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Hitachi HDS723030ALA640

Deskstar 7K3000 3TB

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Release date: Q1 2011.

Average Bench: 68.3% (137th of 1015)

Based on 6,344 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitachi HDS723030ALA640

The 3TB Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 once delivered performance that rivaled the long established class leaders in this capacity (WD Black included) and at an extremely competitive price. The drive was special in that it had 5 platters (vs the usual 3) and ran at 7K rpm despite having a relatively high capacity. The new design worked fantastically well resulting in a class leading product at launch. That was nearly three years ago. With peak sequential speeds of 95 MB/s and 4K speeds of 1 MB/s the Deskstar 7K3000 can no longer compete and clocks in around 35% slower than its modern day competitors. There are far better deals to be had elsewhere at this time. [Oct '12 HDrivePro]

Poor: 40%Average: 68.3% Great: 87%

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Above average average bench

The Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB averaged 31.6% 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 0.82MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.99MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB is 46.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 67.9MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 119MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 6,344 samples)
Rank 13768.3%
Min Avg Max
61.6 Read 119 151
48.8 Write 121 155
36.1 Mixed 67.9 84.7
46.7 SusWrite 119 154
78.2% 107 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.99 1.2
1.1 4K Write 1.85 2.3
0.6 4K Mixed 0.82 0.9
166% 1.22 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
364GB free
Firmware: MKAOA800
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 85 85 84 86 85 MB/s
48.7% Average
Read 84.7
Write 86.2
Mixed 51.6
SusWrite 84.6
56% 76.8 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
179% 1.3 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,961,429 HDDs tested

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MSRP ≈ $217 @ launch in Mar '11
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Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $90Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,220x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $99Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,295x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $136Bench 86%, 635,419 samples3,091x
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RTX 2060Nvidia  $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,564x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $387Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,381x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,373x
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860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples926x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $117Bench 310%, 455,997 samples819x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples713x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,617x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,581x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples984x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 111% - Outstanding Total price: $500

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 Comments

Yodabest
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Official site www.hgst.com/...

An extraordinary blend of capacity, performance and efficiency...

Key Specs

  • Model HDS723030ALA640
  • Rotational Speed (RPM) 7200
  • Performance Idle 3TB: 6.8W
Added 12 years ago.
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Good (edit your comment) Add link

4 years ago.

Near bulletproof reliability but there are faster more modern competitors. Good for DVRs, archiving your DVDs and such where they are fast enough for the applications.

HDrivePro
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Poor

12 years ago.

Review  www.storagereview.com/...

Pros: Very high capacity High platter density Excellent overall performance Cons: Slightly higher than normal power consumption Can't match Western Digital's warranty period (3 vs. 5 years)

Review  www.techradar.com/...

So what we have here then is a hard drive with colossal capacity (2.79TB formatted) matched with excellent performance so therefore everything must be rosy...

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£200 Hardly a deal, but the only price I could find in the uk. Can import it from the US for approx £150 via ebay.

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