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HDD HTS545 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 51.1% (286th of 1015)

Based on 43 user benchmarks.  Model: APPLE HDD HTS545
Poor: 26%Average: 51.1% Great: 65%

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Average average bench

The Apple HDD HTS545 500GB averaged 48.9% 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 0.47MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.25MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Apple HDD HTS545 500GB is 38.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Apple HDD HTS545 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 38.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.48MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 43 samples)
Rank 28651.1%
Min Avg Max
30.8 Read 91.1 135
11.9 Write 84.4 115
12.7 Mixed 38.3 101
20.5 SusWrite 85.9 147
54.6% 74.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.48 0.7
0.5 4K Write 1.25 3.3
0.16 4K Mixed 0.47 0.9
95.2% 0.73 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
489GB free
Firmware: GG2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 146 149 147 148 147 MB/s
80.9% Excellent
Read 135
Write 115
Mixed 23.4
SusWrite 147
76% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 0.9
186% 1.6 MB/s
462GB free
Firmware: B990
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 109 108 110 111 108 MB/s
61.5% Good
Read 106
Write 100
Mixed 38.8
SusWrite 108
64% 88.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
96% 0.73 MB/s
453GB free
Firmware: GG2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 80 79 80 81 MB/s
51.4% Above average
Read 99.3
Write 93.2
Mixed 38.4
SusWrite 79.7
57% 77.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
120% 0.87 MB/s
397GB free
Firmware: GG2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 83 79 83 88 87 MB/s
50% Average
Read 91
Write 71.4
Mixed 35.6
SusWrite 83
51% 70.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
120% 0.87 MB/s
240GB free
Firmware: GG2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 89 95 96 85 69 MB/s
48.9% Average
Read 84
Write 85.5
Mixed 29.5
SusWrite 86.3
52% 71.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
125% 0.83 MB/s
176GB free
Firmware: B990
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 50 49 46 45 49 MB/s
43.1% Average
Read 102
Write 65
Mixed 37.8
SusWrite 48
46% 63.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.5
94% 0.7 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,354,259 HDDs tested

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Typical HDD HTS545 500GB Builds (Compare 850 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H87-PLUS - $128

CPU
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples216x
Core i5-4570Intel  $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples145x
Core i5-4670Intel  $51Bench 66%, 49,019 samples91x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples94x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples55x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples42x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples49x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples35x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples26x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples33x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples16x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples14x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $298

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