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HTS72503 320GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 42.8% (457th of 1015)

Based on 70 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitachi HTS72503
Poor: 25%Average: 42.8% Great: 55%

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Below average average bench

The Hitachi HTS72503 320GB averaged 57.2% 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 0.57MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.52MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HTS72503 320GB is 29.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HTS72503 320GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 53.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 67.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 70 samples)
Rank 45742.8%
Min Avg Max
37.8 Read 76.5 101
40.8 Write 77.5 102
24.4 Mixed 53.2 90.5
15.7 SusWrite 67.4 102
50.6% 68.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.23 4K Read 0.52 0.68
0.56 4K Write 1.16 1.57
0.16 4K Mixed 0.57 0.9
107% 0.75 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
275GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CH0A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 93 69 76 47 76 MB/s
50% Above average
Read 99.2
Write 99.5
Mixed 53.8
SusWrite 75
60% 81.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
149% 0.93 MB/s
273GB free (System drive)
Firmware: C72E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 75 66 74 67 68 MB/s
39.2% Below average
Read 66.9
Write 60.4
Mixed 43
SusWrite 69.7
44% 60 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.9
141% 0.83 MB/s
103GB free (System drive)
Firmware: C72E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 59 56 35 15 24 MB/s
24.1% Poor
Read 43.5
Write 57.4
Mixed 36
SusWrite 40.3
33% 44.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.6
106% 0.73 MB/s
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Typical HTS72503 320GB Builds (Compare 12,942 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
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Gaming 110%
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Desktop
Desktop 94%
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Workstation
Workstation 112%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS - $180

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $280Bench 87%, 385,204 samples4,184x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $273Bench 84%, 538,464 samples2,419x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $505Bench 89%, 158,926 samples2,074x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 123%, 375,456 samples1,791x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 107%, 255,917 samples1,688x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia  $770Bench 142%, 151,531 samples746x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 290%, 217,766 samples785x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $60Bench 275%, 280,320 samples514x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 307%, 165,355 samples482x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $64Bench 86%, 345,515 samples868x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $78Bench 86%, 172,473 samples485x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $110Bench 89%, 68,799 samples344x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $1,114

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