Hitachi

HTS545032B9A 320GB

HTS545032B9A 320GB
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Effective Speed -240%Effective Speed -240%Average Score -201%Read -219%, Write -234%, 4K Read -271%, 4K Write -119%, Mixed -153%, 4K Mixed -101%, SusWrite -310%Peak Score -135%Read -169%, Write -169%, 4K Read -242%, 4K Write -79%, Mixed -62%, 4K Mixed -46%, SusWrite -175%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -8%Age -8%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 26% (840^th of 1014)

Based on 219 user benchmarks. Model: Hitachi HTS545032B9A

Poor: 6%Average: 26% Great: 41%

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Very poor average bench

The Hitachi HTS545032B9A 320GB averaged 74.0% 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 0.43MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.98MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HTS545032B9A 320GB is 34.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HTS545032B9A 320GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 37MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 32.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 219 samples)

Rank 84026%

Min	Avg	Max
9	Read 48.7	74.4
8.2	Write 43.2	70
8.7	Mixed 32.5	60.7
8.76	SusWrite 37	71.4
29.8% 40.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.09	4K Read 0.35	0.5
0.13	4K Write 0.98	1.4
0.1	4K Mixed 0.43	0.7
80.4% 0.59 MB/s

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The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

FRA-User, 8 months ago.

137GB free

Firmware: PB3O

SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 68 68 68 67 68 MB/s

38.9% Below average

Write 57.7

Mixed 31.5

SusWrite 68.1

41% 56.1 MB/s

4K Read 0.4

4K Write 1.3

4K Mixed 0.6

107% 0.77 MB/s

USA-User, 3 months ago.

185GB free

Firmware: PB3O

SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 61 60 61 61 61 MB/s

34.6% Below average

Write 58.7

Mixed 33.1

SusWrite 60.4

39% 53 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 1.4

4K Mixed 0.6

113% 0.83 MB/s

BRA-User, 3 months ago.

39GB free

Firmware: PB3O

SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 56 57 60 59 58 MB/s

31.2% Below average

Write 50

Mixed 26.1

SusWrite 58

34% 46.2 MB/s

4K Read 0.4

4K Write 1.2

4K Mixed 0.5

94% 0.7 MB/s

UKR-User, 7 months ago.

255GB free (System drive)

Firmware: PB3Z

SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 18 16 16 18 17 MB/s

13.5% Very poor

Write 33.4

Mixed 21.8

SusWrite 17.1

19% 25.5 MB/s

4K Read 0.3

4K Write 0.7

4K Mixed 0.3

59% 0.43 MB/s

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Desktop 40%

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Workstation 5%

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System: Asus K50ID

CPU
Core2 Duo T9600Intel $170Bench 39%, 2,726 samples	32x
Pentium T4500IntelBench 34%, 8,800 samples	9x
Core2 Duo T6670IntelBench 35%, 2,094 samples	9x

GPU
GeForce GT 320MNvidiaBench 1%, 1,680 samples	79x

SSD
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	12x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	40x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	25x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	6x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $170

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HTS545032B9A 320GB

Average Bench: 26% (840^th of 1014)

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HTS545032B9A 320GB

Average Bench: 26% (840th of 1014)

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Average Bench: 26% (840^th of 1014)