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HTS542525K9SA00 250GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 22.4% (942nd of 1015)

Based on 3,183 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitachi HTS542525K9SA00
Poor: 7%Average: 22.4% Great: 31%

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Very poor average bench

The Hitachi HTS542525K9SA00 250GB averaged 77.5% 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 0.58MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.43MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HTS542525K9SA00 250GB is 23.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HTS542525K9SA00 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 23.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 37.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,183 samples)
Rank 94222.4%
Min Avg Max
10.5 Read 40.9 55.6
9.47 Write 38.7 54.2
9.84 Mixed 23.7 31.5
11.4 SusWrite 37.1 55.1
25.8% 35.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.43 0.5
0.27 4K Write 0.91 1.1
0.2 4K Mixed 0.58 0.7
99.6% 0.64 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
225GB free
Firmware: BBFOC3BP
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 54 53 54 53 53 MB/s
30.5% Below average
Read 53.1
Write 50.2
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 53.1
34% 46.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
121% 0.8 MB/s
18GB free
Firmware: BBFOC3BP
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 49 49 39 50 48 MB/s
29% Poor
Read 56.1
Write 45.2
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 44.7
32% 43.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.6
104% 0.67 MB/s
205GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BBFOC33P
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 47 40 51 23 45 MB/s
27.4% Poor
Read 56.7
Write 56.3
Mixed 30.1
SusWrite 38.6
33% 45.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.7
111% 0.67 MB/s
231GB free
Firmware: 0509
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s
26.7% Poor
Read 51
Write 38.5
Mixed 27.6
SusWrite 41.8
29% 39.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.7
122% 0.73 MB/s
204GB free
Firmware: BBFOC31P
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 53 53 51 52 52 MB/s
26.7% Poor
Read 40.5
Write 43.6
Mixed 23.9
SusWrite 52.2
29% 40 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.7
119% 0.73 MB/s
98GB free
Firmware: BBFOC32P
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 47 47 47 47 48 MB/s
24.2% Poor
Read 37
Write 49.2
Mixed 28.3
SusWrite 47.2
30% 40.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.6
108% 0.73 MB/s
121GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BBFOC33P
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 33 18 24 23 33 MB/s
14% Very poor
Read 22.9
Write 36.4
Mixed 26.3
SusWrite 25.7
21% 27.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
56% 0.5 MB/s
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Typical HTS542525K9SA00 250GB Builds (Compare 41 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 32%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Acer, Aspire 5920G

CPU
Core2 Duo T5550Intel  $180Bench 31%, 1,461 samples8x
Core2 Duo T7300Intel  $90Bench 34%, 2,712 samples7x
Core2 Duo T7500Intel  $90Bench 35%, 4,281 samples6x
GPU
Mobility Radeon HD 3400ATIBench 1%, 7,025 samples15x
GeForce 8600M GSNvidiaBench 1%, 884 samples11x
GeForce 8600M GTNvidiaBench 1%, 2,041 samples4x
SSD
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples4x
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples2x
T253X2256G 256GBTeamBench 70%, 4,105 samples2x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples21x
2x1GBUnknownBench 14%, 68,489 samples10x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples10x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 35% - Below average Total price: $180

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