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HTS541612J9SA00 120GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 16.3% (1002nd of 1015)

Based on 2,383 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitachi HTS541612J9SA00
Poor: 6%Average: 16.3% Great: 25%

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Terrible average bench

The Hitachi HTS541612J9SA00 120GB averaged 83.7% 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 0.45MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.41MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HTS541612J9SA00 120GB is just 18.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HTS541612J9SA00 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 18.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 26.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,383 samples)
Rank 100216.3%
Min Avg Max
7.45 Read 29.8 43.9
6.15 Write 27.4 42.5
6.85 Mixed 18.2 24.7
7.97 SusWrite 26.5 42.9
18.8% 25.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.41 0.5
0.2 4K Write 0.93 1.2
0.1 4K Mixed 0.45 0.6
84% 0.6 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
59GB free
Firmware: SBDAC7MP
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 42 42 43 43 44 MB/s
28.1% Poor
Read 55
Write 33.5
Mixed 21.2
SusWrite 42.8
28% 38.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.5
106% 0.7 MB/s
112GB free
Firmware: SBDOC7BP
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 42 42 43 42 42 MB/s
28% Poor
Read 55.5
Write 37.2
Mixed 23.5
SusWrite 41.7
29% 39.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.6
112% 0.73 MB/s
110GB free
Firmware: SBDOC7DP
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 39 40 39 40 40 MB/s
27.6% Poor
Read 56.5
Write 33.2
Mixed 22.7
SusWrite 39.5
28% 38 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.5
106% 0.7 MB/s
13GB free
Firmware: SBDOC70P
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 21 21 21 21 22 MB/s
11.9% Very poor
Read 19.7
Write 21.4
Mixed 15.2
SusWrite 21.4
14% 19.4 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.5
106% 0.57 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 152%
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Desktop
Desktop 102%
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Workstation
Workstation 151%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER - $380

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel  $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples4,864x
Core i7-9700KIntel  $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples1,609x
Core i9-9900KFIntel  $295Bench 98%, 50,265 samples556x
GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples1,303x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples650x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia  $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples640x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples857x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples566x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples487x
RAM
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples289x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples278x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples254x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $1,321

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