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HDT725040VLA 400GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 27.7% (804th of 1015)

Based on 105 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitachi HDT725040VLA
Poor: 15%Average: 27.7% Great: 35%

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Very poor average bench

The Hitachi HDT725040VLA 400GB averaged 72.3% 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 1.44MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HDT725040VLA 400GB is 20%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HDT725040VLA 400GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 42MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 39.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 105 samples)
Rank 80427.7%
Min Avg Max
27.4 Read 50.6 63.7
16.8 Write 46.9 60
18.6 Mixed 39.4 60.3
15.2 SusWrite 42 63.5
33.1% 44.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.51 0.7
0.3 4K Write 1.44 2
0.1 4K Mixed 0.47 0.8
99.8% 0.81 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
201GB free
Firmware: V5CO
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 61 62 63 63 63 MB/s
33.7% Below average
Read 54.8
Write 65.9
Mixed 39.2
SusWrite 62.3
41% 55.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
166% 1.2 MB/s
345GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V5CO
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 54 49 56 55 MB/s
30.8% Below average
Read 52.8
Write 46.5
Mixed 34.3
SusWrite 54
34% 46.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
145% 1.03 MB/s
159GB free
Firmware: V5CO
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 37 39 39 39 39 MB/s
28.6% Poor
Read 60.4
Write 57.5
Mixed 36.9
SusWrite 38.7
36% 48.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
153% 1.13 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,957,044 HDDs tested

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Gaming 4%
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Desktop 48%
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Workstation 4%
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Motherboard: Asrock N68-VS3 FX

CPU
FX-4100AMD  $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples18x
FX-6300AMD  $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples16x
Athlon II X2 250 (2013 D.Ri)AMDBench 40%, 19,471 samples12x
GPU
GeForce 7025 / nForce 630aNvidiaBench 0%, 5,527 samples16x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples8x
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 66,079 samples7x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples9x
GP-GSTFS311 120GBGigabyteBench 30%, 201 samples8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples4x
RAM
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples3x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples3x
99U5471-040.A00LF 1x8GBKingstonBench 27%, 2,012 samples3x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $135

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