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HDS721050CLA362 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 58% (208th of 1015)

Based on 80 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitach HDS721050CLA362
Poor: 37%Average: 58% Great: 71%

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Average average bench

The Hitach HDS721050CLA362 500GB averaged 41.9% 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 0.47MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 104MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitach HDS721050CLA362 500GB is 33.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitach HDS721050CLA362 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 78.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 80 samples)
Rank 20858%
Min Avg Max
50.9 Read 104 131
66.5 Write 102 129
33 Mixed 78.5 122
29.6 SusWrite 92.1 127
69.6% 94.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.24 4K Read 0.5 0.7
0.9 4K Write 1.3 1.5
0.18 4K Mixed 0.47 0.8
97.3% 0.76 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
425GB free
Firmware: JP2O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 121 120 121 122 MB/s
70.5% Very good
Read 125
Write 125
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 121
79% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.97 MB/s
108GB free
Firmware: JP2OA3GH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 119 118 112 123 122 MB/s
70.3% Very good
Read 126
Write 128
Mixed 64
SusWrite 119
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
149% 0.93 MB/s
181GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JP2O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 107 116 106 107 MB/s
66.5% Good
Read 125
Write 126
Mixed 64
SusWrite 107
77% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
146% 1 MB/s
268GB free
Firmware: JP2OA50E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 80 81 81 80 79 MB/s
60.8% Good
Read 132
Write 111
Mixed 64
SusWrite 79.5
71% 96.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.93 MB/s
21GB free
Firmware: JP2O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 107 108 113 110 MB/s
60.6% Good
Read 102
Write 98
Mixed 51.5
SusWrite 109
66% 90.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
129% 0.9 MB/s
24GB free
Firmware: JP2O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 100 94 92 87 97 MB/s
47.5% Average
Read 73.8
Write 70.5
Mixed 40.8
SusWrite 91.5
51% 69.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.93 MB/s
73GB free
Firmware: JP2OA39C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 86 87 87 87 MB/s
41.8% Average
Read 58.5
Write 71.7
Mixed 40.4
SusWrite 86.9
47% 64.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.9 MB/s
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Gaming 8%
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Desktop
Desktop 60%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
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Motherboard: Asus B85M-G - $80

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples960x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples787x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples532x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples481x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples402x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples369x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples259x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples164x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples153x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples158x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples126x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples85x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $317

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