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HTE545050A7E380 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 50.1% (301st of 1015)

Based on 28 user benchmarks.  Model: HGST HTE545050A7E380
Poor: 34%Average: 50.1% Great: 61%

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Average average bench

The Hitachi HTE545050A7E380 500GB averaged 49.9% 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 0.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.33MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HTE545050A7E380 500GB is 27.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HTE545050A7E380 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 45MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.48MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 28 samples)
Rank 30150.1%
Min Avg Max
19 Read 90 151
34.3 Write 87.3 140
16 Mixed 45 127
48.5 SusWrite 85.9 105
56.4% 77 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.26 4K Read 0.48 0.81
0.7 4K Write 1.33 2.28
0.09 4K Mixed 0.4 0.6
88.8% 0.74 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
365GB free
Firmware: GG2OAD80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 106 107 106 105 MB/s
60.9% Good
Read 107
Write 100
Mixed 36
SusWrite 105
63% 87.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
100% 0.77 MB/s
286GB free
Firmware: GG2OAD80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 95 96 96 96 MB/s
55.4% Above average
Read 97.7
Write 97.9
Mixed 36.9
SusWrite 95.3
60% 81.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
110% 0.9 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: GG2OAD80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 95 95 95 95 MB/s
54.6% Above average
Read 95.5
Write 87.5
Mixed 34.1
SusWrite 94.8
57% 78 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
104% 0.83 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: GG2OAD80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 99 71 53 53 MB/s
52.3% Above average
Read 103
Write 93.8
Mixed 38.8
SusWrite 79.1
57% 78.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
110% 0.9 MB/s
420GB free (System drive)
Firmware: GG2OAD80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 71 64 71 73 MB/s
44.7% Average
Read 89.6
Write 83
Mixed 32.7
SusWrite 66.1
50% 67.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.2
59% 0.57 MB/s
411GB free
Firmware: GG2OAD80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 50 52 41 54 42 MB/s
39.7% Below average
Read 88.2
Write 86.9
Mixed 30.5
SusWrite 50
46% 63.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
100% 0.77 MB/s
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Gaming 3%
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Desktop 62%
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Workstation 2%
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System: Shuttle DS81D

CPU
Core i5-4590SIntel  $79Bench 67%, 11,598 samples13x
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples6x
Core i7-4790SIntel  $60Bench 72%, 13,224 samples5x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples41x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples9x
SSD
X300 256GBSanDisk  $99Bench 79%, 2,341 samples6x
X400 256GBSanDisk  $29Bench 76%, 2,279 samples6x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples3x
RAM
99U5469-046.A00LF 1x4GBKingstonBench 21%, 342 samples3x
CL9-9-9 DDR3-1333 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBSQ 8GBUnknownBench 49%, 3 samples3x
99U5469-042.A00LF 1x4GBKingstonBench 22%, 73 samples3x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 48% - Average Total price: $193

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