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HCS5C1050CLA382 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 46.4% (364th of 1015)

Based on 1,578 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitachi HCS5C1050CLA382
Poor: 17%Average: 46.4% Great: 63%

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Below average average bench

The Hitachi HCS5C1050CLA382 500GB averaged 53.5% 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 0.63MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.17MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HCS5C1050CLA382 500GB is 46.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Hitachi HCS5C1050CLA382 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 43.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 76.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,578 samples)
Rank 36446.4%
Min Avg Max
25.6 Read 85.1 112
21.5 Write 81 109
15.8 Mixed 43.1 56.1
20.4 SusWrite 76.7 109
52.4% 71.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.47 0.6
0.7 4K Write 1.17 1.4
0.2 4K Mixed 0.63 0.79
110% 0.75 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
430GB free
Firmware: JC2OA3EA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 106 106 106 107 107 MB/s
61.1% Good
Read 110
Write 112
Mixed 54.2
SusWrite 103
69% 94.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
118% 0.87 MB/s
126GB free
Firmware: JC2OA50F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 108 107 107 109 MB/s
61% Good
Read 105
Write 105
Mixed 53.6
SusWrite 108
68% 92.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
116% 0.83 MB/s
233GB free
Firmware: JC2OA39G
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 101 102 102 100 MB/s
53.9% Above average
Read 87
Write 91.7
Mixed 45.5
SusWrite 101
59% 81.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
115% 0.73 MB/s
291GB free
Firmware: JC2OR39G
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 78 78 67 77 MB/s
45.1% Average
Read 81.5
Write 73.3
Mixed 44.2
SusWrite 75.5
50% 68.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
119% 0.77 MB/s
128GB free
Firmware: JC2OA3EA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 89 91 92 92 MB/s
41.1% Average
Read 51.7
Write 51.2
Mixed 31.7
SusWrite 91.3
41% 56.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.6
110% 0.77 MB/s
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Gaming 33%
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Desktop 71%
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Workstation 27%
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Motherboard: MSI A320M PRO-E (MS-7A36)

CPU
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD  $104Bench 60%, 181,631 samples153x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples150x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples58x
GPU
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples89x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples64x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples46x
SSD
SU630 240GBAdataBench 64%, 60,212 samples50x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples36x
Burst 240GBPatriotBench 73%, 26,886 samples19x
RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 25,824 samples18x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 1x8GBUnknownBench 43%, 5,242 samples14x
HyperX 2666 C16 1x8GBKingstonBench 44%, 32,519 samples13x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $234

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