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HDE721010SLA330 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 49.5% (311th 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 31149.5%
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%
2TB free
Firmware: ST6OA3BF
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 108 109 107 108 109 MB/s
63% Good
Read 111
Write 106
Mixed 60.4
SusWrite 108
71% 96.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1
182% 1.27 MB/s
705GB free
Firmware: ST6O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 100 102 101 101 102 MB/s
59.7% Above average
Read 106
Write 102
Mixed 52
SusWrite 101
66% 90.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
172% 1.27 MB/s
171GB free
Firmware: ST6OA3AA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 103 104 105 105 104 MB/s
58.2% Above average
Read 98.1
Write 104
Mixed 54.4
SusWrite 105
66% 90.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1
182% 1.27 MB/s
571GB free
Firmware: ST6OA3BF
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 97 97 97 94 MB/s
56% Above average
Read 98.4
Write 101
Mixed 55
SusWrite 96.5
64% 87.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1
184% 1.27 MB/s
388GB free
Firmware: ST0BA36A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 95 98 99 98 98 MB/s
52.9% Above average
Read 86.9
Write 89.9
Mixed 53.3
SusWrite 97.4
60% 81.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
161% 1.1 MB/s
116GB free
Firmware: ST6OA3AA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 98 99 98 98 MB/s
50.7% Above average
Read 78.5
Write 82.2
Mixed 46
SusWrite 98.1
56% 76.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1
176% 1.17 MB/s
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Gaming 8%
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Desktop 74%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples1,333x
Core i7-2600Intel  $158Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,018x
Core i5-3470Intel  $50Bench 63%, 223,595 samples625x
GPU
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples966x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples957x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $120Bench 29%, 946,701 samples688x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $18Bench 66%, 424,288 samples583x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples406x
A400 480GBKingston  $28Bench 74%, 237,487 samples275x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples445x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples293x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples213x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $315

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