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HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 54.7% (251st of 1015)

Based on 9,828 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632
Poor: 33%Average: 54.7% Great: 73%

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Average average bench

The Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB averaged 45.3% 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 0.68MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.57MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB is 40.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 56.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 95MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9,828 samples)
Rank 25154.7%
Min Avg Max
55 Read 95.4 130
56.5 Write 96.8 131
38 Mixed 56.5 71.5
54.6 SusWrite 95 129
63% 85.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.63 0.7
1.1 4K Write 1.57 2.09
0.5 4K Mixed 0.68 0.8
131% 0.96 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
572GB free
Firmware: ML6OA580
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 114 117 118 118 117 MB/s
62.1% Good
Read 99.4
Write 91.9
Mixed 56.9
SusWrite 117
67% 91.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
133% 0.93 MB/s
19GB free
Firmware: ML6OA180
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 81 77 85 80 MB/s
54.8% Above average
Read 107
Write 104
Mixed 57
SusWrite 83.5
65% 88.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
133% 0.93 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: ML6OA580
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 34 34 35 34 MB/s
45.5% Average
Read 125
Write 29.5
Mixed 38.6
SusWrite 33.9
42% 56.7 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.6
116% 0.67 MB/s
674GB free
Firmware: ML6OA580
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 81 82 83 79 80 MB/s
42% Average
Read 65.5
Write 72.9
Mixed 43.8
SusWrite 80.7
48% 65.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.87 MB/s
158GB free
Firmware: ML6OA580
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 67 68 69 68 MB/s
37.1% Below average
Read 61.6
Write 72.6
Mixed 43.5
SusWrite 67.5
45% 61.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1 MB/s
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B460-F GAMING

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel  $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples307x
Core i5-10600KIntel  $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples219x
Core i7-10700KIntel  $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples192x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples146x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples135x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples118x
SSD
SA2000M81000G 1TBKingstonBench 234%, 77,062 samples77x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples55x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples55x
RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples134x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples68x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples52x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $573

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