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HGST 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 30.5% (95th of 639)

Based on 17 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 4971 PID 1012 Model: HGST
Poor: 17%Average: 30.5% Great: 46%

Poor average bench

The HGST 500GB averaged 69.5% 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 Write Speed 1.27MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 80.2MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the HGST 500GB is 28.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the HGST 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.57MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.41MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 17 samples)
Rank 9530.5%
Min Avg Max
6 Read 73.8 118
24.5 Write 74.1 120
7.5 Mixed 31.9 80.4
12.1 SusWrite 80.2 128
87.1% 65 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0 4K Read 0.57 0.8
0.5 4K Write 1.27 1.9
0 4K Mixed 0.41 0.7
59.1% 0.75 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
423GB free, PID 1012
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 129 128 129 128 127 MB/s
50.6% Above average
Read 117
Write 119
Mixed 23.4
SusWrite 128
128% 96.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
88% 1.07 MB/s
406GB free, PID 1012
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 116 117 116 116 117 MB/s
45.9% Average
Read 110
Write 105
Mixed 29
SusWrite 116
119% 89.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
74% 0.93 MB/s
403GB free, PID 1012
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 117 118 117 117 MB/s
44.9% Average
Read 103
Write 109
Mixed 31.9
SusWrite 117
121% 90.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
74% 0.97 MB/s
87GB free, PID 1012
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 95 94 94 94 MB/s
42.2% Average
Read 118
Write 120
Mixed 28.8
SusWrite 94.3
118% 90.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
74% 0.93 MB/s
137GB free, PID 1012
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 44 45 45 47 47 MB/s
28.2% Poor
Read 107
Write 67.3
Mixed 23.2
SusWrite 46.1
73% 60.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
50% 0.7 MB/s
81GB free, PID 1012
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s
17.7% Very poor
Read 38.8
Write 42
Mixed 37.5
SusWrite 41.9
55% 40.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.5
51% 0.73 MB/s
178GB free, PID 1012
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 25 20 27 27 27 MB/s
7.74% Terrible
Read 5.5
Write 25.2
Mixed 8.7
SusWrite 24.8
24% 16 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
17% 0.17 MB/s
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