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HDS721016CLA382 160GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 33.2% (643rd of 1015)

Based on 1,552 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitachi HDS721016CLA382
Poor: 9%Average: 33.2% Great: 52%

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Poor average bench

The Hitachi HDS721016CLA382 160GB averaged 66.7% 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 0.67MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.51MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HDS721016CLA382 160GB is 42.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Hitachi HDS721016CLA382 160GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 35.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 52.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,552 samples)
Rank 64333.2%
Min Avg Max
12.9 Read 62.7 94.1
11.5 Write 58.3 91.6
11 Mixed 35.5 51.4
13.3 SusWrite 52.9 90.9
38.4% 52.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.51 0.6
0.3 4K Write 1.12 1.4
0.1 4K Mixed 0.67 0.9
116% 0.76 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
131GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JPEOA3GH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 77 75 71 82 83 MB/s
47.3% Average
Read 88
Write 78.5
Mixed 47.5
SusWrite 76.9
53% 72.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
123% 0.8 MB/s
29GB free
Firmware: JPEOA39C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 78 77 77 78 MB/s
44.4% Average
Read 77.8
Write 78.2
Mixed 43
SusWrite 76.8
51% 68.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
136% 0.87 MB/s
27GB free
Firmware: JPEOA3GH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 71 69 69 68 68 MB/s
39.3% Below average
Read 67.8
Write 68.5
Mixed 43.2
SusWrite 68.9
46% 62.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.87 MB/s
21GB free
Firmware: JPEOA39C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 53 51 57 77 77 MB/s
38.7% Below average
Read 73.8
Write 76.2
Mixed 40.2
SusWrite 61
46% 62.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.9
147% 0.9 MB/s
39GB free
Firmware: JPEOA39C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 88 78 46 83 MB/s
36.8% Below average
Read 51.2
Write 21
Mixed 15.3
SusWrite 77.4
30% 41.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
4% 0.03 MB/s
72GB free
Firmware: JPEOA39C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 65 64 65 64 65 MB/s
36.2% Below average
Read 61.6
Write 61.1
Mixed 38.2
SusWrite 64.4
41% 56.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
134% 0.83 MB/s
118GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JPEOA3GH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 19 23 64 64 34 MB/s
31.9% Below average
Read 69.9
Write 37.4
Mixed 28.1
SusWrite 41
32% 44.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
136% 0.9 MB/s
31GB free
Firmware: JPEOA3EA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s
26.1% Poor
Read 52.9
Write 34.1
Mixed 26.2
SusWrite 37.8
28% 37.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.6
111% 0.67 MB/s
20GB free
Firmware: JPEOA3EA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 40 40 41 40 MB/s
23.1% Poor
Read 39.9
Write 42.6
Mixed 27.8
SusWrite 40.3
28% 37.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.8
137% 0.83 MB/s
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Desktop 48%
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Workstation 5%
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System: HP Compaq Pro 6305 SFF

CPU
A8-5500B APUAMDBench 48%, 2,596 samples158x
A4-5300B APUAMDBench 39%, 2,157 samples145x
A10-5800B APU (2012 D.Tr)AMDBench 52%, 1,191 samples60x
GPU
Radeon HD 7560DAMDBench 4%, 10,029 samples134x
Radeon HD 7480DAMDBench 2%, 8,289 samples113x
Radeon HD 7660DAMDBench 5%, 7,665 samples42x
SSD
120G 120GBHs-ssd-c100Bench 66%, 4,962 samples8x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples8x
SSD 120GBBench 68%, 22,748 samples6x
RAM
2x4GBHBench 28%, 136 samples20x
1x4GBHBench 22%, 243 samples18x
M 1x4GBSBench 21%, 245 samples17x
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