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HCC541010A9E680 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 48% (335th of 1015)

Based on 129 user benchmarks.  Model: HGST HCC541010A9E680
Poor: 27%Average: 48% Great: 58%

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Below average average bench

The Hitachi HCC541010A9E680 1TB averaged 51.9% 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 0.5MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.37MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HCC541010A9E680 1TB is 31.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HCC541010A9E680 1TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 37.5MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.46MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 129 samples)
Rank 33548%
Min Avg Max
25.1 Read 83.2 105
47.9 Write 82.7 103
15 Mixed 37.5 85.8
27.1 SusWrite 83.8 101
52.4% 71.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.46 0.51
0.4 4K Write 1.37 1.6
0.17 4K Mixed 0.5 0.6
100% 0.78 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
820GB free
Firmware: JA0OA940
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 98 99 99 100 99 MB/s
55.5% Above average
Read 96
Write 87.9
Mixed 38.3
SusWrite 97.5
58% 79.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.9 MB/s
637GB free
Firmware: JA0OA560
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 81 87 84 90 81 MB/s
50.2% Above average
Read 91
Write 70.5
Mixed 37
SusWrite 83.8
52% 70.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
100% 0.77 MB/s
124GB free
Firmware: JA0OA560
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 77 77 77 77 MB/s
49.7% Average
Read 95.8
Write 96
Mixed 37.8
SusWrite 77.4
56% 76.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
115% 0.87 MB/s
372GB free
Firmware: JA0OA560
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 52 50 60 66 63 MB/s
43.6% Average
Read 95
Write 92.2
Mixed 35.5
SusWrite 56.6
51% 69.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.9 MB/s
502GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JA0OA560
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 59 57 65 59 70 MB/s
35% Below average
Read 60
Write 70.1
Mixed 30.3
SusWrite 61.9
41% 55.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
94% 0.73 MB/s
188GB free
Firmware: JA0OA560
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 52 47 56 41 52 MB/s
26.2% Poor
Read 40.9
Write 60.6
Mixed 19.9
SusWrite 50.4
31% 43 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.3
62% 0.5 MB/s
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Motherboard: MSI X470 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B78)

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Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples492x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples105x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples94x
GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples80x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples70x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples63x
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860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples59x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples56x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples54x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples57x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples54x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples43x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $540

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