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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

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%
15GB free
Firmware: SBDOC70P
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 27 26 27 27 28 MB/s
24.5% Poor
Read 58.2
Write 17.3
Mixed 17
SusWrite 26.8
22% 29.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.5
122% 0.7 MB/s
57GB free
Firmware: SBDOC7BP
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 38 37 37 37 MB/s
20.5% Poor
Read 34.1
Write 38.2
Mixed 22.7
SusWrite 37.1
24% 33 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
111% 0.7 MB/s
112GB free
Firmware: SBDOC7DP
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 35 33 35 34 MB/s
19.5% Very poor
Read 33.4
Write 36.7
Mixed 21.7
SusWrite 34.4
23% 31.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.5
98% 0.63 MB/s
89GB free
Firmware: SBDOC70P
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 22 22 22 22 22 MB/s
12.1% Very poor
Read 20
Write 20.4
Mixed 14.5
SusWrite 21.8
14% 19.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.5
106% 0.57 MB/s
42GB free
Firmware: SBDOC70P
SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 19 18 18 17 MB/s
11.6% Very poor
Read 22.4
Write 22.7
Mixed 17.2
SusWrite 17.9
15% 20 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.4
90% 0.5 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 - $190

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Core i9-9900KIntel  $385Bench 98%, 354,223 samples5,132x
Core i7-9700KIntel  $240Bench 97%, 550,833 samples1,708x
Core i9-9900KFIntel  $295Bench 98%, 50,265 samples581x
GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples1,396x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $730Bench 187%, 424,051 samples674x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia  $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples663x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $100Bench 310%, 455,997 samples901x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $100Bench 297%, 331,647 samples594x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 275%, 495,311 samples520x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $88Bench 91%, 87,239 samples300x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples298x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $130Bench 89%, 144,399 samples267x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $1,204

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