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DroboPro 17.5TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 29.9% (733rd of 1015)

Based on 57 user benchmarks.  Model: DROBO DroboPro
Poor: 6%Average: 29.9% Great: 53%

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Very poor average bench

The Drobo DroboPro 17.5TB averaged 70.0% 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 2.41MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.07MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Drobo DroboPro 17.5TB is 46.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Drobo DroboPro 17.5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 36.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 55.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 57 samples)
Rank 73329.9%
Min Avg Max
4.27 Read 59.6 105
14.7 Write 55.7 83.7
8.91 Mixed 54.9 96.1
2.01 SusWrite 36.9 85.5
38.6% 51.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.05 4K Read 1.07 2.5
0.38 4K Write 2.41 3.51
0 4K Mixed 0.18 0.61
109% 1.22 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
12.5TB free
Firmware: 1.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 66 71 72 72 77 MB/s
36.8% Below average
Read 56.4
Write 69.2
Mixed 51.7
SusWrite 71.3
46% 62.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0
87% 1.1 MB/s
12TB free
Firmware: 1.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 82 75 78 81 78 MB/s
30.6% Below average
Read 30.4
Write 67.1
Mixed 64.6
SusWrite 74.6
44% 59.2 MB/s
4K Read 2.4
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 0.2
189% 2.07 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 1.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 34 38 37 36 36 MB/s
21.5% Poor
Read 37
Write 67.5
Mixed 55.8
SusWrite 36.7
37% 49.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0
126% 1.57 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 1.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 31 34 35 38 33 MB/s
10.5% Very poor
Read 2
Write 41.9
Mixed 13
SusWrite 33.5
16% 22.6 MB/s
4K Read 2.3
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.6
185% 1.37 MB/s
16.5TB free
Firmware: 1.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.9 8.2 8.5 8.4 9.2 9.1 MB/s
9.44% Terrible
Read 24.2
Write 32.8
Mixed 28.4
SusWrite 8.5
18% 23.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.3
59% 0.4 MB/s
12.5TB free
Firmware: 1.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s
6.72% Terrible
Read 10.2
Write 10.8
Mixed 10.7
SusWrite 10.9
8% 10.6 MB/s
4K Read 7.2
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
300% 2.4 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,325,868 HDDs tested

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Typical DroboPro 17.5TB Builds (Compare 1,503 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 82%
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 72%
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System: Alienware Area-51 R2

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel  $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples807x
Core i7-6800KIntel  $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples249x
Core i7-5930KIntel  $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples198x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples224x
GTX 980Nvidia  $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples173x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples112x
SSD
PM851 2.5 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 58%, 3,901 samples72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples52x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples52x
RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 83%, 2,656 samples134x
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 84%, 1,850 samples130x
M378A5143DB0-CPB 4x4GBSamsungBench 88%, 1,582 samples130x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $530

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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