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HUA5C3030ALA640 3TB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 55.7% (241st of 1015)

Based on 61 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitachi HUA5C3030ALA640
Poor: 38%Average: 55.7% Great: 66%

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Average average bench

The Hitachi HUA5C3030ALA640 3TB averaged 44.3% 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 0.5MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.74MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HUA5C3030ALA640 3TB is 27.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HUA5C3030ALA640 3TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 63.3MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 93.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 61 samples)
Rank 24155.7%
Min Avg Max
60.3 Read 97.3 118
53.8 Write 97.2 119
26 Mixed 63.3 91.3
51.6 SusWrite 93.5 120
64.6% 87.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.47 4K Read 0.74 0.9
1.1 4K Write 1.49 1.9
0.25 4K Mixed 0.5 0.7
114% 0.91 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: ME0KR5A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 111 113 111 110 111 MB/s
63.4% Good
Read 110
Write 108
Mixed 67.7
SusWrite 111
73% 99.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
143% 1.03 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: ME0KR5A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 111 110 110 109 MB/s
60.7% Good
Read 102
Write 106
Mixed 59.2
SusWrite 110
69% 94.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 0.97 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: ME0KR5A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 93 101 105 105 104 MB/s
59.7% Above average
Read 109
Write 103
Mixed 65.9
SusWrite 99.1
69% 94.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
139% 1 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: ME0KR5A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 101 95 101 104 MB/s
59.4% Above average
Read 107
Write 105
Mixed 61.8
SusWrite 100
69% 93.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
133% 0.9 MB/s
940GB free
Firmware: ME0KR5A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 117 116 118 116 118 MB/s
57% Above average
Read 82.2
Write 87.8
Mixed 48.9
SusWrite 116
61% 83.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
122% 0.9 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: ME0KR5A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 95 94 93 93 95 MB/s
56.6% Above average
Read 105
Write 95.4
Mixed 60.3
SusWrite 92.6
65% 88.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
139% 1 MB/s
335GB free
Firmware: MEAOA800
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 68 70 71 72 71 MB/s
43.3% Average
Read 80
Write 83.9
Mixed 51
SusWrite 70.4
52% 71.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
144% 1.1 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 34%
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Desktop
Desktop 67%
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Workstation
Workstation 27%
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Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 (MS-7693) - $88

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples100x
FX-6300AMD  $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples82x
FX-8320AMD  $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples47x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples27x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples21x
R9 270XAMD  $199Bench 27%, 77,943 samples19x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples11x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples9x
RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples46x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples39x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples16x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $376

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