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HUS153030VLS300 300GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 53.9% (259th of 1015)

Based on 73 user benchmarks.  Model: HITACHI HUS153030VLS300
Poor: 39%Average: 53.9% Great: 66%

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Average average bench

The Hitachi HUS153030VLS300 300GB averaged 46.0% 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 0.96MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.1MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HUS153030VLS300 300GB is 26.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HUS153030VLS300 300GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 78.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 91.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 73 samples)
Rank 25953.9%
Min Avg Max
61.9 Read 97.9 117
52.3 Write 91.1 113
49.8 Mixed 80.4 112
38.1 SusWrite 78.2 115
64.5% 86.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.41 4K Read 1.1 1.4
0.62 4K Write 2.25 3.09
0.46 4K Mixed 0.96 1.5
195% 1.44 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
186GB free
Firmware: A42A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 106 106 107 109 MB/s
60% Good
Read 102
Write 98
Mixed 64.7
SusWrite 106
68% 92.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.3
248% 1.8 MB/s
195GB free
Firmware: A4C2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 104 106 107 98 97 MB/s
55.9% Above average
Read 92.6
Write 94.6
Mixed 64
SusWrite 102
65% 88.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.4
243% 1.67 MB/s
94GB free
Firmware: A590
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 58 58 59 59 MB/s
47.5% Average
Read 107
Write 57.3
Mixed 65.5
SusWrite 58.3
53% 72 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 1.3
221% 1.27 MB/s
154GB free (System drive)
Firmware: A598
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 41 47 45 48 49 MB/s
40.7% Average
Read 96
Write 56.5
Mixed 62.4
SusWrite 45.5
48% 65.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 1.2
204% 1.17 MB/s
54GB free (System drive)
Firmware: A4C2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 99 77 76 81 94 MB/s
36.7% Below average
Read 43.6
Write 108
Mixed 39
SusWrite 83.5
50% 68.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.7
153% 1.3 MB/s
176GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPH1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 53 50 56 48 56 MB/s
31.3% Below average
Read 57
Write 34.7
Mixed 40
SusWrite 51.9
34% 45.9 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.6
118% 0.7 MB/s
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Typical HUS153030VLS300 300GB Builds (Compare 13 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
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Desktop
Desktop 51%
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Workstation
Workstation 21%
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System: HP xw9400 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Six-Core AMD Opteron 24351stBench 43%, 91 samples4x
CPU: Six-Core AMD Opteron 84351stBench 42%, 19 samples1x
CPU: Quad-Core AMD Opteron 23561stBench 40%, 37 samples1x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples2x
Quadro 4000NvidiaBench 7%, 8,609 samples1x
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 66,079 samples1x
SSD
0 480GBCt480bx5Bench 58%, 896 samples1x
SD720 256GBTranscendBench 74%, 312 samples1x
KingFast 240GBBench 58%, 4,155 samples1x
RAM
65GBUnknownBench 19%, 1,017 samples3x
49GBUnknownBench 18%, 1,461 samples3x
81GBUnknownBench 18%, 20 samples2x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $200

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