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HUH721008AL 8TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 114% (1st of 1015)

Based on 8 user benchmarks.  Model: HGST HUH721008AL
Poor: 80%Average: 114% Great: 128%

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Outstanding average bench

The Hitachi HUH721008AL 8TB averaged 14.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Hitachi HUH721008AL 8TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.17MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 5.64MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HUH721008AL 8TB is 48.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Hitachi HUH721008AL 8TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 110MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 192MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8 samples)
Rank 1114%
Min Avg Max
122 Read 198 225
129 Write 192 217
99.3 Mixed 110 128
154 SusWrite 199 219
128% 175 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.2 4K Read 1.9 2.6
4.7 4K Write 5.64 6.8
1 4K Mixed 1.17 1.3
314% 2.9 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
7.5TB free
Firmware: T384
SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 225 224 222 213 213 MB/s
124% Outstanding
Read 213
Write 192
Mixed 116
SusWrite 218
136% 185 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 1.2
307% 2.73 MB/s
6TB free
Firmware: T384
SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 205 210 206 213 202 MB/s
123% Outstanding
Read 222
Write 199
Mixed 102
SusWrite 207
133% 182 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 5.4
4K Mixed 1.3
294% 2.63 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: T384
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 180 165 182 189 193 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 208
Write 200
Mixed 128
SusWrite 180
132% 179 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 5.8
4K Mixed 1.1
309% 2.93 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: T384
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 152 155 157 152 154 MB/s
99.5% Outstanding
Read 191
Write 182
Mixed 122
SusWrite 154
120% 162 MB/s
4K Read 2.9
4K Write 6.7
4K Mixed 1.2
378% 3.6 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,394,947 HDDs tested

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Typical HUH721008AL 8TB Builds (Compare 612 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 59%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 49%
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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751) - $250

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel  $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples240x
Core i5-3570KIntel  $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples160x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples76x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples54x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples41x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples29x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples24x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples19x
MX500 1TBCrucial  $74Bench 106%, 202,785 samples19x
RAM
CT102464BD160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 4,052 samples16x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples15x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples14x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $657

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