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HUS 724040ALE640 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 68.4% (136th of 1015)

Based on 49 user benchmarks.  Model: HGST HUS 724040ALE640
Poor: 19%Average: 68.4% Great: 91%

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Above average average bench

The Hitachi HUS 724040ALE640 4TB averaged 31.5% 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 0.66MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.15MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HUS 724040ALE640 4TB is 72.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Hitachi HUS 724040ALE640 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 74.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 117MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 49 samples)
Rank 13668.4%
Min Avg Max
23.2 Read 122 174
21.6 Write 119 164
21.7 Mixed 74.2 163
5.7 SusWrite 117 160
79.4% 108 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.44 4K Read 0.86 1
0.6 4K Write 2.15 2.5
0.19 4K Mixed 0.66 0.8
149% 1.22 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: MJAO
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 157 161 158 160 156 MB/s
92.5% Outstanding
Read 164
Write 160
Mixed 90.4
SusWrite 159
105% 143 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.7
162% 1.33 MB/s
808GB free
Firmware: MJAO
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 144 145 145 146 147 MB/s
77.6% Very good
Read 125
Write 126
Mixed 65.6
SusWrite 145
84% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
169% 1.33 MB/s
223GB free
Firmware: MJAO
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 137 136 136 137 138 MB/s
65.2% Good
Read 90.1
Write 91.7
Mixed 53
SusWrite 137
68% 92.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
148% 1.17 MB/s
456GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 99 98 100 99 MB/s
64.8% Good
Read 126
Write 130
Mixed 65.9
SusWrite 99.4
77% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.7
150% 1.23 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 92 91 88 85 MB/s
60.3% Good
Read 120
Write 135
Mixed 67.2
SusWrite 89.9
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
169% 1.33 MB/s
727GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s
22.7% Poor
Read 41.2
Write 36.9
Mixed 37
SusWrite 37.2
28% 38.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
169% 1.33 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 96%
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 84%
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Motherboard: Asus X79-DELUXE - $229

CPU
Core i7-4930KIntel  $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples236x
Core i7-4820KIntel  $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples97x
Core i7-4960XIntel  $1,189Bench 78%, 5,121 samples66x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples30x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples29x
GTX 980Nvidia  $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples26x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples16x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples15x
Ultra II 480GBSanDisk  $39Bench 86%, 62,883 samples15x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples21x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples17x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 74%, 7,519 samples12x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $884

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