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HTS545050A7E680 500GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 40.3% (504th of 1015)

Based on 37,596 user benchmarks.  Models: HGST HTS545050A7E680, HGST HTS 545050A7E680, HGST HTS545050A7E680
Poor: 17%Average: 40.3% Great: 57%

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Below average average bench

The Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB averaged 59.6% 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 0.44MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.25MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB is 40.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 29.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 66.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 37,596 samples)
Rank 50440.3%
Min Avg Max
13 Read 74.1 103
22.8 Write 71.9 100
13.9 Mixed 29.6 39
27.8 SusWrite 66.3 99.2
44.1% 60.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.42 0.5
0.5 4K Write 1.25 1.6
0.2 4K Mixed 0.44 0.57
89.9% 0.71 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
461GB free
Firmware: GR2OA230
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 113 114 115 114 MB/s
64.6% Good
Read 112
Write 108
Mixed 40.5
SusWrite 113
68% 93.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
115% 0.87 MB/s
125GB free
Firmware: GR2OA230
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 109 110 109 110 109 MB/s
62.5% Good
Read 109
Write 88.5
Mixed 39
SusWrite 109
63% 86.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
98% 0.77 MB/s
434GB free (System drive)
Firmware: GR2OA3J0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 88 91 74 63 80 MB/s
52.1% Above average
Read 100
Write 93
Mixed 37.3
SusWrite 81.4
57% 77.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
108% 0.87 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: GR2OA3E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 90 89 91 90 MB/s
50% Average
Read 85.8
Write 83.3
Mixed 32.3
SusWrite 88.3
53% 72.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
102% 0.8 MB/s
380GB free (System drive)
Firmware: GG2O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 36 71 79 78 74 MB/s
46.1% Average
Read 90.5
Write 87.5
Mixed 32.7
SusWrite 69.9
51% 70.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
104% 0.83 MB/s
421GB free (System drive)
Firmware: GR2OA230
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 69 64 73 77 77 MB/s
41.9% Average
Read 75
Write 73.6
Mixed 33.8
SusWrite 70.9
46% 63.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.3
62% 0.53 MB/s
406GB free (System drive)
Firmware: GG2OAF10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 67 67 66 59 66 MB/s
41.1% Average
Read 77.1
Write 86.2
Mixed 32.8
SusWrite 65.8
48% 65.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
104% 0.83 MB/s
464GB free
Firmware: GG2O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.7 4 3.9 MB/s
21.3% Poor
Read 70.5
Write 3.5
Mixed 6
SusWrite 3.7
15% 20.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.3
58% 0.33 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 11%
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Desktop
Desktop 26%
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Workstation
Workstation 14%
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System: HP 15 Notebook PC

CPU
A8-6410 APU R5 GraphicsAMDBench 23%, 12,817 samples1,468x
Pentium N3540IntelBench 20%, 10,194 samples1,401x
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 35%, 51,301 samples1,195x
GPU
HD Graphics (Bay Trail 0.667 - 0.854 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 57,792 samples3,060x
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 187,564 samples2,508x
Radeon R5AMDBench 2%, 26,284 samples1,971x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 63%, 122,004 samples93x
A400 120GBKingston  $25Bench 59%, 60,644 samples88x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $60Bench 103%, 520,826 samples80x
RAM
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 28,932 samples1,767x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 24,587 samples1,354x
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 25%, 35,446 samples1,035x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 19% - Very poor Total price: $32

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