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HCT721050SLA380 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 48.7% (325th of 1015)

Based on 146 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitachi HCT721050SLA380
Poor: 33%Average: 48.7% Great: 61%

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Below average average bench

The Hitachi HCT721050SLA380 500GB averaged 51.3% 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 0.68MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.65MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HCT721050SLA380 500GB is 28.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HCT721050SLA380 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 52.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 80MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 146 samples)
Rank 32548.7%
Min Avg Max
54.1 Read 86.7 110
36.1 Write 82.9 106
21.3 Mixed 52.5 99.2
19.1 SusWrite 80 109
55.5% 75.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.31 4K Read 0.58 0.7
1.01 4K Write 1.65 2.04
0.27 4K Mixed 0.68 0.96
130% 0.97 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
371GB free
Firmware: ST3OA31E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 82 82 82 82 MB/s
54% Above average
Read 106
Write 102
Mixed 53.5
SusWrite 82
63% 85.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
164% 1.17 MB/s
60GB free
Firmware: ST3OA31E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 76 75 75 75 75 MB/s
42.9% Average
Read 74.4
Write 71.2
Mixed 41.3
SusWrite 74.9
48% 65.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
139% 0.97 MB/s
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Gaming 37%
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Desktop 76%
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Workstation 29%
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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX

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Core i5-3570KIntel  $70Bench 68%, 185,516 samples1,471x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples1,208x
Core i7-3770KIntel  $150Bench 72%, 165,979 samples1,129x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples392x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples387x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples323x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples218x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples200x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples155x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples146x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples133x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples110x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 65% - Good Total price: $295

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