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HDN 724040ALE640 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 69% (131st of 1015)

Based on 253 user benchmarks.  Model: HGST HDN 724040ALE640
Poor: 44%Average: 69% Great: 90%

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Above average average bench

The Hitachi HDN 724040ALE640 4TB averaged 30.9% 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 0.51MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.94MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HDN 724040ALE640 4TB is 46.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Hitachi HDN 724040ALE640 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 68.3MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 112MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 253 samples)
Rank 13169%
Min Avg Max
75.1 Read 123 163
74.3 Write 120 158
15.3 Mixed 68.3 152
34.5 SusWrite 112 159
77.7% 106 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.46 4K Read 0.94 1.15
0.75 4K Write 1.97 2.3
0.18 4K Mixed 0.51 0.8
133% 1.14 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: MJAOA5E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 159 159 157 160 158 MB/s
88.7% Excellent
Read 151
Write 161
Mixed 32.7
SusWrite 158
91% 126 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
171% 1.33 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 150 151 152 151 151 MB/s
80.5% Excellent
Read 130
Write 151
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 151
83% 115 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
170% 1.3 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: MJAO
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 150 143 153 147 150 MB/s
80.1% Excellent
Read 135
Write 140
Mixed 29
SusWrite 144
81% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
156% 1.27 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: MJAO
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 118 116 117 116 MB/s
68.2% Good
Read 121
Write 123
Mixed 21.2
SusWrite 116
69% 95.4 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
168% 1.27 MB/s
627GB free
Firmware: MJAO
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 79 77 79 79 79 MB/s
52.6% Above average
Read 104
Write 102
Mixed 18.1
SusWrite 78.7
55% 75.8 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
155% 1.2 MB/s
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Gaming 129%
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Desktop 94%
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Workstation
Workstation 130%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS - $200

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples1,305x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $151Bench 96%, 383,420 samples871x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples833x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples570x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples515x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples403x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples340x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $102Bench 394%, 276,089 samples271x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples265x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples242x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples141x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples141x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $945

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