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HTS542512K9S 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 20.9% (961st of 1015)

Based on 32 user benchmarks.  Model: Hitachi HTS542512K9S
Poor: 14%Average: 20.9% Great: 27%

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Very poor average bench

The Hitachi HTS542512K9S 120GB averaged 79.1% 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 0.35MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.84MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HTS542512K9S 120GB is just 13%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HTS542512K9S 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 28.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 26.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 32 samples)
Rank 96120.9%
Min Avg Max
6.8 Read 39.9 51.5
4.2 Write 32.9 49
5.7 Mixed 26.9 46.2
2 SusWrite 28.8 46.4
23.8% 32.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.08 4K Read 0.34 0.5
0.2 4K Write 0.84 1.4
0.09 4K Mixed 0.35 0.6
68.2% 0.51 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
95GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BB2O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 35 41 46 45 47 MB/s
26.8% Poor
Read 51.3
Write 6.5
Mixed 15.7
SusWrite 42
21% 28.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.2
47% 0.3 MB/s
93GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BB2O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 43 43 39 39 42 MB/s
24.7% Poor
Read 43.8
Write 36.5
Mixed 25.8
SusWrite 42
27% 37 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.6
106% 0.7 MB/s
76GB free
Firmware: BB2O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 37 40 39 40 MB/s
23.9% Poor
Read 43.8
Write 43.6
Mixed 24.1
SusWrite 39.3
28% 37.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.6
104% 0.7 MB/s
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BB2O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 37 40 37 38 38 MB/s
22.7% Poor
Read 43.2
Write 46.5
Mixed 26.5
SusWrite 35.8
28% 38 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.3
67% 0.53 MB/s
94GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BB2O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 31 21 29 40 43 MB/s
18.8% Very poor
Read 35
Write 15.2
Mixed 17.7
SusWrite 30.4
18% 24.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.5
89% 0.6 MB/s
6GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BB2Z
SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 22 25 23 34 29 MB/s
15.8% Very poor
Read 29.7
Write 22.3
Mixed 10.8
SusWrite 25.3
16% 22 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
72% 0.5 MB/s
79GB free
Firmware: BB2O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.6 2.1 2.6 1.7 1.9 1.4 MB/s
12.5% Very poor
Read 41.5
Write 4.2
Mixed 5.7
SusWrite 2
10% 13.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.3
53% 0.33 MB/s
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Gaming 2%
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Desktop 38%
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Workstation 2%
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Motherboard: ECS GeForce6100PM-M2

CPU
Phenom 9350e Quad-CoreAMDBench 43%, 168 samples4x
Sempron 140AMD  $9Bench 35%, 2,532 samples2x
Athlon II X2 250 (2013 D.Ri)AMDBench 40%, 19,471 samples2x
GPU
GeForce 6150SE nForce 430NvidiaBench 0%, 4,836 samples12x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples3x
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 66,079 samples2x
SSD
Agility 3 120GBOCZ  $102Bench 49%, 38,562 samples1x
A400 120GBKingston  $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples1x
SSD 120GBIntensoBench 65%, 3,562 samples1x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples4x
2x1GBUnknownBench 14%, 68,489 samples2x
1x2GBUnknownBench 17%, 99,586 samples2x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 4% - Terrible Total price: $102

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