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2X2 Mirror/RAID1 498GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 86.8% (38th of 1015)

Based on 7 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD 2X2 Mirror/RAID1
Poor: 47%Average: 86.8% Great: 210%

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Very good average bench

The AMD 2X2 Mirror/RAID1 498GB averaged just 13.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the AMD 2X2 Mirror/RAID1 498GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.68MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 188MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD 2X2 Mirror/RAID1 498GB is 163%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the AMD 2X2 Mirror/RAID1 498GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 88.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 107MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 7 samples)
Rank 3886.8%
Min Avg Max
104 Read 188 469
13.6 Write 115 261
26.1 Mixed 88.2 311
58.7 SusWrite 107 141
91.6% 125 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.98 3.12
0.64 4K Write 2.14 4.41
0.4 4K Mixed 0.68 1.22
156% 1.27 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
430GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.10
210% Outstanding
Read 469
Write 261
Mixed 311
260% 347 MB/s
4K Read 3.12
4K Write 4.41
4K Mixed 0.63
282% 2.72 MB/s
400GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.10
81% Excellent
Read 180
Write 102
Mixed 127
102% 136 MB/s
4K Read 1.11
4K Write 4.03
4K Mixed 0.7
198% 1.95 MB/s
151GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 144 138 142 138 151 MB/s
80.2% Excellent
Read 138
Write 136
Mixed 41.3
SusWrite 141
83% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
144% 1.17 MB/s
435GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 133 136 33 134 136 MB/s
70.9% Very good
Read 130
Write 120
Mixed 43.9
SusWrite 117
75% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.17 MB/s
420GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 121 109 107 94 MB/s
67% Good
Read 122
Write 116
Mixed 42.3
SusWrite 112
71% 98.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
118% 0.97 MB/s
142GB free
Firmware: 1.10
57.7% Above average
Read 188
Write 13.6
Mixed 26.1
55% 75.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.64
4K Mixed 0.42
91% 0.62 MB/s
442GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 54 62 64 63 74 MB/s
46.6% Average
Read 104
Write 59.5
Mixed 28
SusWrite 58.7
45% 62.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.4
91% 0.8 MB/s

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Gaming 4%
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Workstation 4%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H

CPU
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD  $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples11x
Phenom II X4 955AMD  $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples9x
Athlon II X4 630AMDBench 45%, 7,197 samples8x
GPU
Radeon HD 4200ATIBench 1%, 10,090 samples25x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples8x
Radeon HD 6770AMDBench 10%, 16,639 samples4x
SSD
SSD 240GBBench 75%, 38,401 samples6x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples4x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples3x
RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples40x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples19x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples12x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $175

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