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Hitachi HDS721010CLA332

Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 56.7% (228th of 1015)

Based on 97,793 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitachi HDS721010CLA332
Poor: 30%Average: 56.7% Great: 74%

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Average average bench

The Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB averaged 43.2% 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 0.78MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.71MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB is 44.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 54.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 98.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 97,793 samples)
Rank 22856.7%
Min Avg Max
38.8 Read 99.3 131
38.3 Write 102 135
28.3 Mixed 54.5 68
40.4 SusWrite 98.3 133
64.8% 88.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.71 0.8
0.72 4K Write 1.35 1.5
0.5 4K Mixed 0.78 0.9
141% 0.95 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
931GB free
Firmware: JP4OA3GH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 136 136 135 135 135 MB/s
77.1% Very good
Read 134
Write 136
Mixed 67.7
SusWrite 135
86% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.03 MB/s
906GB free
Firmware: JP4OA3EA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 133 135 134 135 134 MB/s
76.6% Very good
Read 133
Write 135
Mixed 66.9
SusWrite 134
86% 117 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
146% 1 MB/s
801GB free
Firmware: JP4OA3GH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 131 131 131 133 132 MB/s
73.6% Very good
Read 125
Write 128
Mixed 66.5
SusWrite 131
82% 113 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.9
143% 0.9 MB/s
593GB free
Firmware: JP4OA39C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 116 112 115 111 MB/s
61.4% Good
Read 101
Write 114
Mixed 57
SusWrite 113
70% 96.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 0.97 MB/s
840GB free
Firmware: JP4OA3GH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 115 112 113 109 MB/s
60.5% Good
Read 99.5
Write 106
Mixed 59.2
SusWrite 111
69% 93.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
153% 0.97 MB/s
102GB free
Firmware: JP4OA3MA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 106 77 78 77 MB/s
59.2% Above average
Read 114
Write 107
Mixed 62.7
SusWrite 92.1
69% 93.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.03 MB/s
317GB free
Firmware: JP4OA3MA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 100 102 102 103 102 MB/s
57.1% Above average
Read 97.4
Write 103
Mixed 57.5
SusWrite 102
66% 89.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 0.97 MB/s
94GB free
Firmware: JP4OA3EA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 82 90 90 101 93 MB/s
57.1% Above average
Read 111
Write 123
Mixed 59.1
SusWrite 88.1
70% 95.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.6
106% 0.73 MB/s
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860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples885x
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970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples685x
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Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,556x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,517x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples960x
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 Comments

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timmeulenbrug
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Excellent

3 years ago.

For a spinning disk hard drive which this beauty is, its still spinning and doing a real good job even after 8 years of every day usage!

Hell_Angel
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Excellent

2 years ago.

been using it for 12 years and still going strong

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