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Hitachi

HUS728T8TALE6L4 8TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 109% (1st of 1015)

Based on 1,005 user benchmarks.  Model: HGST HUS728T8TALE6L4
Poor: 70%Average: 109% Great: 137%

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Outstanding average bench

The Hitachi HUS728T8TALE6L4 8TB averaged 9.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Hitachi HUS728T8TALE6L4 8TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.63MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 6.15MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HUS728T8TALE6L4 8TB is 66.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Hitachi HUS728T8TALE6L4 8TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 92.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 188MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,005 samples)
Rank 1109%
Min Avg Max
108 Read 188 237
118 Write 192 242
65 Mixed 92.2 114
118 SusWrite 192 243
121% 166 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 1.46 1.9
3.64 4K Write 6.15 7.8
1.14 4K Mixed 1.63 1.9
356% 3.08 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
6.5TB free
Firmware: V8GNW410
SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 241 237 241 241 236 MB/s
134% Outstanding
Read 228
Write 229
Mixed 103
SusWrite 239
146% 200 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 1.9
368% 2.83 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: V8GNW9G0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 222 225 217 219 226 MB/s
132% Outstanding
Read 237
Write 236
Mixed 114
SusWrite 222
148% 202 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 7.7
4K Mixed 1.7
411% 3.77 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: V8GNW9G0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 201 209 207 202 206 MB/s
116% Outstanding
Read 199
Write 212
Mixed 105
SusWrite 205
132% 180 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 6.8
4K Mixed 1.8
401% 3.47 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: V8GNW410
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 137 136 134 140 136 MB/s
95.9% Outstanding
Read 199
Write 200
Mixed 98.5
SusWrite 134
116% 158 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 7.5
4K Mixed 1.4
349% 3.4 MB/s
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Gaming 10%
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Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 10%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B460M-A R2.0

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel  $99Bench 85%, 153,026 samples451x
Core i5-10400Intel  $125Bench 84%, 71,804 samples278x
Core i3-10100Intel  $94Bench 80%, 24,563 samples252x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 37,718 samples379x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $275Bench 100%, 447,556 samples209x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples145x
SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples135x
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 186%, 34,043 samples108x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples74x
RAM
CT8G4DFS8266.M8FD 1x8GBCrucialBench 43%, 3,932 samples180x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples105x
LD4AU008G-H3200GST 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 1,269 samples65x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 113% - Outstanding Total price: $99

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