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Raid 1 Volume 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 67.4% (141st of 1015)

Based on 8,129 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 1 Volume
Poor: 24%Average: 67.4% Great: 108%

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Above average average bench

The Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB averaged 32.5% 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 1.02MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.17MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB is 84%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 53.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 104MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8,129 samples)
Rank 14167.4%
Min Avg Max
22 Read 121 198
27 Write 104 173
17.8 Mixed 53.2 87.7
36.1 SusWrite 114 189
71.5% 97.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 1.17 1.73
0.5 4K Write 1.78 3.13
0.2 4K Mixed 1.02 1.4
195% 1.33 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
298GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 103 85 109 114 132 MB/s
85.2% Excellent
Read 196
Write 177
Mixed 71.9
SusWrite 101
100% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.1
205% 1.57 MB/s
681GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 124 122 123 126 120 MB/s
82.8% Excellent
Read 165
Write 153
Mixed 81.5
SusWrite 123
96% 131 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1.2
223% 1.47 MB/s
622GB free
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 104 103 104 105 104 MB/s
67.7% Good
Read 133
Write 102
Mixed 53.6
SusWrite 103
72% 97.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.9
161% 1.07 MB/s
526GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 93 95 93 94 MB/s
44.7% Average
Read 61.7
Write 69.9
Mixed 26.6
SusWrite 94
46% 63.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.8
145% 0.9 MB/s
477GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 41 40 43 45 43 MB/s
37.5% Below average
Read 88.4
Write 46.9
Mixed 28.3
SusWrite 42.4
38% 51.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.4
72% 0.47 MB/s
261GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 60 61 60 61 59 MB/s
36.9% Below average
Read 68
Write 43.5
Mixed 34
SusWrite 60.3
38% 51.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 1
166% 1.03 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 23%
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Desktop
Desktop 71%
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Workstation
Workstation 18%
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System: Dell Precision WorkStation T3500

CPU
Xeon W3530Intel  $290Bench 65%, 5,773 samples477x
Xeon W3550IntelBench 66%, 7,649 samples330x
Xeon X5670IntelBench 73%, 9,061 samples243x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples172x
Quadro 2000NvidiaBench 6%, 15,855 samples156x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples126x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples145x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples75x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples54x
RAM
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples648x
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples576x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples324x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $377

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