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HTS725050A 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 16.3% (1064th of 1072)

Based on 27 user benchmarks.  Model: HGST HTS725050A
Poor: 7%Average: 16.3% Great: 44%

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Terrible average bench

The Hgst HTS725050A 500GB averaged 83.7% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 30.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 117MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hgst HTS725050A 500GB is 37%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Hgst HTS725050A 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 4MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 71.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 27 samples)
Rank 106416.3%
Min Avg Max
37.2 Read 117 245
24.8 Write 84.8 119
8.5 Mixed 80.3 117
24.4 SusWrite 71.1 126
19.7% 88.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 4.46 27.7
0.03 4K Write 13.3 39.1
0.03 4K Mixed 4 24.1
18.9% 7.25 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.49 DQ Read 44.6 216
29.4 DQ Write 48.5 73.4
0.62 DQ Mixed 30.6 108
27.4% 41.2 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
423GB free (System drive)
Firmware: GH2O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 123 125 127 130 128 MB/s
45.6% Average
Read 175
Write 72.7
Mixed 93.6
SusWrite 126
26% 117 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 31.9
4K Mixed 24.1
90% 27.9 MB/s
DQ Read 106
DQ Write 46.1
DQ Mixed 90.9
64% 81.1 MB/s
179GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4A04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 85 90 88 89 MB/s
27.3% Poor
Read 101
Write 91.5
Mixed 86
SusWrite 84.6
20% 90.7 MB/s
4K Read 15.6
4K Write 14.8
4K Mixed 15.4
51% 15.3 MB/s
DQ Read 63.9
DQ Write 32.6
DQ Mixed 61.5
42% 52.7 MB/s
11GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5A00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 108 102 90 76 70 MB/s
16.7% Very poor
Read 134
Write 84.5
Mixed 109
SusWrite 87.4
23% 104 MB/s
4K Read 11.1
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 2.8
21% 5.03 MB/s
269GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 9A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 97 96 91 88 94 MB/s
13.2% Very poor
Read 142
Write 114
Mixed 40.5
SusWrite 92.6
22% 97.4 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 1.4
6% 2.23 MB/s
428GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5A06
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 64 104 94 106 99 MB/s
11.9% Very poor
Read 156
Write 77.7
Mixed 8.5
SusWrite 83.6
18% 81.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.4
2% 0.5 MB/s
394GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5A06
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 98 81 66 97 90 MB/s
8.57% Terrible
Read 63.8
Write 97
Mixed 21.8
SusWrite 86.9
15% 67.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.4
2% 0.93 MB/s
38GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5A00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 67 45 38 24 60 MB/s
6.53% Terrible
Read 72.6
Write 77.5
Mixed 21.8
SusWrite 51.5
12% 55.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.3
2% 0.63 MB/s
201GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3A04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 21 26 26 26 28 MB/s
3.72% Terrible
Read 37.2
Write 24.8
Mixed 46.2
SusWrite 24.4
8% 33.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
2% 0.93 MB/s
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CPU
Core i7-3632QMIntelBench 61%, 24,912 samples102x
Core i7-3612QMIntelBench 60%, 11,760 samples32x
Core i5-3230MIntel  $100Bench 49%, 61,311 samples10x
GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples118x
GeForce GT 640MNvidiaBench 5%, 3,728 samples47x
GeForce GT 630MNvidiaBench 3%, 7,774 samples6x
SSD
HTS725050A 500GBHgstBench 16%, 27 samples1x
RAM
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples18x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples10x
M471B5273EB0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 51%, 5,979 samples9x
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