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HDE721010SLA330 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 49.2% (322nd of 1015)

Based on 5,626 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitachi HDE721010SLA330
Poor: 32%Average: 49.2% Great: 62%

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Below average average bench

The Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB averaged 50.7% 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 0.87MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.74MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB is 30.4%. 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 47.9MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 82.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,626 samples)
Rank 32249.2%
Min Avg Max
51.8 Read 88.4 108
33.6 Write 85.7 109
28.6 Mixed 47.9 59.9
45.8 SusWrite 82.9 110
55.9% 76.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.76 0.9
0.8 4K Write 1.74 2.1
0.6 4K Mixed 0.87 1
161% 1.12 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
230GB free
Firmware: ST6OA3BF
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 90 91 90 90 MB/s
51.9% Above average
Read 90.7
Write 90.8
Mixed 49.5
SusWrite 89.9
59% 80.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.9
163% 1.07 MB/s
820GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ST6OA3BF
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 78 90 90 91 89 MB/s
51.5% Above average
Read 95
Write 98.3
Mixed 46.5
SusWrite 84
59% 80.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1
180% 1.23 MB/s
314GB free
Firmware: ST6OA3BF
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 96 95 98 95 95 MB/s
51% Above average
Read 82.3
Write 78.3
Mixed 45.4
SusWrite 95.2
55% 75.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
168% 1.2 MB/s
630GB free
Firmware: ST6OA3AA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 56 48 52 45 54 MB/s
45.5% Average
Read 100
Write 95.5
Mixed 53.3
SusWrite 57.9
56% 76.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1
189% 1.37 MB/s
616GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ST6OA3BF
SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 71 68 57 58 56 MB/s
23.5% Poor
Read 26.2
Write 48.5
Mixed 34.5
SusWrite 55.6
30% 41.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.2
52% 0.43 MB/s
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Gaming 2%
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Desktop 64%
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Workstation 2%
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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 74%, 236,961 samples2,501x
Core i7-2600Intel  $241Bench 71%, 152,658 samples2,126x
Core i5-2400Intel  $150Bench 69%, 143,923 samples1,497x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 123,376 samples1,974x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 820,471 samples1,662x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 121,620 samples1,206x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $31Bench 65%, 324,659 samples1,283x
A400 120GBKingston  $28Bench 59%, 135,709 samples736x
Virtual NVMe Disk 275GBParallelsBench 190%, 898 samples581x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 19%, 418,540 samples1,465x
4x2GBUnknownBench 24%, 169,131 samples970x
1x4GBUnknownBench 25%, 157,232 samples583x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $329

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