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HCS545050GLA380 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 33.3% (640th of 1015)

Based on 315 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitachi HCS545050GLA380
Poor: 20%Average: 33.3% Great: 43%

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Poor average bench

The Hitachi HCS545050GLA380 500GB averaged 66.7% 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 0.49MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.26MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HCS545050GLA380 500GB is 23%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HCS545050GLA380 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 40.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 54.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 315 samples)
Rank 64033.3%
Min Avg Max
33.7 Read 59.3 75.3
33.2 Write 58.4 74.7
21.5 Mixed 40.2 71.2
20.5 SusWrite 54.1 76
39.1% 53 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.13 4K Read 0.42 0.54
0.49 4K Write 1.26 1.6
0.15 4K Mixed 0.49 0.7
95.6% 0.72 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
458GB free
Firmware: GM4OA5DG
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 76 76 77 72 MB/s
43.4% Average
Read 75.2
Write 69.2
Mixed 40.8
SusWrite 75.8
48% 65.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
123% 0.97 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: GM4OA5DG
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 75 76 75 76 MB/s
43.4% Average
Read 75.5
Write 72.8
Mixed 40.8
SusWrite 75.5
48% 66.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
126% 0.9 MB/s
101GB free
Firmware: GM4OA5DG
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 74 74 74 74 MB/s
42.1% Average
Read 72.5
Write 75.2
Mixed 40
SusWrite 73.9
48% 65.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.87 MB/s
308GB free
Firmware: GM4OA5DG
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 75 76 75 75 MB/s
41.9% Average
Read 70.7
Write 70.9
Mixed 40.2
SusWrite 75.1
47% 64.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
128% 0.93 MB/s
217GB free
Firmware: GM4OA5DG
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 71 71 70 72 MB/s
41.7% Average
Read 74.5
Write 71.5
Mixed 38.4
SusWrite 70.8
47% 63.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.5
86% 0.5 MB/s
436GB free
Firmware: GM4OA5DG
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 74 74 74 74 MB/s
41.1% Average
Read 69.2
Write 74.9
Mixed 40.2
SusWrite 73.9
47% 64.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
123% 0.83 MB/s
243GB free
Firmware: GM4OA5DG
SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 22 22 24 18 22 MB/s
35.2% Below average
Read 102
Write 12.2
Mixed 11.4
SusWrite 20.5
26% 36.4 MB/s
4K Read 2.4
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.4
150% 1.03 MB/s
101GB free
Firmware: GM4OA5DG
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 51 51 51 51 51 MB/s
33.9% Below average
Read 67.1
Write 67.5
Mixed 37.2
SusWrite 50.9
41% 55.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.9 MB/s
114GB free
Firmware: GM4OA5DG
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 49 50 50 50 50 MB/s
30.5% Below average
Read 56.6
Write 57.5
Mixed 33.6
SusWrite 49.7
36% 49.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.6
102% 0.67 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 23%
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Desktop
Desktop 75%
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Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V LX

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel  $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples503x
Core i7-2600KIntel  $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples435x
Core i7-2600Intel  $173Bench 67%, 185,630 samples202x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples135x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples126x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples109x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples71x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples44x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples69x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples55x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples53x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $330

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