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HDS721010KLA330 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 37.9% (550th of 1015)

Based on 9,265 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitachi HDS721010KLA330
Poor: 22%Average: 37.9% Great: 47%

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Poor average bench

The Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB averaged 62.0% 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 0.89MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.77MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB is 25.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 38.8MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 65.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9,265 samples)
Rank 55037.9%
Min Avg Max
25.9 Read 66.3 82
37.6 Write 68.6 85
24.8 Mixed 38.8 44.3
35.7 SusWrite 65.5 82.4
43.9% 59.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.44 4K Read 0.77 0.9
1.03 4K Write 1.69 1.9
0.6 4K Mixed 0.89 1
162% 1.12 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
740GB free
Firmware: GKAOAB0A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 81 79 82 83 81 MB/s
45.7% Average
Read 77.9
Write 76
Mixed 40.7
SusWrite 81
50% 68.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
154% 1.1 MB/s
595GB free
Firmware: GKAOA70M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 42 43 43 43 43 MB/s
34.7% Below average
Read 78.2
Write 78.3
Mixed 42.3
SusWrite 42.3
44% 60.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
171% 1.2 MB/s
191GB free
Firmware: GKAOAB0A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 59 59 59 59 59 MB/s
32.6% Below average
Read 54.5
Write 51.6
Mixed 35.7
SusWrite 58.6
37% 50.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
159% 1.07 MB/s
417GB free
Firmware: GKAOAB0A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 45 45 43 43 47 MB/s
27.9% Poor
Read 52.4
Write 54.3
Mixed 34.8
SusWrite 44.2
34% 46.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
165% 1.13 MB/s
716GB free
Firmware: GKAOA70M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 48 55 47 59 51 MB/s
27.5% Poor
Read 43.8
Write 57.6
Mixed 32.5
SusWrite 51.8
34% 46.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
94% 0.73 MB/s
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Gaming 2%
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Desktop 64%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 74%, 235,627 samples2,384x
Core i7-2600Intel  $240Bench 72%, 148,095 samples2,052x
Core i5-2400Intel  $150Bench 68%, 139,134 samples1,435x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 126,587 samples1,879x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 787,619 samples1,609x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 115,305 samples1,129x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $35Bench 62%, 298,090 samples1,238x
A400 120GBKingston  $28Bench 57%, 149,417 samples713x
Virtual NVMe Disk 275GBParallelsBench 190%, 858 samples565x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 19%, 395,058 samples1,420x
4x2GBUnknownBench 24%, 161,350 samples942x
1x4GBUnknownBench 25%, 142,882 samples555x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $332

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