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Deskstar NAS 4TB

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Release date: Q4 2013.

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Average Bench: 72.5% (122nd of 1015)

Based on 3,684 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: 47%Average: 72.5% Great: 91%

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Good average bench

The HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB averaged 27.4% 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 1.01MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB is 43.7%. 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 30.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 126MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,684 samples)
Rank 12272.5%
Min Avg Max
66.5 Read 126 161
80.5 Write 128 161
13.5 Mixed 30.3 53.7
81.9 SusWrite 126 161
74.4% 103 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.62 4K Read 1.01 1.2
0.8 4K Write 2.02 2.3
0.4 4K Mixed 0.73 0.8
160% 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: 147 144 148 144 146 145 MB/s
83.8% Excellent
Read 146
Write 143
Mixed 25.2
SusWrite 146
83% 115 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
182% 1.43 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 155 156 155 156 157 MB/s
81.8% Excellent
Read 129
Write 129
Mixed 25.3
SusWrite 156
79% 110 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
170% 1.27 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 97 104 104 104 101 MB/s
55.6% Above average
Read 92
Write 88.4
Mixed 28.1
SusWrite 102
56% 77.5 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
155% 1.2 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $203 @ launch in Dec '13
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Gaming 63%
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Desktop 83%
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Workstation 60%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $365Bench 86%, 216,336 samples7,524x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $255Bench 80%, 131,124 samples1,388x
Core i7-4770KIntel  $293Bench 77%, 97,183 samples688x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $399Bench 63%, 429,875 samples1,993x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 123%, 505,858 samples1,041x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $750Bench 153%, 383,820 samples946x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $103Bench 114%, 354,977 samples971x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $104Bench 106%, 446,313 samples959x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung  $130Bench 96%, 107,607 samples627x
RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 11,824 samples595x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 62%, 22,986 samples581x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 53,062 samples359x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $867

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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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2,364

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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1,720

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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891

Above average

5 years ago.

SgtSixpack
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8

Excellent

21 months ago.

Reliable I have 0S03665 & 0S04005.

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