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Deskstar NAS 4TB

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Release date: Q4 2013.

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Average Bench: 72.3% (125th of 1015)

Based on 4,214 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: 48%Average: 72.3% Great: 91%

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Good average bench

The HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB averaged 27.6% 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 43.4%. 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 30.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 126MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,214 samples)
Rank 12572.3%
Min Avg Max
67.1 Read 126 161
83.3 Write 128 162
14 Mixed 30.6 53.5
82.2 SusWrite 126 160
74.2% 103 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 1.01 1.2
1.08 4K Write 2.03 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%
1.5TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 148 149 148 148 149 MB/s
86.2% Excellent
Read 152
Write 142
Mixed 44
SusWrite 148
88% 122 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: 131 126 129 129 131 130 MB/s
78% Very good
Read 142
Write 121
Mixed 24.7
SusWrite 130
75% 104 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.7
166% 1.37 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 119 124 121 124 125 MB/s
70.3% Very good
Read 122
Write 118
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 122
70% 96.4 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
158% 1.27 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 141 140 140 141 142 MB/s
69.2% Good
Read 101
Write 96.5
Mixed 13.8
SusWrite 140
63% 87.8 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
156% 1.23 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 61 67 64 65 66 MB/s
31.8% Below average
Read 46.5
Write 53
Mixed 9.8
SusWrite 64.1
31% 43.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.3
76% 0.67 MB/s
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 Prices

Approx. $203 @ launch in Dec '13
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Desktop 78%
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Workstation
Workstation 53%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 75%, 247,619 samples8,026x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $189Bench 65%, 128,014 samples1,487x
Core i7-4770KIntel  $293Bench 68%, 96,783 samples738x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $399Bench 50%, 447,803 samples2,105x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 100%, 491,016 samples1,093x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $799Bench 124%, 356,296 samples1,001x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $105Bench 113%, 383,170 samples1,031x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $60Bench 105%, 496,833 samples1,013x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 96%, 110,490 samples662x
RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 61%, 25,110 samples638x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 68%, 13,028 samples634x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 58%, 53,837 samples388x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 45% - Average Total price: $852

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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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2,442

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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1,764

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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Above average

5 years ago.

SgtSixpack
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Excellent

23 months ago.

Reliable I have 0S03665 & 0S04005.

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