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HDD HTS547550A9E38 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 42.2% (457th of 1015)

Based on 14 user benchmarks.  Model: APPLE HDD HTS547550A9E38
Poor: 33%Average: 42.2% Great: 52%

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Below average average bench

The Apple HDD HTS547550A9E38 500GB averaged 57.7% 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 0.29MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 77.3MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Apple HDD HTS547550A9E38 500GB is just 18.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Apple HDD HTS547550A9E38 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 47.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 69.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)
Rank 45742.2%
Min Avg Max
58.1 Read 77.3 101
31 Write 69.8 97.8
13.1 Mixed 47.7 89.3
58.9 SusWrite 73.2 91.2
49.3% 67 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.42 0.51
0.3 4K Write 0.92 1.3
0.1 4K Mixed 0.29 0.6
66.8% 0.54 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
465GB free
Firmware: JE3A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 90 91 90 89 91 MB/s
53% Above average
Read 97.8
Write 71.3
Mixed 40.5
SusWrite 87.1
54% 74.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.6
110% 0.77 MB/s
453GB free
Firmware: JE3A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 93 92 91 93 93 MB/s
51.9% Above average
Read 89.5
Write 86.8
Mixed 43.5
SusWrite 91.2
57% 77.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
112% 0.8 MB/s
427GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JE3A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 75 70 74 49 36 MB/s
46.8% Average
Read 101
Write 97.8
Mixed 23.3
SusWrite 62.9
52% 71.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.2
40% 0.27 MB/s
287GB free
Firmware: JE3A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 80 80 80 80 MB/s
45.8% Average
Read 80.3
Write 82.5
Mixed 35.8
SusWrite 79.4
51% 69.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
112% 0.8 MB/s
268GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JE3A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 74 66 47 53 58 MB/s
38.4% Below average
Read 74.5
Write 67.8
Mixed 32.3
SusWrite 59.4
43% 58.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.6
108% 0.73 MB/s
449GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JE3A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 54 68 64 48 70 MB/s
35.9% Below average
Read 66
Write 31
Mixed 23.3
SusWrite 58.9
33% 44.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.3
74% 0.63 MB/s
86GB free
Firmware: JE3A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
35.2% Below average
Read 79
Write 43.6
Mixed 58.4
45% 60.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.33
4K Write 1.03
4K Mixed 0.16
50% 0.5 MB/s
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Desktop 48%
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System: HP EliteBook 8470p

CPU
Core i5-3320MIntel  $199Bench 48%, 30,496 samples592x
Core i5-3360MIntel  $594Bench 54%, 5,754 samples195x
Core i7-3520MIntelBench 53%, 19,660 samples139x
GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples1,215x
Radeon HD 7500MAMDBench 4%, 12,745 samples172x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples9x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples46x
520 Series 180GBIntel  $132Bench 72%, 14,258 samples30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples26x
RAM
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 12,200 samples36x
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 13,765 samples32x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples28x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 49% - Average Total price: $227

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