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HTS541010A 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 51.9% (281st of 1015)

Based on 18 user benchmarks.  Model: HGST HGST HTS541010A
Poor: 36%Average: 51.9% Great: 63%

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Average average bench

The Hitachi HTS541010A 1TB averaged 48.0% 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 Read Speed 0.73MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.62MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HTS541010A 1TB is 27.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HTS541010A 1TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 88.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 91.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 18 samples)
Rank 28151.9%
Min Avg Max
46 Read 91.7 239
60.3 Write 88.7 120
21.8 Mixed 78.8 102
93.5 SusWrite 93.5 93.5
65.3% 88.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.28 4K Read 0.73 5.38
0.52 4K Write 1.62 4.01
0.09 4K Mixed 0.25 0.71
88.1% 0.87 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
903GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JA0O
91.9% Outstanding
Read 239
Write 82.3
Mixed 66.1
95% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.46
4K Write 1.36
4K Mixed 0.21
68% 0.68 MB/s
810GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JA0O
63% Good
Read 98.7
Write 120
Mixed 102
80% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.32
4K Write 4.01
4K Mixed 0.71
167% 1.68 MB/s
913GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SE0O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 93 97 93 87 94 MB/s
54.9% Above average
Read 97.7
Write 87.2
Mixed 21.8
SusWrite 93.5
54% 75.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
108% 0.9 MB/s
741GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SE0O
53.9% Above average
Read 97.4
Write 90
Mixed 87.1
69% 91.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.57
4K Write 2.28
4K Mixed 0.27
95% 1.04 MB/s
648GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SE0O
52.5% Above average
Read 90.2
Write 92.9
Mixed 79.2
66% 87.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.46
4K Write 1.48
4K Mixed 0.15
63% 0.7 MB/s
648GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SE0O
52.3% Above average
Read 93.5
Write 88.8
Mixed 84.5
67% 89 MB/s
4K Read 0.51
4K Write 1.48
4K Mixed 0.17
67% 0.72 MB/s
772GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SE0O
42.3% Average
Read 67.9
Write 79.3
Mixed 86.1
59% 77.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.42
4K Write 1.53
4K Mixed 0.44
94% 0.79 MB/s
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Gaming 10%
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Desktop 58%
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Workstation 10%
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System: Dell XPS 15 9550

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples1,511x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples193x
Core i3-6100HIntelBench 56%, 313 samples5x
GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples1,181x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples504x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples4x
SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples271x
THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 160%, 14,022 samples204x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TBSamsungBench 155%, 2,610 samples87x
RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples430x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples142x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples108x
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