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HUS726040AL 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 94.7% (8th of 1015)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Model: HGST HUS726040AL
Poor: 63%Average: 94.7% Great: 114%

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Excellent average bench

The Hitachi HUS726040AL 4TB averaged just 5.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Hitachi HUS726040AL 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 4.35MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.67MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HUS726040AL 4TB is 50.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Hitachi HUS726040AL 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 105MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 153MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 894.7%
Min Avg Max
75.5 Read 169 205
83.8 Write 168 206
41.3 Mixed 105 197
57.2 SusWrite 153 200
109% 149 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.97 1.2
1.4 4K Write 4.35 6.2
0.38 4K Mixed 0.67 0.9
195% 2 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: WD05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 183 179 175 182 180 MB/s
96.8% Outstanding
Read 158
Write 162
Mixed 80.1
SusWrite 179
106% 145 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 4.3
4K Mixed 0.7
199% 2 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: A5GN
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 145 156 156 151 151 MB/s
94.9% Outstanding
Read 178
Write 187
Mixed 67.1
SusWrite 152
106% 146 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 4.4
4K Mixed 0.5
179% 1.97 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: W907
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 160 166 170 165 165 MB/s
94.5% Outstanding
Read 163
Write 166
Mixed 75.6
SusWrite 165
104% 142 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 5.5
4K Mixed 0.7
221% 2.4 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: KN03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 184 181 197 183 191 MB/s
83% Excellent
Read 103
Write 175
Mixed 47.4
SusWrite 186
93% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.9
161% 1.23 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: APGN
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 28 23 16 21 183 MB/s
60.3% Good
Read 152
Write 144
Mixed 72.5
SusWrite 57.2
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 0.6
179% 1.8 MB/s
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Desktop 66%
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Workstation 19%
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System: HP Z820 Workstation

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CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 65%, 4,306 samples147x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples115x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2687W 01stBench 71%, 1,646 samples89x
GPU
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples147x
Quadro K5000NvidiaBench 21%, 3,775 samples141x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples67x
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860 500GBSamsungBench 89%, 2,934 samples55x
860 1TBSamsungBench 86%, 2,531 samples40x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples32x
RAM
M393B2G70DB0-CMA 16x16GBSamsungBench 101%, 41 samples25x
M391B5173QH0-CMA 8x4GBSamsungBench 84%, 111 samples20x
M393B1G70QH0-CMA 4x8GBSamsungBench 82%, 512 samples19x
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