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VIRTUAL DISK 499GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 85.2% (45th of 1015)

Based on 44 user benchmarks.  Model: Dell VIRTUAL DISK
Poor: 31%Average: 85.2% Great: 114%

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Very good average bench

The Dell VIRTUAL DISK 499GB averaged just 14.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Dell VIRTUAL DISK 499GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.55MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Dell VIRTUAL DISK 499GB is 82.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Dell VIRTUAL DISK 499GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 94.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.67MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 44 samples)
Rank 4585.2%
Min Avg Max
35 Read 161 249
29.6 Write 139 231
22.3 Mixed 94.9 202
26.4 SusWrite 130 190
96.7% 131 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.67 1
0.42 4K Write 2.55 4.87
0.16 4K Mixed 0.8 1.2
164% 1.34 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
326GB free
Firmware: 1028
SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 182 182 182 183 183 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 168
Write 182
Mixed 62.2
SusWrite 182
108% 149 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1.1
183% 1.17 MB/s
220GB free
Firmware: 1028
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 175 174 172 173 171 MB/s
97.4% Outstanding
Read 166
Write 174
Mixed 68.9
SusWrite 173
106% 146 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1.1
203% 1.57 MB/s
95GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1028
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 159 87 121 132 171 MB/s
94.7% Outstanding
Read 198
Write 209
Mixed 67.3
SusWrite 132
110% 152 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 1.2
227% 1.8 MB/s
61GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1028
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 31 138 181 179 156 MB/s
78.2% Very good
Read 139
Write 129
Mixed 58.2
SusWrite 133
84% 115 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 1
197% 1.63 MB/s
300GB free
Firmware: 1028
SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 22 23 21 27 46 MB/s
69% Good
Read 214
Write 43
Mixed 38.5
SusWrite 26.4
59% 80.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.7
126% 0.73 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 25%
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Desktop
Desktop 74%
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Workstation
Workstation 25%
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System: Dell Precision WorkStation T7500

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X56901stBench 72%, 2,873 samples163x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56751stBench 68%, 4,275 samples88x
Xeon X5690IntelBench 75%, 4,873 samples74x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples61x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples54x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples51x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples35x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples19x
M4 64GBCrucial  $92Bench 55%, 7,336 samples19x
RAM
6x8GBUnknownBench 53%, 2,890 samples126x
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples126x
12x4GBUnknownBench 52%, 970 samples108x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $87

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