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HUS726040ALN610 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 103% (2nd of 1015)

Based on 22 user benchmarks.  Model: HGST HUS726040ALN610
Poor: 83%Average: 103% Great: 114%

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Outstanding average bench

The Hitachi HUS726040ALN610 4TB averaged 2.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Hitachi HUS726040ALN610 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 4.58MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.67MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HUS726040ALN610 4TB is 31%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HUS726040ALN610 4TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 78.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.98MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 22 samples)
Rank 2103%
Min Avg Max
128 Read 179 205
152 Write 184 212
71 Mixed 78.4 84.8
55.9 SusWrite 179 201
113% 155 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.9 4K Read 0.98 1.1
2.2 4K Write 4.58 6.2
0.4 4K Mixed 0.67 1.1
200% 2.08 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: APGNT907
SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 188 199 199 196 197 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 200
Write 200
Mixed 80.7
SusWrite 196
123% 169 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 4.8
4K Mixed 0.7
208% 2.17 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: APGNT907
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 194 198 198 196 199 MB/s
113% Outstanding
Read 199
Write 199
Mixed 83.1
SusWrite 195
123% 169 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 6.2
4K Mixed 0.6
219% 2.57 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: APGNT907
SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 206 199 187 207 195 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 194
Write 200
Mixed 84.8
SusWrite 196
123% 169 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 5.3
4K Mixed 0.8
224% 2.33 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: APGNTD05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 178 185 184 180 182 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 169
Write 174
Mixed 79.9
SusWrite 182
110% 151 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 0.6
201% 2.2 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: APGNT7J0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 177 177 180 174 179 MB/s
97.2% Outstanding
Read 160
Write 161
Mixed 77.5
SusWrite 178
105% 144 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 4.3
4K Mixed 0.4
162% 1.87 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 102%
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Desktop
Desktop 88%
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Workstation
Workstation 110%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X299 AORUS Gaming 9 - $500

CPU
Core i9-7900XIntel  $413Bench 82%, 19,432 samples67x
Core i7-7820XIntel  $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples58x
Core i9-7920XIntel  $250Bench 82%, 5,430 samples19x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples63x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples32x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples19x
SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples21x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $249Bench 279%, 18,356 samples14x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples10x
RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples60x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples27x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples23x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $1,537

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