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Hitachi

HDS7250S 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 27.1% (815th of 1015)

Based on 12 user benchmarks.  Model: HITACHI HDS7250S
Poor: 23%Average: 27.1% Great: 31%

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Very poor average bench

The Hitachi HDS7250S 500GB averaged 72.9% 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 0.54MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.67MB/s

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HDS7250S 500GB is just 7.76%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HDS7250S 500GB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 38.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 45.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 12 samples)
Rank 81527.1%
Min Avg Max
18.3 Read 45.5 58.9
10.8 Write 45.1 61.6
29.3 Mixed 38.6 53.6
38.1 SusWrite 49 61.5
32.9% 44.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.54 4K Read 0.68 0.8
0.6 4K Write 1.67 2.4
0.2 4K Mixed 0.54 0.8
119% 0.96 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
121GB free
Firmware: AJ0A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 46 47 47 47 47 MB/s
27.1% Poor
Read 47
Write 49.6
Mixed 34.7
SusWrite 46.7
33% 44.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
157% 1.2 MB/s
93GB free
Firmware: AV0A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 45 48 53 53 50 MB/s
24.8% Poor
Read 36.7
Write 42.8
Mixed 30.1
SusWrite 49.3
29% 39.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
143% 1.07 MB/s
252GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AJ0A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 26 39 42 44 44 MB/s
23.5% Poor
Read 43.1
Write 49.9
Mixed 29.3
SusWrite 38.1
30% 40.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.07 MB/s
386GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AV0A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 41 47 52 39 53 MB/s
23.2% Poor
Read 34.2
Write 10.8
Mixed 31
SusWrite 46.2
23% 30.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.2
87% 0.93 MB/s
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Gaming 9%
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Desktop 61%
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Workstation
Workstation 8%
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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7020

CPU
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples1,821x
Core i7-4790Intel  $104Bench 71%, 255,027 samples1,146x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples306x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples1,445x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples323x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples280x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples117x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples91x
A400 480GBKingston  $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples90x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples109x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples90x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 7,217 samples83x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $228

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