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HTS545032B9A300 320GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 27.9% (800th of 1015)

Based on 14,536 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitachi HTS545032B9A300
Poor: 8%Average: 27.9% Great: 42%

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Very poor average bench

The Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 320GB averaged 72.0% 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 0.57MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.09MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 320GB is 34.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 320GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 29.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 44.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14,536 samples)
Rank 80027.9%
Min Avg Max
11.5 Read 52.4 76
11 Write 48.6 73
10.2 Mixed 29.2 40.5
11.8 SusWrite 44.7 73.5
32.1% 43.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.42 0.5
0.3 4K Write 1.09 1.4
0.1 4K Mixed 0.57 0.7
101% 0.69 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
119GB free
Firmware: PB3OC60S
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 78 79 78 79 MB/s
44.6% Average
Read 77.4
Write 79.7
Mixed 43.1
SusWrite 77.9
51% 69.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
120% 0.83 MB/s
229GB free
Firmware: PB3ZC61H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 76 76 77 77 77 MB/s
43.3% Average
Read 74.7
Write 57.6
Mixed 41
SusWrite 76.1
46% 62.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
134% 0.87 MB/s
241GB free
Firmware: PB3OCA0G
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 71 72 72 72 72 MB/s
40% Average
Read 68.2
Write 67.5
Mixed 38.2
SusWrite 71.1
45% 61.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
123% 0.83 MB/s
147GB free
Firmware: PB3OC60F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 70 71 70 70 69 MB/s
39% Below average
Read 66.3
Write 68.4
Mixed 33.4
SusWrite 69.6
44% 59.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
121% 0.8 MB/s
240GB free
Firmware: PB3OC60F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 21 49 21 57 23 MB/s
30.5% Below average
Read 69.5
Write 64
Mixed 26.7
SusWrite 36.6
36% 49.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
102% 0.63 MB/s
69GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PB3OC60F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 42 46 33 11 26 MB/s
22.4% Poor
Read 44.5
Write 7.5
Mixed 17
SusWrite 33.6
19% 25.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.3
45% 0.23 MB/s
105GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PB3OC60F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 29 24 25 21 29 MB/s
16% Very poor
Read 32
Write 20.5
Mixed 13
SusWrite 23.6
16% 22.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.5
89% 0.6 MB/s
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Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 38%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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System: Acer Aspire 5740

CPU
Core i3 M 330IntelBench 38%, 12,588 samples144x
Core i5 M 430IntelBench 40%, 11,484 samples132x
Core i7 M 620IntelBench 42%, 7,841 samples15x
GPU
Mobility Radeon HD 5470ATIBench 1%, 14,440 samples117x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 0%, 83,914 samples103x
Radeon HD 6500MAMDBench 3%, 10,661 samples95x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 827,550 samples10x
A400 240GBKingston  $29Bench 66%, 307,480 samples9x
A400 120GBKingston  $30Bench 59%, 152,637 samples7x
RAM
M471B5673EH1-CF8 2x2GBSamsungBench 24%, 2,119 samples43x
ACR256X64D3S1066C7 2x2GBKingstonBench 23%, 187 samples30x
EBJ21UE8BDS0-AE-F 2x2GBUnknownBench 23%, 1,002 samples28x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 13% - Very poor Total price: $100

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