Hitachi

HUC156030CSS204 300GB

HUC156030CSS204 300GB
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Effective Speed +39% Effective Speed 39%Average Score +73% Read 40%, Write 58%, 4K Read 126%, 4K Write 57%, Mixed 50%, 4K Mixed 143%, SusWrite 39%Peak Score +49% Read 11%, Write 22%, 4K Read 94%, 4K Write 50%, Mixed 32%, 4K Mixed 130%, SusWrite 8%Value & Sentiment -19%User Rating -19%Nice To Haves +137% Age 137%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Black 1TB (2013)

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Black 2TB (2013)

Barracuda 7200.14 3TB

Average Bench: 122% (1^st of 1015)

Based on 3 user benchmarks. Model: HGST HUC156030CSS204

Poor: 120%Average: 122% Great: 123%

Popular builds with this HDD

HP Z620 Workstation (2)

Outstanding average bench

The Hitachi HUC156030CSS204 300GB averaged 22.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Hitachi HUC156030CSS204 300GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 2.03MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.93MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 119MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 209MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)

Rank 1122%

Min	Avg	Max
211	Read 217	220
208	Write 215	220
114	Mixed 119	124
207	SusWrite 209	210
139% 190 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
1.9	4K Read 1.93	2
2.8	4K Write 3.13	3.7
1.9	4K Mixed 2.03	2.3
365% 2.37 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

CZE-User, 3 years ago.

149GB free

Firmware: HPH0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 212 209 210 209 210 MB/s

123% Outstanding

Write 216

Mixed 120

SusWrite 210

140% 191 MB/s

4K Read 1.9

4K Write 2.9

4K Mixed 2.3

388% 2.37 MB/s

CZE-User, 4 years ago.

149GB free

Firmware: HPH0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 209 209 210 208 207 MB/s

123% Outstanding

Write 220

Mixed 124

SusWrite 209

142% 193 MB/s

4K Read 1.9

4K Write 2.8

4K Mixed 1.9

342% 2.2 MB/s

CZE-User, 3 years ago.

137GB free

Firmware: HPH0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 209 208 207 207 206 MB/s

120% Outstanding

Write 208

Mixed 114

SusWrite 207

136% 185 MB/s

4K Read 2

4K Write 3.7

4K Mixed 1.9

363% 2.53 MB/s

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Typical HUC156030CSS204 300GB Builds (Compare 2,413 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 18%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 17%

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System: HP Z620 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	152x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 01stBench 55%, 2,873 samples	148x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples	130x

GPU
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	172x
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	113x
Quadro 2000NvidiaBench 6%, 15,855 samples	96x

SSD
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	72x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	68x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	61x

RAM
9965525-138.A00LF 12x8GBKingstonBench 111%, 25 samples	24x
18JDF1G72PZ-1G6E1 8x8GBMicronBench 98%, 24 samples	21x
M393B1K70DH0-CK0 4x8GBSamsungBench 83%, 405 samples	18x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $345

Popular HUC156030CSS204 300GB systems:

HP Z620 Workstation (2)

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HUC156030CSS204 300GB

Average Bench: 122% (1^st of 1015)

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HUC156030CSS204 300GB

Average Bench: 122% (1st of 1015)

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Average Bench: 122% (1^st of 1015)