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HUS726020ALA614 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 86.7% (39th of 1015)

Based on 23 user benchmarks.  Model: HGST HUS726020ALA614
Poor: 66%Average: 86.7% Great: 109%

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Very good average bench

The Hitachi HUS726020ALA614 2TB averaged just 13.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Hitachi HUS726020ALA614 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 4.07MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.66MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HUS726020ALA614 2TB is 42.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Hitachi HUS726020ALA614 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 70.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 146MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 23 samples)
Rank 3986.7%
Min Avg Max
50.7 Read 146 199
7.2 Write 149 200
9 Mixed 70.7 83
8.5 SusWrite 156 189
95.2% 130 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.96 1.2
0 4K Write 4.07 6.1
0 4K Mixed 0.66 0.9
188% 1.89 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1TB free
Firmware: A5DEKN03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 178 171 172 174 169 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 177
Write 169
Mixed 76.3
SusWrite 173
108% 149 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 4.4
4K Mixed 0.5
179% 1.97 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: A5DEKN03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 177 174 171 174 169 MB/s
98% Outstanding
Read 168
Write 173
Mixed 81
SusWrite 173
109% 149 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 0.6
181% 1.8 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: A5DEKN03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 175 171 172 173 171 MB/s
84.6% Excellent
Read 122
Write 128
Mixed 65.7
SusWrite 172
89% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 0.5
176% 1.97 MB/s
153GB free
Firmware: A5DEKN03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 113 115 117 113 115 MB/s
80% Excellent
Read 164
Write 93.1
Mixed 77.1
SusWrite 114
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 0.6
188% 2 MB/s
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Desktop 90%
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Workstation 117%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450 AORUS PRO WIFI - $140

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,365x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples932x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples736x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples534x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples471x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples427x
SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD  $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples242x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples187x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples180x
RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples365x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples318x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples293x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Very good Total price: $800

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