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Deskstar NAS 4TB

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Release date: Q4 2013.

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Average Bench: 70.8% (124th of 1010)

Based on 2,589 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: 70.8% 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 1MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB is 43.8%. 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 29.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 123MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,589 samples)
Rank 12470.8%
Min Avg Max
74.9 Read 124 161
81.4 Write 125 160
11 Mixed 29.5 53
75.2 SusWrite 123 159
72.4% 100 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 1 1.2
0.86 4K Write 1.99 2.3
0.4 4K Mixed 0.72 0.8
159% 1.24 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: 154 156 156 155 156 157 MB/s
89.6% Excellent
Read 156
Write 146
Mixed 38
SusWrite 156
90% 124 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
177% 1.4 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 146 146 147 146 147 MB/s
84.3% Excellent
Read 148
Write 138
Mixed 41.5
SusWrite 146
86% 118 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: 139 141 143 143 142 141 MB/s
79.6% Very good
Read 136
Write 142
Mixed 17.5
SusWrite 141
78% 109 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
174% 1.33 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 14,196,231 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $203 @ launch in Dec '13
BHPhotoUS $15022 months
AmazonUS $2171 month
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Gaming 63%
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Desktop 81%
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Workstation 59%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $365Bench 85%, 189,287 samples5,903x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $255Bench 81%, 109,475 samples1,114x
Core i7-4770KIntel  $433Bench 77%, 70,683 samples533x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $374Bench 63%, 359,207 samples1,605x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $498Bench 122%, 359,442 samples839x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 149%, 261,483 samples772x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $63Bench 105%, 350,190 samples814x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 114%, 291,972 samples790x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 96%, 86,134 samples495x
RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 68%, 10,453 samples477x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 61%, 18,462 samples461x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 57%, 42,426 samples299x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $802

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 Comments

HDrivePro
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891

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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2,116

Good

2 years ago.

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

CHE-User
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1,610

Good

22 months 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

4 years ago.

SgtSixpack
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8

Excellent

15 months ago.

Reliable I have 0S03665 & 0S04005.

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