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HDS728040PLA320 40GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 22.9% (933rd of 1015)

Based on 85 user benchmarks.  Model: HDS728040PLA320
Poor: 8%Average: 22.9% Great: 32%

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Very poor average bench

The Hitachi HDS728040PLA320 40GB averaged 77.0% 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 Mixed IO Speed 0.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.33MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HDS728040PLA320 40GB is 23.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HDS728040PLA320 40GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 29.4MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 35.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 85 samples)
Rank 93322.9%
Min Avg Max
13.9 Read 41.2 55
17.5 Write 41.9 55.4
13.4 Mixed 29.4 43.2
9.41 SusWrite 35.7 54.8
27.3% 37 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.12 4K Read 0.48 0.64
0.35 4K Write 1.33 1.72
0.11 4K Mixed 0.4 0.6
88.7% 0.73 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
37GB free
Firmware: PF1OA60A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 54 54 54 54 MB/s
29.6% Poor
Read 48.4
Write 55.8
Mixed 37.9
SusWrite 54.4
36% 49.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
123% 0.97 MB/s
37GB free
Firmware: PF1OA60A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 55 55 54 55 55 MB/s
28.9% Poor
Read 46.2
Write 50.9
Mixed 37.5
SusWrite 54.1
35% 47.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
121% 0.93 MB/s
10GB free
Firmware: PF1OA60A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s
25.9% Poor
Read 51.3
Write 39.5
Mixed 31
SusWrite 38.7
30% 40.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.6
122% 0.87 MB/s
28GB free
Firmware: PF1OA63A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 50 50 38 49 42 MB/s
22.8% Poor
Read 34.8
Write 50
Mixed 32.4
SusWrite 44.4
30% 40.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
104% 0.83 MB/s
25GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PF1OA60A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 32 23 40 41 MB/s
21.6% Poor
Read 40.5
Write 36.6
Mixed 24.7
SusWrite 34.4
25% 34.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
94% 0.73 MB/s
14GB free
Firmware: A65A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 43 43 43 44 MB/s
20.8% Poor
Read 29.3
Write 31.2
Mixed 24.7
SusWrite 42.9
24% 32 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
108% 0.87 MB/s
6GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PF1OA63A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 23 26 30 29 31 MB/s
17.8% Very poor
Read 34.6
Write 38.9
Mixed 31.2
SusWrite 26.8
24% 32.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
112% 0.93 MB/s
20GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PF1OA63A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 39 MB/s
17.5% Very poor
Read 28.9
Write 40.1
Mixed 28.1
SusWrite 32.2
24% 32.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.1
23% 0.2 MB/s
31GB free
Firmware: PF1OA60A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 28 16 27 21 28 MB/s
15.6% Very poor
Read 29.8
Write 41.8
Mixed 25.6
SusWrite 24.1
22% 30.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.2
58% 0.63 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 22%
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Desktop
Desktop 69%
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Workstation
Workstation 19%
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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme4 - $107

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples127x
FX-6300AMD  $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples73x
FX-8320AMD  $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples59x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples31x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples24x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples21x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples15x
850 Evo 120GBSamsung  $80Bench 96%, 69,224 samples13x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples13x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples12x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples9x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples9x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $396

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