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Synology

iSCSI Storage 537GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 24.2% (891st of 1015)

Based on 127 user benchmarks.  Model: SYNOLOGY iSCSI Storage
Poor: 2%Average: 24.2% Great: 57%

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Very poor average bench

The Synology iSCSI Storage 537GB averaged 75.7% 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 Mixed IO Speed 3.12MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 3.3MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Synology iSCSI Storage 537GB is 55.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Synology iSCSI Storage 537GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 32.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 40.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 127 samples)
Rank 89124.2%
Min Avg Max
2.2 Read 44.1 102
1.88 Write 40.5 99.2
2 Mixed 39.1 90.2
1.8 SusWrite 32.8 87.4
29.1% 39.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.11 4K Read 3.3 7.34
0.4 4K Write 3.64 7.56
0.14 4K Mixed 3.12 7.41
551% 3.35 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
494GB free
Firmware: 4.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 65 46 57 46 67 MB/s
44.3% Average
Read 95
Write 67.7
Mixed 31.2
SusWrite 58.3
46% 63 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 1.8
300% 2.37 MB/s
300GB free
Firmware: 4.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 39 50 40 59 71 MB/s
35.5% Below average
Read 71.5
Write 45
Mixed 59.1
SusWrite 48.4
42% 56 MB/s
4K Read 6.4
4K Write 6
4K Mixed 3
711% 5.13 MB/s
291GB free
Firmware: 3.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 31 31 34 33 34 MB/s
26% Poor
Read 56.6
Write 33.4
Mixed 37.6
SusWrite 32
30% 39.9 MB/s
4K Read 5.3
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 3.6
650% 3.5 MB/s
226GB free
Firmware: 3.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 21 22 19 22 23 MB/s
18.1% Very poor
Read 40.6
Write 52.2
Mixed 56.6
SusWrite 20.9
32% 42.6 MB/s
4K Read 2.3
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1.4
307% 2.23 MB/s
346GB free
Firmware: 4.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 37 11 18 28 16 MB/s
14.3% Very poor
Read 24.5
Write 24.7
Mixed 16
SusWrite 25.3
17% 22.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.3
55% 0.37 MB/s
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Gaming 7%
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System: Asus X542UN

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples204x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples167x
Core i7-7500UIntelBench 48%, 139,101 samples2x
GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples241x
MX150-0NvidiaBench 14%, 29,453 samples132x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples1x
SSD
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 72%, 50,765 samples34x
HFS128G39TND-N210A 128GBBench 61%, 41,519 samples21x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples13x
RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples123x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples41x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 12GBHynixBench 50%, 4,021 samples16x
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