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HDS724020ALE6400 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 79.8% (81st of 1015)

Based on 6 user benchmarks.  Model: HGST HDS724020ALE6400
Poor: 74%Average: 79.8% Great: 86%

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Good average bench

The Hitachi HDS724020ALE6400 2TB averaged 20.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Hitachi HDS724020ALE6400 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.49MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.06MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HDS724020ALE6400 2TB is just 12.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HDS724020ALE6400 2TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 83.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 133MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)
Rank 8179.8%
Min Avg Max
127 Read 143 161
126 Write 133 140
22 Mixed 83.3 155
129 SusWrite 136 146
90.9% 124 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.9 4K Read 1.06 1.13
1.76 4K Write 1.97 2.1
0.19 4K Mixed 0.49 0.8
135% 1.17 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: MJ6OA5K0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
86.5% Excellent
Read 161
Write 140
Mixed 155
115% 152 MB/s
4K Read 1.13
4K Write 2.03
4K Mixed 0.24
112% 1.14 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: MJ6OA5K0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
80.6% Excellent
Read 153
Write 128
Mixed 146
107% 142 MB/s
4K Read 0.99
4K Write 1.83
4K Mixed 0.19
96% 1 MB/s
464GB free
Firmware: MJ6OA5K0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
80% Excellent
Read 145
Write 134
Mixed 127
102% 135 MB/s
4K Read 1.11
4K Write 1.76
4K Mixed 0.23
104% 1.03 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: MJ6O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 134 135 134 135 136 MB/s
79.3% Very good
Read 142
Write 136
Mixed 27.7
SusWrite 134
80% 110 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
174% 1.33 MB/s
995GB free
Firmware: MJ6OA5K0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 145 145 148 147 147 MB/s
78.9% Very good
Read 129
Write 131
Mixed 22
SusWrite 146
77% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
154% 1.23 MB/s
887GB free
Firmware: MJ6O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 131 129 130 129 129 MB/s
73.6% Very good
Read 127
Write 126
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 129
73% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
172% 1.3 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,336,832 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 43%
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Desktop
Desktop 85%
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Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples279x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples109x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples86x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples75x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples53x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples46x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples31x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples16x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples36x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples15x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples14x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $638

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