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HTS545050B9A 500GB

HTS545050B9A 500GB
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Effective Speed -170%Effective Speed -170%Average Score -129%Read -158%, Write -155%, 4K Read -119%, 4K Write -88%, Mixed -98%, 4K Mixed -85%, SusWrite -202%Peak Score -99%Read -145%, Write -136%, 4K Read -107%, 4K Write -76%, Mixed -36%, 4K Mixed -43%, SusWrite -151%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +5% Age 5%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Black 1TB (2013)

Black 2TB (2013)

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Barracuda 7200.14 3TB

Average Bench: 32.5% (662^nd of 1015)

Based on 177 user benchmarks. Model: Hitachi HTS545050B9A

Poor: 14%Average: 32.5% Great: 44%

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Poor average bench

The Hitachi HTS545050B9A 500GB averaged 67.5% 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 0.45MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.06MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HTS545050B9A 500GB is 30.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HTS545050B9A 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 40.1MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 49.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 177 samples)

Rank 66232.5%

Min	Avg	Max
16.5	Read 60.1	81.1
16.2	Write 53.5	76.4
12.5	Mixed 40.1	69
10.4	SusWrite 49.8	77.7
37.5% 50.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.1	4K Read 0.39	0.5
0.2	4K Write 1.06	1.4
0.1	4K Mixed 0.45	0.7
86.3% 0.64 MB/s

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The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

ARG-User, 12 months ago.

433GB free (System drive)

Firmware: PB4O

SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 59 58 71 54 57 MB/s

40.4% Average

Write 43.1

Mixed 40.7

SusWrite 58

41% 56.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 1.2

4K Mixed 0.6

110% 0.77 MB/s

GBR-User, 15 months ago.

317GB free

Firmware: PB4O

SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 71 71 70 70 72 MB/s

40% Below average

Write 57.2

Mixed 36.6

SusWrite 70.3

43% 58.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 1.3

4K Mixed 0.7

123% 0.83 MB/s

ARG-User, 12 months ago.

369GB free (System drive)

Firmware: PB4O

SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 55 43 43 59 67 MB/s

35.3% Below average

Write 47.8

Mixed 33.8

SusWrite 50.3

38% 51.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 1.1

4K Mixed 0.6

108% 0.73 MB/s

ITA-User, 12 months ago.

135GB free

Firmware: PB4O

SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 58 58 58 58 58 MB/s

33.3% Below average

Write 59.9

Mixed 32.6

SusWrite 57.9

38% 52.1 MB/s

4K Read 0.4

4K Write 1.2

4K Mixed 0.7

117% 0.77 MB/s

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Desktop 40%

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Workstation 4%

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Motherboard: Asrock N68C-S UCC

CPU
Athlon II X2 250 (2013 D.Ri)AMDBench 40%, 19,471 samples	18x
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	17x
Athlon II X4 640AMD $70Bench 45%, 18,839 samples	17x

GPU
GeForce 7025 / nForce 630aNvidiaBench 0%, 5,527 samples	20x
GeForce GT 630NvidiaBench 4%, 60,212 samples	9x
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 66,079 samples	9x

SSD
0 120GBCt120bx5Bench 50%, 558 samples	7x
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	4x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	97x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	52x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	17x

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Hitachi

HTS545050B9A 500GB

Average Bench: 32.5% (662^nd of 1015)

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