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HTS723232L9SA60 320GB

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 33.3% (638th of 1014)

Based on 398 user benchmarks.  Model: HITACHI HTS723232L9SA60
Poor: 18%Average: 33.3% Great: 45%

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Poor average bench

The Hitachi HTS723232L9SA60 320GB averaged 66.6% 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 0.51MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.5MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HTS723232L9SA60 320GB is 27%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HTS723232L9SA60 320GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 38.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 53.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 398 samples)
Rank 63833.3%
Min Avg Max
25.8 Read 59.5 78.6
21.8 Write 59 79.2
11.6 Mixed 38.2 69.6
18.6 SusWrite 53.4 80.3
38.7% 52.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.5 0.7
0.3 4K Write 0.94 1.2
0.12 4K Mixed 0.51 0.8
95.3% 0.65 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
279GB free
Firmware: FC4OC30F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 80 80 80 80 MB/s
45.9% Average
Read 79.8
Write 76.9
Mixed 44.1
SusWrite 80.1
52% 70.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
125% 0.83 MB/s
262GB free
Firmware: FC4OC30F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 77 78 78 79 79 MB/s
44.2% Average
Read 75.4
Write 58.7
Mixed 41.2
SusWrite 78.5
47% 63.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
125% 0.83 MB/s
265GB free
Firmware: FC4OC30F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 79 79 79 78 MB/s
43% Average
Read 71.5
Write 74.4
Mixed 39.1
SusWrite 78.1
48% 65.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
136% 0.87 MB/s
298GB free
Firmware: FC4ZC50B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 68 70 69 70 70 MB/s
40.7% Average
Read 72.8
Write 72.1
Mixed 42.8
SusWrite 68.9
47% 64.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.87 MB/s
71GB free
Firmware: FC4OC30F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 54 53 54 53 53 MB/s
31% Below average
Read 54.6
Write 51.7
Mixed 30.9
SusWrite 53.1
35% 47.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
134% 0.83 MB/s
28GB free
Firmware: FC4OC30F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 53 52 52 53 52 MB/s
26.8% Poor
Read 40.9
Write 47
Mixed 25.6
SusWrite 52.4
30% 41.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.8
132% 0.8 MB/s
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System: Sony VGNFW590F3B

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Core2 Duo T6600IntelBench 35%, 8,673 samples2x
GPU
Mobility Radeon HD 4650ATIBench 3%, 4,405 samples2x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples2x
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