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HTS72503 320GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

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Average Bench: 43.9% (436th of 1015)

Based on 46 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitachi HTS72503
Poor: 29%Average: 43.9% Great: 56%

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Below average average bench

The Hitachi HTS72503 320GB averaged 56.1% 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 0.49MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.53MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HTS72503 320GB is 26.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HTS72503 320GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 65.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 61.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 46 samples)
Rank 43643.9%
Min Avg Max
19.8 Read 78.5 104
7.5 Write 79.5 111
11.2 Mixed 61.7 94.2
14.8 SusWrite 65.6 103
52.8% 71.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.53 0.7
0.42 4K Write 1.15 1.6
0.14 4K Mixed 0.49 0.9
97.6% 0.72 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
247GB free (System drive)
Firmware: A3E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 100 103 104 103 103 MB/s
59.2% Above average
Read 104
Write 111
Mixed 35.6
SusWrite 103
64% 88.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
126% 0.97 MB/s
225GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CD0J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 93 92 96 70 MB/s
54.5% Above average
Read 101
Write 95.5
Mixed 54
SusWrite 89.2
62% 84.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.9 MB/s
114GB free
Firmware: C70E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 74 71 74 73 MB/s
46% Average
Read 87.4
Write 92.4
Mixed 45.5
SusWrite 72.9
55% 74.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.9 MB/s
38GB free
Firmware: CH0A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 52 53 55 54 55 MB/s
43.9% Average
Read 100
Write 96.7
Mixed 49.1
SusWrite 52.9
55% 74.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.9 MB/s
9GB free (System drive)
Firmware: C72E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 61 51 70 71 71 MB/s
43.5% Average
Read 85.3
Write 80.3
Mixed 43.8
SusWrite 66.3
51% 68.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.9
147% 0.9 MB/s
280GB free (System drive)
Firmware: B390
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 59 56 64 61 63 MB/s
34.7% Below average
Read 59.8
Write 59.9
Mixed 11.2
SusWrite 60.6
34% 47.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
126% 0.97 MB/s
80GB free (System drive)
Firmware: C72E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 16 11 9.3 10 12 MB/s
25.4% Poor
Read 73.3
Write 65
Mixed 40.7
SusWrite 14.8
36% 48.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.9
147% 0.9 MB/s
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Typical HTS72503 320GB Builds (Compare 4,965 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 45%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 19%
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System: HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel  $200Bench 45%, 26,491 samples841x
Core i7-2630QMIntel  $199Bench 43%, 21,937 samples667x
Core i7 Q 720Intel  $100Bench 29%, 9,231 samples466x
GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 100,887 samples1,678x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,881 samples354x
Mobility Radeon HD 4650ATIBench 4%, 3,299 samples284x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $70Bench 104%, 410,120 samples115x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $99Bench 113%, 331,339 samples87x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $45Bench 53%, 176,655 samples54x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 233,012 samples457x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 9,019 samples346x
HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 43%, 4,402 samples230x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $270

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