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HDE721010SLA330 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 49.5% (313th of 1015)

Based on 9,234 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitachi HDE721010SLA330
Poor: 33%Average: 49.5% Great: 63%

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Below average average bench

The Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB averaged 50.5% 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 0.87MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.78MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB is 29.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 49.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 85.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9,234 samples)
Rank 31349.5%
Min Avg Max
55.4 Read 86.8 109
34.3 Write 85.8 109
32.8 Mixed 49.2 62.2
42.6 SusWrite 85.3 111
56.3% 76.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.78 0.9
1 4K Write 1.73 2.1
0.6 4K Mixed 0.87 1
161% 1.13 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
821GB free
Firmware: ST6OA38G
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 105 104 106 104 MB/s
61% Good
Read 108
Write 97.2
Mixed 62
SusWrite 105
68% 92.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
146% 1.13 MB/s
635GB free
Firmware: ST0BA36A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 100 99 99 100 100 MB/s
57.8% Above average
Read 102
Write 104
Mixed 60.7
SusWrite 99
67% 91.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
170% 1.23 MB/s
664GB free
Firmware: ST6OA3BF
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 99 99 99 96 98 MB/s
54.8% Above average
Read 93.2
Write 80.4
Mixed 45.9
SusWrite 97.6
58% 79.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
162% 1.13 MB/s
98GB free
Firmware: ST6OA3AA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 73 73 75 94 MB/s
45.9% Average
Read 82.9
Write 94.6
Mixed 48.6
SusWrite 76.7
56% 75.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 1
178% 1.17 MB/s
333GB free
Firmware: ST6OA3BF
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 79 73 79 80 79 MB/s
44.4% Average
Read 76.1
Write 78.8
Mixed 42
SusWrite 78.2
50% 68.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1
180% 1.23 MB/s
98GB free
Firmware: ST6OA3AA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.8 14 15 8.8 23 35 MB/s
6.48% Terrible
Read 5.2
Write 11.9
Mixed 3.5
SusWrite 17.4
7% 9.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
8% 0.07 MB/s
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Desktop 61%
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Workstation 2%
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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples1,735x
Core i7-2600Intel  $128Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,381x
Core i5-3470Intel  $149Bench 63%, 223,595 samples828x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,237x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,073x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $100Bench 29%, 946,701 samples891x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $22Bench 66%, 424,288 samples752x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples442x
A400 480GBKingston  $33Bench 74%, 237,487 samples371x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples499x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples353x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples267x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 65% - Good Total price: $319

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