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Marvell

Raid VD 3.5TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 99.9% (4th of 1014)

Based on 2 user benchmarks.  Model: MARVELL Raid VD
Poor: 98%Average: 99.9% Great: 102%

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Excellent average bench

The Marvell Raid VD 3.5TB averaged just 0.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Marvell Raid VD 3.5TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 166MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 186MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.53MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.22MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)
Rank 499.9%
Min Avg Max
182 Read 186 190
160 Write 162 165
164 Mixed 166 168
129% 171 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.52 4K Read 0.53 0.53
1.51 4K Write 1.53 1.55
0.22 4K Mixed 0.22 0.22
75% 0.76 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: MV.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 190
Write 165
Mixed 164
130% 173 MB/s
4K Read 0.53
4K Write 1.55
4K Mixed 0.22
76% 0.77 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: MV.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
98% Outstanding
Read 182
Write 160
Mixed 168
128% 170 MB/s
4K Read 0.52
4K Write 1.51
4K Mixed 0.22
74% 0.75 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,310,904 HDDs tested

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Typical Raid VD 3.5TB Builds (Compare 301 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus Rampage III Formula

CPU
Core i7-950Intel  $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples70x
Core i7 960Intel  $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples54x
Core i7 X 980Intel  $148Bench 76%, 8,133 samples34x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples31x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples16x
GTX 980-TiNvidia  $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples15x
SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples21x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples14x
BX500 480GBCrucial  $38Bench 63%, 83,298 samples9x
RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples50x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples44x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples31x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 59% - Above average Total price: $630

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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