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HGST HDN724040AL 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 56.5% (233rd of 1015)

Based on 14 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID HGST HDN724040AL
Poor: 28%Average: 56.5% Great: 78%

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Average average bench

The Amd-raid HGST HDN724040AL 4TB averaged 43.4% 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 0.66MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.96MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid HGST HDN724040AL 4TB is 50.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid HGST HDN724040AL 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 41.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 90.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)
Rank 23356.5%
Min Avg Max
21.5 Read 106 175
10 Write 90.4 142
15.7 Mixed 41.7 99.4
14.2 SusWrite 95.3 159
60.7% 83.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.96 1.4
0.2 4K Write 1.66 2.2
0.2 4K Mixed 0.66 0.9
144% 1.09 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
309GB free
Firmware: MJAO
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 159 160 160 161 161 MB/s
76.9% Very good
Read 109
Write 117
Mixed 34.2
SusWrite 159
76% 105 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
181% 1.33 MB/s
124GB free
Firmware: MJAO
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 85 85 84 85 84 MB/s
69.5% Good
Read 158
Write 147
Mixed 48.7
SusWrite 84.1
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
177% 1.4 MB/s
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Typical HGST HDN724040AL 4TB Builds (Compare 212 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 100%
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Desktop 86%
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Workstation 121%
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Motherboard: Asrock X399 Professional Gaming

CPU
Ryzen TR 1950XAMD  $225Bench 77%, 23,641 samples58x
Ryzen TR 2950XAMD  $1,075Bench 81%, 10,169 samples43x
Ryzen TR 2990WXAMD  $790Bench 79%, 3,658 samples38x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples35x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia  $466Bench 131%, 261,508 samples21x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $150Bench 98%, 254,908 samples13x
SSD
970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $320Bench 327%, 38,669 samples12x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $87Bench 310%, 455,997 samples10x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples7x
RAM
F4 DDR4 3866 C18 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 102%, 1,063 samples9x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 112%, 4,962 samples7x
F4-3600C16-8GTZR F4-3866C18-8GTZR F4-3600C16-8GTZR F4-3866C18-8GTZR F4-3600C16-8GTZR F4-3866C18-8GTZR F4-3600C16-8GTZR F4-3866C18-8GTZR 64GBUnknownBench 102%, 20 samples7x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $1,044

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