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HGST 0S03664

Deskstar NAS 4TB

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Release date: Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 72.5% (117th of 1015)

Based on 8,253 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: 49%Average: 72.5% Great: 91%

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Good average bench

The HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB averaged 27.5% 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 0.71MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.02MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB is 42.6%. 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 30.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 126MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8,253 samples)
Rank 11772.5%
Min Avg Max
77.1 Read 126 160
79.7 Write 127 160
13.4 Mixed 30.2 52.3
81.7 SusWrite 127 161
74.1% 102 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 1.02 1.2
0.6 4K Write 2.01 2.3
0.3 4K Mixed 0.71 0.8
159% 1.25 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: 135 137 137 137 138 138 MB/s
76.5% Very good
Read 129
Write 132
Mixed 19.9
SusWrite 137
75% 105 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
167% 1.33 MB/s
753GB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 110 110 110 110 109 MB/s
65% Good
Read 118
Write 112
Mixed 15.2
SusWrite 108
64% 88.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.3
90% 0.67 MB/s
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 Prices

MSRP ≈ $203 @ launch in Dec '13
BHPhotoUS $1505 years
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Gaming 103%
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Desktop 92%
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Workstation
Workstation 106%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE - $135

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $325Bench 85%, 755,235 samples11,845x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $519Bench 86%, 293,369 samples6,473x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $170Bench 82%, 1,121,156 samples4,855x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 118%, 578,095 samples4,585x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $410Bench 105%, 378,316 samples4,577x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 153%, 369,988 samples2,707x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $65Bench 293%, 385,141 samples2,294x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $105Bench 328%, 393,348 samples2,242x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $133Bench 300%, 314,224 samples2,136x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $68Bench 85%, 598,699 samples2,004x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $83Bench 86%, 343,296 samples1,619x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 64,964 samples1,267x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $1,103

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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

Added 8 years ago.
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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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3,482

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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2,360

Good

5 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

8 years ago.

SgtSixpack
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Excellent

4 years ago.

Reliable I have 0S03665 & 0S04005.

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