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Deskstar NAS 4TB

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Release date: Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 72.7% (122nd of 1015)

Based on 4,853 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: 49%Average: 72.7% Great: 92%

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Good average bench

The HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB averaged 27.2% 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 0.73MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB is 42.1%. 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 29.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 126MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,853 samples)
Rank 12272.7%
Min Avg Max
72.2 Read 126 163
80.1 Write 127 162
12.8 Mixed 29.8 54.5
85.5 SusWrite 127 161
74.1% 102 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.67 4K Read 1 1.2
1.5 4K Write 2.05 2.3
0.5 4K Mixed 0.73 0.8
161% 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: 160 160 162 161 161 160 MB/s
89.8% Excellent
Read 152
Write 160
Mixed 39
SusWrite 161
93% 128 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: 149 154 154 154 154 153 MB/s
76.1% Very good
Read 112
Write 117
Mixed 42.5
SusWrite 153
77% 106 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
176% 1.33 MB/s
137GB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 151 150 149 150 150 MB/s
75.9% Very good
Read 114
Write 114
Mixed 31.3
SusWrite 150
74% 102 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
164% 1.33 MB/s
513GB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 99 102 104 102 102 MB/s
59.9% Above average
Read 107
Write 108
Mixed 32.7
SusWrite 102
63% 87.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
161% 1.27 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 27,249,603 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $203 @ launch in Dec '13
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Gaming 95%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation 70%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $220

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $290Bench 85%, 385,752 samples15,144x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $205Bench 81%, 264,584 samples3,472x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $379Bench 89%, 414,115 samples1,992x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 103%, 706,651 samples4,324x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $408Bench 78%, 785,629 samples3,765x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $719Bench 127%, 503,168 samples2,410x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 110%, 469,351 samples2,324x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $75Bench 104%, 662,032 samples2,189x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 175,522 samples796x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $75Bench 84%, 374,591 samples1,692x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $74Bench 86%, 232,778 samples924x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $60Bench 71%, 62,869 samples639x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 56% - Above average Total price: $1,265

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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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2,770

Good

2 months ago.

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

CHE-User
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Good

3 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

6 years ago.

SgtSixpack
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Excellent

2 years ago.

Reliable I have 0S03665 & 0S04005.

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