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HDE721010SLA330 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 49% (319th of 1015)

Based on 10,302 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitachi HDE721010SLA330
Poor: 29%Average: 49% Great: 62%

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Below average average bench

The Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB averaged 50.9% 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 0.86MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.72MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB is 33.2%. 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 48.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 82.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10,302 samples)
Rank 31949%
Min Avg Max
47.4 Read 88.4 111
32.5 Write 86.2 109
29.8 Mixed 48.6 62
37.3 SusWrite 82.2 109
56% 76.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.76 0.9
0.7 4K Write 1.72 2.1
0.5 4K Mixed 0.86 1
159% 1.11 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
737GB free
Firmware: ST6OA3AA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 107 107 107 107 MB/s
61.2% Good
Read 106
Write 101
Mixed 55.4
SusWrite 107
68% 92.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
172% 1.27 MB/s
85GB free
Firmware: ST6OA3BF
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 94 94 97 97 97 MB/s
55.1% Above average
Read 96.9
Write 103
Mixed 55.2
SusWrite 94.8
64% 87.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
173% 1.23 MB/s
327GB free
Firmware: ST6OA3BF
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 103 103 103 102 103 MB/s
52.4% Above average
Read 80.3
Write 80.6
Mixed 44.5
SusWrite 102
56% 76.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
167% 1.17 MB/s
220GB free
Firmware: ST6OA3BF
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 95 94 93 91 94 MB/s
49.9% Average
Read 79.9
Write 83.7
Mixed 43.8
SusWrite 93.8
55% 75.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
159% 1.07 MB/s
593GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ST6OA3BF
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 37 65 75 59 65 MB/s
43.4% Average
Read 90.6
Write 77
Mixed 46.4
SusWrite 60.6
50% 68.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.9 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%, 273,198 samples3,042x
Core i7-2600Intel  $203Bench 72%, 171,404 samples2,598x
Core i5-2400Intel  $20Bench 69%, 152,767 samples1,793x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 129,806 samples2,396x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 914,197 samples1,969x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 134,947 samples1,463x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $34Bench 65%, 350,254 samples1,567x
A400 120GBKingston  $24Bench 59%, 150,904 samples851x
Virtual NVMe Disk 275GBParallelsBench 186%, 1,178 samples681x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 419,875 samples1,701x
4x2GBUnknownBench 24%, 184,729 samples1,151x
1x4GBUnknownBench 26%, 153,760 samples688x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $331

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