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HGST HTS541075A9E680

Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 750GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 41.8% (469th of 1015)

Based on 23,438 user benchmarks.  Models: HGST HTS541075A9E680, HGST HTS 541075A9E680, HGST HTS541075A9E6800, Hitachi HTS541075A9E680, HGST HTS541075A9E680
Poor: 20%Average: 41.8% Great: 57%

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Below average average bench

The HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 750GB averaged 58.1% 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 0.51MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.38MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 750GB is 37.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 750GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 30.4MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 72MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 23,438 samples)
Rank 46941.8%
Min Avg Max
20 Read 73.6 101
27.1 Write 74.4 101
15.4 Mixed 30.4 38.7
26.5 SusWrite 72 103
45.6% 62.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.11 4K Read 0.44 0.6
0.5 4K Write 1.38 1.7
0.2 4K Mixed 0.51 0.6
100% 0.78 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
643GB free
Firmware: JA2OA590
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 106 105 105 105 MB/s
59.8% Above average
Read 104
Write 86.9
Mixed 36.8
SusWrite 104
60% 83 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
123% 0.97 MB/s
546GB free
Firmware: JA2OA710
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 95 94 95 95 96 MB/s
54% Above average
Read 94.2
Write 82.7
Mixed 36.3
SusWrite 94
56% 76.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
115% 0.87 MB/s
314GB free
Firmware: JA2OA560
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 71 69 72 67 MB/s
42.9% Average
Read 79.2
Write 69.8
Mixed 29
SusWrite 70.3
45% 62.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
113% 0.83 MB/s
509GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JA2OA710
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 68 67 61 64 66 MB/s
42.5% Average
Read 85
Write 82.4
Mixed 35.1
SusWrite 62.9
48% 66.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.9 MB/s
85GB free
Firmware: JA2OA710
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 72 70 69 70 66 MB/s
40.8% Average
Read 73.6
Write 73.2
Mixed 28.9
SusWrite 68.5
44% 61 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
104% 0.83 MB/s
345GB free
Firmware: JA2OA590
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 67 67 67 67 66 MB/s
39.2% Below average
Read 70.1
Write 69.3
Mixed 28.1
SusWrite 66.4
43% 58.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.5
95% 0.67 MB/s
116GB free
Firmware: JA2OA480
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 42 50 49 48 43 MB/s
17.4% Very poor
Read 13.9
Write 30.3
Mixed 12.4
SusWrite 46.7
19% 25.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.2
36% 0.23 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 4%
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Desktop
Desktop 43%
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Workstation
Workstation 4%
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System: HP Pavilion 15 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i5-4200UIntel  $281Bench 43%, 64,450 samples646x
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples565x
Core i7-4510UIntelBench 47%, 63,054 samples394x
GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples1,800x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples619x
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples583x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples123x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples99x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples80x
RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples189x
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 40,451 samples165x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples158x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 41% - Average Total price: $309

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 Comments

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TUR-User
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5,526

Terrible

2 years ago.

VERY BAD WRITE SPEEDS... 6MB/S

UKR-User
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3,599

Poor

5 years ago.

Fair spin-up and weak surface.

EthanOZT
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26

Poor

4 months ago.

it's quite slow and takes a laptop around 3 minutes to boot and login and then another 3 minutes to get to desktop. Overall, not very good

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