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HUA723030ALA640 3TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 72.4% (118th of 1015)

Based on 3 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitachi HUA723030ALA640
Poor: 61%Average: 72.4% Great: 80%

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Good average bench

The Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 3TB averaged 27.5% 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 0.87MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.87MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 74.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 122MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)
Rank 11872.4%
Min Avg Max
82.5 Read 122 143
125 Write 133 139
70 Mixed 74.4 77.5
124 SusWrite 131 140
84.4% 115 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 0.87 1.1
1.7 4K Write 1.9 2.2
0.8 4K Mixed 0.87 1
168% 1.21 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: MKAOA6L0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 137 138 141 141 140 MB/s
80.1% Excellent
Read 140
Write 139
Mixed 75.6
SusWrite 140
90% 124 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1
188% 1.27 MB/s
2.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: MKAOAA10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 126 113 125 108 133 MB/s
76.5% Very good
Read 143
Write 135
Mixed 70
SusWrite 124
86% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.1 MB/s
2.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: MKAOAA10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 124 123 135 133 136 MB/s
60.7% Good
Read 82.5
Write 125
Mixed 77.5
SusWrite 129
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
163% 1.27 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,326,602 HDDs tested

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Desktop 60%
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Workstation 6%
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System: HP Z210 Workstation

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel  $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples341x
Core i5-2400Intel  $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples121x
Xeon E3-1240IntelBench 70%, 2,292 samples115x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples107x
Quadro 600NvidiaBench 3%, 15,964 samples82x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples68x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples34x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples22x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples20x
RAM
M378B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 48%, 11,003 samples17x
M378B5273DH0-CH9 4x4GBSamsungBench 49%, 2,942 samples12x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 48%, 2,925 samples12x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $222

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