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HDS721050CLA660 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 59.8% (188th of 1015)

Based on 14 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitach HDS721050CLA660
Poor: 46%Average: 59.8% Great: 72%

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Average average bench

The Hitach HDS721050CLA660 500GB averaged 40.1% 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 0.52MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 109MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitach HDS721050CLA660 500GB is 26.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitach HDS721050CLA660 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 77.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 91.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)
Rank 18859.8%
Min Avg Max
22.5 Read 106 174
80.4 Write 109 133
16.3 Mixed 77.7 134
62.2 SusWrite 91.9 117
71% 96.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.53 0.7
0.78 4K Write 1.36 1.65
0.18 4K Mixed 0.52 0.8
105% 0.8 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
294GB free
Firmware: JP2O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 112 117 101 122 122 MB/s
66.4% Good
Read 122
Write 118
Mixed 56.1
SusWrite 110
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
146% 1 MB/s
84GB free
Firmware: JP2O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 98 98 99 99 MB/s
60% Above average
Read 110
Write 118
Mixed 58.5
SusWrite 98.5
71% 96.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 0.97 MB/s
199GB free
Firmware: JP2OA41A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 113 108 122 122 MB/s
58% Above average
Read 84.8
Write 80.5
Mixed 46.7
SusWrite 117
60% 82.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.97 MB/s
193GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JP2O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 74 71 66 89 93 MB/s
45.5% Average
Read 84.5
Write 87.3
Mixed 51.5
SusWrite 73.9
55% 74.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 1 MB/s
50GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JP2O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 66 48 59 79 84 MB/s
24.3% Poor
Read 22.5
Write 122
Mixed 16.3
SusWrite 62.2
40% 55.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.6
89% 0.57 MB/s
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Typical HDS721050CLA660 500GB Builds (Compare 264 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 29%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 25%
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Motherboard: Asus H170-PLUS D3

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel  $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples41x
Core i5-6500Intel  $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples37x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples36x
GPU
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples21x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples18x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples18x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples11x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $70Bench 224%, 92,081 samples7x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston  $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples5x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples24x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples9x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX  $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples8x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 50% - Average Total price: $468

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