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HDS721010CLA 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 50% (302nd of 1015)

Based on 1,338 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitachi HDS721010CLA
Poor: 13%Average: 50% Great: 72%

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Below average average bench

The Hitachi HDS721010CLA 1TB averaged 50.0% 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 0.65MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HDS721010CLA 1TB is 59.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Hitachi HDS721010CLA 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 48.3MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 80.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,338 samples)
Rank 30250%
Min Avg Max
17.1 Read 93.9 131
14.8 Write 88.2 129
15.2 Mixed 48.3 65
15.9 SusWrite 80.2 127
56.9% 77.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.65 0.8
0.5 4K Write 1.25 1.5
0.2 4K Mixed 0.71 0.9
129% 0.87 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
860GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JP4O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 103 103 106 115 114 MB/s
69.8% Good
Read 134
Write 133
Mixed 69.3
SusWrite 109
82% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
154% 1.1 MB/s
551GB free
Firmware: JP4O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 102 112 113 109 110 MB/s
63.2% Good
Read 110
Write 117
Mixed 58.8
SusWrite 110
73% 99.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 0.97 MB/s
267GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JP4O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 90 97 92 105 101 MB/s
61.3% Good
Read 117
Write 118
Mixed 63.3
SusWrite 96.7
72% 98.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.93 MB/s
503GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JP4O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 44 79 87 86 MB/s
52.4% Above average
Read 109
Write 106
Mixed 58.7
SusWrite 73.6
64% 86.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
127% 0.83 MB/s
467GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JP4O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 89 90 71 93 76 MB/s
52% Above average
Read 99.6
Write 92.8
Mixed 49
SusWrite 81.6
59% 80.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
155% 1.03 MB/s
866GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JP4O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 12 10 12 13 MB/s
6.38% Terrible
Read 10.7
Write 12
Mixed 12.3
SusWrite 11.5
9% 11.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
12% 0.1 MB/s
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Gaming 6%
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Desktop
Desktop 44%
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Workstation
Workstation 6%
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Motherboard: Asus M4N68T-M-V2

CPU
Athlon II X2 250 (2013 D.Ri)AMDBench 40%, 19,471 samples12x
Athlon II X2 255AMDBench 42%, 3,508 samples8x
Phenom II X4 965AMD  $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples7x
GPU
R7 240AMDBench 5%, 58,337 samples7x
GeForce 7025 / nForce 630aNvidiaBench 0%, 5,527 samples7x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples6x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples8x
SS D 128GBNetacBench 56%, 12 samples3x
SUV400S3712 120GBKingstonBench 34%, 503 samples3x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples50x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples12x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples11x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $28

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