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Deskstar NAS 4TB

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Release date: Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 71.2% (122nd of 1015)

Based on 5,168 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: 71.2% Great: 91%

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Good average bench

The HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB averaged 28.7% 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 1MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB is 42.5%. 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 32MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 124MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,168 samples)
Rank 12271.2%
Min Avg Max
71.8 Read 124 160
77 Write 124 159
15.1 Mixed 32 54.5
78.4 SusWrite 124 160
73.2% 101 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 1 1.2
0.69 4K Write 1.99 2.3
0.4 4K Mixed 0.72 0.8
158% 1.24 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: MJAO
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 136 136 136 137 137 MB/s
78.2% Very good
Read 137
Write 118
Mixed 17.9
SusWrite 136
74% 102 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
173% 1.37 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 127 130 131 131 129 MB/s
73.8% Very good
Read 127
Write 118
Mixed 15.3
SusWrite 130
70% 97.6 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
170% 1.3 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 101 109 103 103 110 MB/s
51.3% Above average
Read 74
Write 95.8
Mixed 41.6
SusWrite 105
58% 79.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
111% 0.87 MB/s
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 Prices

MSRP ≈ $203 @ launch in Dec '13
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Gaming 95%
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Desktop 94%
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Workstation 97%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE - $160

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $305Bench 87%, 532,317 samples8,411x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $485Bench 88%, 219,023 samples4,621x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $234Bench 84%, 753,232 samples3,456x
GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 105%, 313,119 samples3,504x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 118%, 432,191 samples3,450x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 153%, 163,391 samples1,439x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 284%, 282,296 samples1,569x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 303%, 244,236 samples1,434x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $167Bench 323%, 229,960 samples1,229x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 86%, 449,592 samples1,433x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $120Bench 83%, 239,246 samples1,151x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $226Bench 90%, 78,884 samples844x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $1,024

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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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3,172

Good

13 months ago.

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

CHE-User
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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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