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HTS541616J9S 160GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 14.4% (353rd of 639)

Based on 6 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 043e PID 70f5 Model: Hitachi HTS541616J9S
Poor: 11%Average: 14.4% Great: 18%

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Terrible average bench

The Hitachi HTS541616J9S 160GB averaged 85.6% 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 0.92MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 30.5MB/s

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Hitachi HTS541616J9S 160GB is just 7.22%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Hitachi HTS541616J9S 160GB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.39MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 5.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)
Rank 35314.4%
Min Avg Max
25.4 Read 33.3 40.9
19.8 Write 30.5 41.8
2.73 Mixed 5.9 15.7
26.8% 23.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.33 4K Read 0.39 0.48
0.76 4K Write 0.92 1.07
0.2 4K Mixed 0.21 0.23
39.8% 0.5 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
117GB free, PID 70f5
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
18.2% Very poor
Read 40.9
Write 41.8
Mixed 4.5
34% 29.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.43
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.23
43% 0.55 MB/s
79GB free, PID 70f5
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
17.2% Very poor
Read 38.4
Write 37.9
Mixed 15.7
37% 30.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.48
4K Write 1.07
4K Mixed 0.22
46% 0.59 MB/s
52GB free, PID 70f5
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
15.1% Very poor
Read 34.4
Write 33.3
Mixed 2.73
27% 23.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.33
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.21
39% 0.48 MB/s
52GB free, PID 70f5
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
12.9% Very poor
Read 32.3
Write 25.5
Mixed 3.13
22% 20.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.34
4K Write 0.82
4K Mixed 0.2
36% 0.45 MB/s
52GB free, PID 70f5
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
11.9% Very poor
Read 28.4
Write 24.7
Mixed 4.69
22% 19.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.37
4K Write 0.76
4K Mixed 0.2
34% 0.45 MB/s
51GB free, PID 70f5
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
11% Very poor
Read 25.4
Write 19.8
Mixed 4.7
19% 16.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.37
4K Write 0.94
4K Mixed 0.2
40% 0.5 MB/s
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Gaming 19%
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Desktop 64%
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Workstation 15%
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Motherboard: Asrock 980DE3/U3S3 - $76

CPU
FX-6300AMD  $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples49x
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples30x
FX-8320AMD  $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples22x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples17x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples12x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples10x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples8x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples6x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples6x
RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples5x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 8GBUnknownBench 38%, 2,343 samples5x
99U5471-039.A00LF 2x8GBKingstonBench 54%, 1,536 samples3x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $210

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