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Deskstar NAS 4TB

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Release date: Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 70.7% (130th of 1015)

Based on 6,798 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]

Poor: 48%Average: 70.7% Great: 91%

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Good average bench

The HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB averaged 29.2% 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 0.72MB/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 43.1%. 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 29.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 122MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,798 samples)
Rank 13070.7%
Min Avg Max
73.9 Read 122 162
76.7 Write 124 160
13.5 Mixed 29.9 53.4
80 SusWrite 124 159
72.4% 100 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 1.01 1.2
1.4 4K Write 2.05 2.3
0.5 4K Mixed 0.72 0.8
160% 1.26 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 160 161 161 162 163 MB/s
89.4% Excellent
Read 150
Write 157
Mixed 20.7
SusWrite 161
88% 122 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
176% 1.37 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 157 154 153 153 158 MB/s
86.2% Excellent
Read 146
Write 145
Mixed 34.3
SusWrite 154
87% 120 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
171% 1.33 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 153 153 153 154 153 MB/s
82.4% Excellent
Read 134
Write 148
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 153
82% 114 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
176% 1.37 MB/s
83GB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 132 129 141 141 147 MB/s
81.4% Excellent
Read 149
Write 142
Mixed 23.2
SusWrite 135
81% 112 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
176% 1.37 MB/s
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 Prices

MSRP ≈ $203 @ launch in Dec '13
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Gaming 95%
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Desktop 93%
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Workstation
Workstation 97%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE - $150

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $309Bench 87%, 669,386 samples9,960x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $459Bench 87%, 242,633 samples5,511x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $270Bench 84%, 980,212 samples4,079x
GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 105%, 363,665 samples4,012x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 117%, 505,105 samples3,970x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 152%, 281,761 samples2,132x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 279%, 338,360 samples1,907x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $155Bench 298%, 258,279 samples1,780x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $144Bench 324%, 291,009 samples1,670x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $74Bench 85%, 517,339 samples1,707x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $90Bench 84%, 269,954 samples1,387x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 106%, 56,264 samples1,009x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $1,008

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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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3,314

Good

18 months ago.

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

CHE-User
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2,282

Good

4 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

7 years ago.

SgtSixpack
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Excellent

3 years ago.

Reliable I have 0S03665 & 0S04005.

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