4K Mixed 0.71 0.8
159% 1.25 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 148 151 151 151 150 MB/s
84% Excellent
Read 142
Write 146
Mixed 18
SusWrite 150
82% 114 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
176% 1.37 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 153 150 156 157 152 MB/s
76.6% Very good
Read 118
Write 118
Mixed 17.5
SusWrite 149
72% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
177% 1.4 MB/s
356GB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 91 92 91 92 MB/s
65.5% Good
Read 137
Write 146
Mixed 40.5
SusWrite 91
75% 104 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
160% 1.3 MB/s
696GB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 98 98 96 97 MB/s
58.5% Above average
Read 107
Write 126
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 96.7
65% 89.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
146% 1.13 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 15,714,779 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $203 @ launch in Dec '13
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Gaming 63%
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 59%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $365Bench 86%, 209,886 samples6,579x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $255Bench 81%, 123,465 samples1,225x
Core i7-4770KIntel  $352Bench 77%, 85,271 samples602x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $374Bench 63%, 376,689 samples1,785x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 123%, 459,370 samples915x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 151%, 287,815 samples842x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $65Bench 105%, 411,158 samples884x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $105Bench 112%, 348,851 samples867x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 96%, 90,850 samples556x
RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 69%, 11,282 samples534x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 63%, 19,083 samples511x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 48,391 samples317x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $804

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 Comments

HDrivePro
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Official site www.hgst.com/...

7200 RPM, 64MB cache buffer and 6Gb/s SATA interface for fast data access...

Kit Numbers: H3IKNAS40003272SN, H3IKNAS40003272SE, H3IKNAS40003272SA, H3IKNAS40003272SJ
SKUs: 0S03664, 0S03665, 0S03666, 0S03667

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cannot ask for more. the only NAS drive in its class with an active sensor to make sure the data is accessed accurately even with vibrations. I love the HGST drives and agree with backblaze that they are significantly better than the competition.—Sep '14

AUS-User
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2,172

Good

3 years ago.

Most reliable hard drive , have the least failure rate amongst Seagate and WD . 0.7%

CHE-User
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1,658

Good

2 years ago.

We are system arcitects, first we have had seagates at our client storages, now we are HGST Premium Partner. For me is the importest factor, that we have the same damaged disks from few seagate clients, than the hole hgst clients. So this Product is much more stable than the others, that the importest factor for me. Because a damaged disk could slow down the hole storage, if the damage is not seen in the Smart Protocol... Thats a very important fact that we use HGST now, and only HGST. Thanks.

HDrivePro
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Above average

5 years ago.

SgtSixpack
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Excellent

17 months ago.

Reliable I have 0S03665 & 0S04005.

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