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HDS5C1050CLA380 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 48% (335th of 1015)

Based on 37 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitachi HDS5C1050CLA380
Poor: 25%Average: 48% Great: 60%

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Below average average bench

The Hitachi HDS5C1050CLA380 500GB 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 0.55MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.22MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HDS5C1050CLA380 500GB is 35.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Hitachi HDS5C1050CLA380 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 44.9MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 79.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 37 samples)
Rank 33548%
Min Avg Max
26 Read 87.8 114
8 Write 82.8 110
16.5 Mixed 44.9 97.9
16.9 SusWrite 79.9 110
54.1% 73.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.29 4K Read 0.48 0.6
0.2 4K Write 1.22 1.5
0.1 4K Mixed 0.55 0.7
103% 0.75 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
430GB free
Firmware: JC2OA50E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 110 111 112 111 MB/s
60.5% Good
Read 100
Write 101
Mixed 56
SusWrite 110
67% 92.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
113% 0.83 MB/s
398GB free
Firmware: JC2OA50E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 103 106 106 106 105 MB/s
55.3% Above average
Read 89.5
Write 92.9
Mixed 49.9
SusWrite 103
61% 83.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
123% 0.83 MB/s
421GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JC2OA50E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 92 90 92 89 69 MB/s
54.3% Above average
Read 104
Write 105
Mixed 51.7
SusWrite 85.5
63% 86.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.87 MB/s
83GB free
Firmware: JC2OA50E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 81 83 83 83 86 MB/s
46.2% Average
Read 77.9
Write 70.5
Mixed 44.4
SusWrite 83
51% 68.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
112% 0.8 MB/s
421GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JC2OA50E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 13 13 16 78 99 MB/s
42.3% Average
Read 99.6
Write 104
Mixed 49.2
SusWrite 47.8
55% 75.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.87 MB/s
65GB free
Firmware: JC2OA50E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 67 68 69 69 MB/s
39% Below average
Read 68.2
Write 67.2
Mixed 35.7
SusWrite 67.7
44% 59.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.6
110% 0.77 MB/s
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 - $80

CPU
A10-7850K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD  $135Bench 45%, 19,875 samples18x
A8-6600K APUAMD  $88Bench 50%, 21,890 samples17x
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples14x
GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples11x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples11x
Radeon HD 8470DAMDBench 3%, 8,268 samples8x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples9x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples4x
SU 630 240GBAdataBench 62%, 346 samples4x
RAM
BLS4G3D1609DS 2x4GBCrucialBench 43%, 4,102 samples8x
GR1600D364L11 12GBUnknownBench 25%, 11 samples6x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 45% - Average Total price: $253

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