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Hitachi

HUH728080AL5201 8TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2022.

Average Bench: 86% (41st of 1015)

Based on 2 user benchmarks.  Model: HGST HUH728080AL5201
Poor: 70%Average: 86% Great: 102%

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Very good average bench

The Hitachi HUH728080AL5201 8TB averaged just 14.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Hitachi HUH728080AL5201 8TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.95MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.45MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 71.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 106MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)
Rank 4186%
Min Avg Max
162 Read 179 197
43.5 Write 106 168
60.1 Mixed 71.8 83.6
45.3 SusWrite 120 195
87.3% 119 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.9 4K Read 1 1.1
1.7 4K Write 2.45 3.2
0.9 4K Mixed 0.95 1
193% 1.47 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
905GB free
Firmware: B907
SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 193 180 196 198 203 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 162
Write 168
Mixed 83.6
SusWrite 195
111% 152 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1
208% 1.7 MB/s
7.5TB free
Firmware: B7J0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 46 46 44 45 46 MB/s
69.5% Good
Read 197
Write 43.5
Mixed 60.1
SusWrite 45.3
64% 86.4 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
177% 1.23 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,337,320 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 32%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

System: HP Z840 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v41stBench 66%, 1,252 samples132x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v31stBench 63%, 2,624 samples117x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 v41stBench 72%, 529 samples100x
GPU
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples150x
Quadro K4200Nvidia  $820Bench 21%, 7,330 samples103x
Quadro K2200Nvidia  $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples94x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples52x
MTFDDAK512MBF-1A 512GBCrucialBench 89%, 258 samples48x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples38x
RAM
M393A2K40BB1-CRC 8x16GBSamsungBench 113%, 218 samples43x
M393A2G40DB0-CPB 8x16GBSamsungBench 112%, 591 samples39x
M393A1G40DB0-CPB 4x8GBSamsungBench 93%, 970 samples39x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 118% - Outstanding Total price: $95

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