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Hitachi

HTS545050B7E660 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 45.8% (376th of 1015)

Based on 1,596 user benchmarks.  Model: HGST HTS545050B7E660
Poor: 24%Average: 45.8% Great: 66%

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Below average average bench

The Hitachi HTS545050B7E660 500GB averaged 54.1% 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 0.64MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.69MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HTS545050B7E660 500GB is 42%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Hitachi HTS545050B7E660 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 48.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 73MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,596 samples)
Rank 37645.8%
Min Avg Max
43.1 Read 86.6 114
31.2 Write 80.9 111
21.3 Mixed 48.5 61.7
27 SusWrite 73 115
53.1% 72.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.46 0.6
0.6 4K Write 1.69 2.3
0.2 4K Mixed 0.64 0.8
122% 0.93 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
444GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 113 114 113 112 112 MB/s
66.3% Good
Read 118
Write 114
Mixed 55.2
SusWrite 113
73% 100 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
136% 1.07 MB/s
442GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 108 109 112 110 112 MB/s
63.7% Good
Read 115
Write 45.8
Mixed 38.7
SusWrite 107
56% 76.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.4
76% 0.5 MB/s
465GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 96 95 98 98 98 MB/s
60.7% Good
Read 116
Write 35.5
Mixed 30.5
SusWrite 96
50% 69.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.4
87% 0.57 MB/s
374GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 106 106 106 105 MB/s
59.2% Above average
Read 100
Write 108
Mixed 55.6
SusWrite 106
68% 92.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.17 MB/s
145GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 52 51 51 51 52 MB/s
32.6% Below average
Read 61.8
Write 65.7
Mixed 41.9
SusWrite 51.6
41% 55.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.9 MB/s
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CPU
Celeron N4000IntelBench 24%, 14,024 samples80x
Pentium Silver N5000IntelBench 34%, 12,140 samples50x
Celeron N4100IntelBench 33%, 6,492 samples5x
GPU
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples85x
UHD Graphics 605IntelBench 2%, 14,651 samples50x
SSD
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 72%, 50,765 samples10x
RBUSNS8180DS3256GJ 256GBKingstonBench 58%, 2,813 samples7x
HFS128G39TND-N210A 128GBBench 61%, 41,519 samples6x
RAM
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 1x4GBSK_HynixBench 19%, 939 samples90x
M471A5244CB0-CRC 1x4GBSamsungBench 32%, 40,829 samples32x
CT8G4SFS8266.C8FP 1x8GBCrucialBench 45%, 57 samples2x
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