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Deskstar NAS 4TB

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Release date: Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 73% (117th of 1015)

Based on 7,986 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: 47%Average: 73% Great: 92%

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Good average bench

The HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB averaged 27.0% 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 1.01MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB is 45%. 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 31.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 125MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 7,986 samples)
Rank 11773%
Min Avg Max
71.7 Read 125 161
79.7 Write 128 160
15.2 Mixed 31.6 54.6
82.2 SusWrite 129 161
74.8% 103 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.61 4K Read 1.01 1.2
0.6 4K Write 2.02 2.3
0.3 4K Mixed 0.71 0.8
158% 1.24 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 154 158 155 123 123 MB/s
86.8% Excellent
Read 158
Write 160
Mixed 43.3
SusWrite 145
92% 127 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
164% 1.33 MB/s
88GB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 144 145 145 144 145 MB/s
83% Excellent
Read 145
Write 150
Mixed 20.6
SusWrite 144
83% 115 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
158% 1.27 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 138 140 139 139 139 MB/s
78.7% Very good
Read 135
Write 142
Mixed 31
SusWrite 139
81% 112 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
164% 1.33 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 137 138 137 138 MB/s
76.5% Very good
Read 129
Write 134
Mixed 18
SusWrite 137
75% 105 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
160% 1.3 MB/s
940GB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 160 158 161 161 160 MB/s
65.5% Good
Read 68.3
Write 81.1
Mixed 9.5
SusWrite 160
57% 79.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
150% 1.17 MB/s
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Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE - $299

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Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $176Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,173x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $169Bench 98%, 128,080 samples1,739x
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RTX 3080Nvidia  $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples926x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $460Bench 148%, 619,642 samples895x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples710x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples607x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $80Bench 385%, 327,441 samples436x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $69Bench 275%, 495,311 samples402x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples307x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples306x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples279x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $1,159

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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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Good

4 years ago.

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

CHE-User
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Good

7 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

10 years ago.

SgtSixpack
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Excellent

6 years ago.

Reliable I have 0S03665 & 0S04005.

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