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RSD HUA 3TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 70.8% (123rd of 1015)

Based on 293 user benchmarks.  Model: HDS723030ALA640 RSD HUA
Poor: 47%Average: 70.8% Great: 85%

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Good average bench

The Hds723030ala640 RSD HUA 3TB averaged 29.2% 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 0.76MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.86MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hds723030ala640 RSD HUA 3TB is 38.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Hds723030ala640 RSD HUA 3TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 71.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 123MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 293 samples)
Rank 12370.8%
Min Avg Max
74.7 Read 124 151
78.9 Write 126 152
44.9 Mixed 71.1 93.3
76.5 SusWrite 123 151
81.4% 111 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.86 1
1.3 4K Write 1.69 1.91
0.37 4K Mixed 0.76 0.9
151% 1.1 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: MKAOA6C0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 138 139 139 139 139 MB/s
78.7% Very good
Read 135
Write 140
Mixed 70.6
SusWrite 139
89% 121 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.7
158% 1.3 MB/s
0GB free
Firmware: MKAOA6C0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 138 138 137 139 138 MB/s
77.7% Very good
Read 133
Write 136
Mixed 67
SusWrite 138
87% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
160% 1.17 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: MKAOA6C0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 139 138 139 137 139 MB/s
76.7% Very good
Read 129
Write 114
Mixed 67.5
SusWrite 139
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
154% 1.1 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: MKAOA6C0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 133 137 137 136 MB/s
74.4% Very good
Read 124
Write 147
Mixed 74.2
SusWrite 136
88% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
160% 1.17 MB/s
380GB free
Firmware: MKAOA6C0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 117 116 117 117 97 MB/s
69.4% Good
Read 128
Write 130
Mixed 72.9
SusWrite 113
82% 111 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
164% 1.2 MB/s
485GB free
Firmware: MKAOA6C0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 103 103 103 103 MB/s
55.6% Above average
Read 91
Write 100
Mixed 61.8
SusWrite 103
65% 88.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
152% 1.07 MB/s
36GB free
Firmware: MKAOA6C0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 83 81 82 82 85 MB/s
44.9% Average
Read 74.2
Write 85.3
Mixed 49.3
SusWrite 81.9
53% 72.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1.03 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 70%
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Desktop
Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 64%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples857x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples561x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples475x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples338x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples435x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel  $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples233x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples246x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $732

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